Pierre Curzi


Pierre Curzi is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. Elected under the Parti Québécois banner, he later sat as an independent.

Politics

Curzi entered politics when he announced his candidacy for the riding of Borduas in the 2007 provincial elections, following the retirement of Jean-Pierre Charbonneau. He defeated the Action démocratique du Québec's Claude Gauthier by over 2,000 votes. He was later named the PQ critic for culture, communications and language.
Curzi was forced to apologize and retract a statement he made in October 2007 during a radio interview that appeared to suggest that a sovereign Quebec would have "more teeth" and could potentially remove the voting rights of Quebec's English-speaking community living on Montreal's West Island. He faced some criticism in 2008 as one of two MNAs, along with Daniel Turp, who endorsed a controversial petition opposing Paul McCartney's performance at Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations. In September 2010, Curzi expressed on the television interview show Les Francs-tireurs his theory that there was a shortage of Francophone players on the National Hockey League team the Montreal Canadiens and that this was "damned well political" and the result of a federalist plot.
On June 6, 2011, Curzi and caucus mates Louise Beaudoin and Lisette Lapointe resigned from the Parti Québécois to sit as independents over the PQ's acceptance of a bill changing the law to permit an agreement between the City of Québec and Quebecor Inc. concerning the construction of an arena in Quebec City.

Acting and screenplay career

Curzi went to the École nationale de Théâtre in 1969. Prior to his political career, he played in numerous popular Quebec movies, plays, television shows and documentaries including We Are Far from the Sun , Duplessis, Maria Chapdelaine, The Crime of Ovide Plouffe , Babylone, Les Filles de Caleb, Million Dollar Babies, Virginie, Suzanne, Caffè Italia, Montréal, Exit, Matroni and Me , The Barbarian Invasions, Tideline , Chili's Blues , Le Négociateur, The New Life of Paul Sneijder and Romeo and Juliet.
Overall, he played roles in about 50 productions since 1971 and had been nominated for four Genie Awards for his roles in Maria Chapdelaine, Lucien Brouillard and The Decline of the American Empire and a nomination for best screenplay for Intimate Power in 1986.
He was also the president of the Union des artistes for eight years. The UDA is the main union group for cinema, theatre and television actors in Quebec.
He is married to Marie Tifo, an actress with whom he costarred in the films Red Eyes , Lucien Brouillard, Le jour S... and ''Intimate Power''

Electoral record

Filmography

  • 1964 : Trouble-Maker
  • 1971 : We Are Far from the Sun : Yvon
  • 1973 : You Are Warm, You Are Warm
  • 1973 : The Paths of the World : Antoine
  • 1975 : Confidences of the Night
  • 1976 : Let's Talk About Love
  • 1980 : Fantastica : André
  • 1980 : Suzanne : Pierre
  • 1981 : The Plouffe Family : Napoléon Plouffe
  • 1982 : Wild Flowers : Pierre Dubuc
  • 1982 : Red Eyes : Bertrand Houle
  • 1983 : Lucien Brouillard : Lucien Brouillard
  • 1983 : Maria Chapdelaine : Eutrope Gagnon
  • 1984 : Le jour S... : Jean-Baptiste Beauregard
  • 1984 : The Crime of Ovide Plouffe : Napoléon Plouffe
  • 1985 : Le Million tout-puissant
  • 1986 : Evixion
  • 1986 : Intimate Power : Gildor
  • 1986 : The Decline of the American Empire : Pierre
  • 1988 : You're Beautiful, Jeanne : Paul
  • 1989 : In the Belly of the Dragon
  • 1990 : Babylone : Luigi
  • 1993 : April One : Jean Leduc
  • 1994 : Chili's Blues : Monsieur CN
  • 1996 : A Cry in the Night : Pierre
  • 1999 : Matroni and Me : M. Larochelle
  • 2003 : The Barbarian Invasions : Pierre
  • 2003 : 1604 : De Monts
  • 2004 : La Pension des étranges
  • 2004 : How to Conquer America in One Night
  • 2004 : Tideline : Policier Turcot
  • 2005 : Idole instantanée : Gaétan Lemieux
  • 2006 : Roméo et Juliette : Paul Véronneau
  • 2007 : Days of Darkness : Pierre
  • 2013 : Manigances : Notice Rouge : Georges Paoli
  • 2016 : The New Life of Paul Sneijder : Maître Wagner-Leblond
  • 2015 : Chorus : Jérôme
  • 2018 : The Fall of the American Empire : Maître Wilbrod Taschereau
  • 2020 : Old Buddies
  • 2021 : A Revision
  • 2021 : Joutel
  • 2023 : ''Testament''

