Lothaire Bluteau
Lothaire Bluteau is a Canadian actor, active in film, theatre, and television. He won the Genie Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the title character in Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal, with a second nomination for his work in Robert Lepage's The Confessional.
His television work includes the recurring roles of Marcus Alvers on the third season of 24 and Charles de Marillac on The Tudors, and a starring role as Charles the Bald on Vikings.
Early life
Bluteau was born in Montreal in 1957. He initially studied medicine, before enrolling in the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec. He is fluent in French and English, and has performed in both languages.Career
Bluteau has worked in theatre, film and television throughout Canada and internationally. He abandoned medicine for the theatre and was first noticed for his performance as a mentally challenged youth in Yves Simoneau's In the Shadow of the Wind . After receiving great acclaim for the lead in the stage version of Being at Home with Claude, he won a best actor Genie Award for his performance in Denys Arcand's Oscar-nominated Jésus de Montréal. He has since appeared in Black Robe and Robert Lepage's Le Confessionnal, and his international credits include Orlando and I Shot Andy Warhol.He had a recurring role in the third season of the television series 24 as the character Marcus Alvers. In the fourth season of The Tudors, he played Charles de Marillac, the French ambassador to the court of King Henry VIII. In July 2014, it was announced he was cast in the History Channel series Vikings as the 9th century King of France, Charles the Bald.
Selected filmography
- 1980 Les fils de la liberté
- 1980 Jeune délinquant
- 1983 Just a Game as Disc Jockey
- 1983 Un gars d’la place
- 1984 The Years of Dreams and Revolt
- 1984 Les enfants mal aimés
- 1986 Sonia as Claude
- 1986 Miami Vice as Philippe Sagot
- 1987 In the Shadow of the Wind as Perceval Brown
- 1988 Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin
- 1988 Mourir
- 1988 La nuit avec Hortense
- 1989 Jesus of Montreal as Daniel Coulombe / Jesus
- 1991 Black Robe as Father Paul LaForgue
- 1991 The Persistence of Memory
- 1992 Orlando as The Khan
- 1992
- 1992 Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris as Andre
- 1995 The Confessional as Pierre LaMontagne
- 1995 Other Voices, Other Rooms as Randolph Skully
- 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol as Maurice Girodias
- 1997 Nostromo as Martin Decoud
- 1996 Bent as Horst
- 1998 Conquest
- 1998 Animals as Young Laurent
- 1998 Shot Through the Heart as Zijah
- 1999 Senso unico as Francesco
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Professor James Henri Rousseau
- 1999 Restless Spirits as Charles Nungesser
- 2000 Urbania as Bill
- 2000 Oz as Guillaume Tarrant
- 2001 Solitude as Brother Bernard
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Richard "Rick" Zainer
- 2002 Dead Heat as Tony LaRoche
- 2002 Snow Dogs as Mack
- 2002 Julie Walking Home as Alexei
- 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Erich Tassig
- 2003 On Thin Ice as Will
- 2004 24 as Marcus Alvers
- 2004 Gérald L’Écuyer: A Filmmaker’s Journey
- 2004 Third Watch as Gunman
- 2005 Desolation Sound as Benny
- 2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Andres Voychek
- 2006 Disappearances as "Carcajou" / William Shakespeare Goodman
- 2007 Walk All Over Me as Rene
- 2007 Race to Mars as Antoine Hebert
- 2007 The Funeral Party
- 2007–2010 The Tudors as Ambassador Charles de Marillac
- 2008 Snow Buddies as Francois
- 2010 The Child Prodigy as Pipo
- 2012 Missing as "Hard Drive"
- 2013 The Storm Within as Le Capitaine
- 2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Anton Nadari
- 2015-2016 Vikings as Emperor Charles
- 2015 Regression as Reverend Murray
- 2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as Commissaire Pierre Clement
- 2022 The Switch as Sherif
- 2024 The Thawing of Ice as Marc St. Germain
Selected theater credits
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Young Inna/Defendant FishThe Cherry Orchard, GaevAwards and recognition
Bluteau won the 1990 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his work on Jesus of Montreal and was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his work in the film The Confessional . He was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor for his work on Black Robe.Bluteau won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Gijón International Film Festival for his work on Bent.