Gabriel Arcand


Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.

Career

After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseille, France, and later in Poland where he studied theatre. Since he made his 1973 screen debut in his brother's first feature, La Maudite Galette, he established himself as Quebec’s iconic strong, silent type and has given subtle but powerful performances in a wide range of films such as Réjeanne Padovani, Les Plouffe, Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe, Le Déclin de l’empire américain, Post Mortem and Congorama.
He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in The Crime of Ovide Plouffe and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for The Dismantling , and the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Decline of the American Empire. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for Les Plouffe and at the 20th Genie Awards for Post Mortem, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981 for Suzanne and at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Le Grand serpent du monde.

Filmography

  • Dirty Money - 1972
  • You Are Warm, You Are Warm - 1973
  • Réjeanne Padovani - 1973
  • Gina - 1974
  • Little Tougas - 1975
  • Let's Talk About Love - 1975
  • The Machine Age - 1977
  • Panic
  • Bye, See You Monday - 1979
  • Suzanne - 1980
  • The Coffin Affair - 1980
  • The Plouffe Family - 1981
  • Thunder Drum - 1983
  • Empire, Inc. - 1983
  • The Crime of Ovide Plouffe - 1984
  • Agnes of God - 1985
  • The Decline of the American Empire - 1986
  • The Heat Line - 1987
  • The Revolving Doors - 1988
  • Unfaithful Mornings - 1988
  • L'air de rien - 1989
  • Nelligan - 1991
  • Blood of the Hunter - 1995
  • The Big Snake of the World - 1999
  • Post Mortem - 1999
  • Una Casa con Vista al Mar - 2001
  • Chaos and Desire - 2002
  • Jean Moulin, une affaire française - 2003
  • Folle embellie - 2004
  • Congorama - 2006
  • Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's - 2008
  • Karakara - 2012
  • The Bossé Empire - 2012
  • The Dismantling - 2013
  • A Kid - 2016
  • Maria Chapdelaine - 2021
  • ''Classé secret''