    Television

  • 1975 : Youhou : Michel
  • 1978 : Duplessis : Reporter
  • 1979 : Riel : Isidore
  • 1980 : Frédéric : Biker Leader
  • 1984 : Le Parc des braves : Major Paul Bérubé
  • 1985 : Un amour de quartier : Speedy Joe
  • 1986 : Des dames de cœur : François O'Neil
  • 1989 : Miléna Nova Tremblay : François Tremblay
  • 1989 : Super sans plomb : J.-P. St-Onge
  • 1989 : Un signe de feu : François O'Neil
  • 1990 : Les Filles de Caleb : Dosithée Pronovost
  • 1992 : Les Intrépides
  • 1992 : Montréal P.Q. : Paulus Quintal
  • 1992 : Les Cravates léopards : Vermontier
  • 1993 : Shehaweh : Sieur de Maisonneuve
  • 1993 : Les Grands Procès : Me Robert Calder
  • 1994 : Cœur à prendre : Vincent, Bouquet
  • 1994 : Les Jumelles Dionne : Alphonse Fortier
  • 1995 : Jalna : Greg
  • 1996 : Marguerite Volant : Renaud Larochelle
  • 1997 : Le Masque : Victor Thibault
  • 1996 : Virginie : Gilles Bazinet
  • 2004 : Smash : Bernier Fafard
  • 2005 : Providence : Jean-Guy Bélanger
  • 2005 : Le Négociateur : Maurice Martel
  • 2007 : Les Invincibles : Gene
  • 2010 : La Promesse : Daniel
  • 2014 : Nouvelle Adresse : Gérard Lapointe
  • 2014 : Mensonges : Dr Michel Pelletier
  • 2015 : O' : Richard
  • 2018 : Appelle-moi si tu meurs : Cesare Ciccarelli

    Theatre

  • 2006: août
  • 2005: La Tempête
  • 2005: Coin St-Laurent
  • 2002: La Nuit des rois
  • 2001: L'Hiver de force
  • 2001: Le Mouton et la Baleine
  • 1999: Trick or treat
  • 1998: Le miroir aux tartuffes
  • 1997: Chrysanthème
  • 1995: Mère Courage
  • 1994: La Mouette
  • 1993: La Reprise
  • 1992: Six personnages en quête d'auteur
  • 1992: Conte d'Hiver
  • 1991: Shakespeare, un monde qu'on peut apprendre par cœur
  • 1989: La Nuit du 16 janvier
  • 1988: Le Baiser de la Femme Araignée
  • 1988: Cendres
  • 1986: Deux sur la Balançoire
  • 1986: Avec Lorenzo à mes Côtés
  • 1984: En attendant Godot
  • 1984: Mère Courage
  • 1984: Le Tir à Blanc
  • 1979: Le Théâtre de la Maintenance
  • 1978: L'Abécédaire Conditionnel
  • 1978: Les Fiancés de Rose Latulipe
  • 1977: Les Nerfs à l'Air
  • 1977: L'Impromptu chez M. R. Pantalon
  • 1976: La Steppette Impossible
  • 1975: La Tragédie Américaine de l'Enfant Prodigue
  • 1975: Colette et Pérusse
  • 1975: Une Brosse
  • 1974: Floralie
  • 1974: Salut Galarneau
  • 1973: Don Quichotte
  • 1973: Galipotte 8
  • 1972: Les Oranges sont vertes
  • 1972: Sparages
  • 1971: Les Fourberies de Scapin
  • 1971: Chiniqui
  • 1970: Chmou
  • 1970: La Guerre Yes Sir
  • 1969: Gens de Noël, Tremblez!,
  • 1969: À Cœur Ouvert
  • 1969: P.O.T. T.V.,

    Note

The Sections Filmography, Television and Theatre were copied and adapted from the French Wikipedia Page of Pierre Curzi. See that page's history for attribution.