Benoît Gouin (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian actor from
Pointe-du-Lac
Pointe-du-Lac is one of the six boroughs of the city of Trois-Rivières and a former municipality in Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River. It was founded in 1738 and its current church dates from 1882. Another old building in the village is the ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003 for his performance as Michel Gauvin in ''
Québec-Montréal
''Québec-Montréal'' is a Canadian comedy film, released in 2002.
'' and at the
16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion ...
Le Soleil
Le Soleil ("The Sun") is the name of several newspapers:
* ''Le Soleil'' (Quebec), a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, founded in 1896
* ''Le Soleil'' (French newspaper), a defunct daily newspaper based in Paris fro ...
'', January 27, 2014.
He has also appeared in the films ''
Love and Magnets
''Love and Magnets'' (french: Les Aimants) is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Yves P. Pelletier and released in 2004. The film's original French title is a pun on its themes, as the word "aimant" means magnet when used as a noun, but ...
(Les Aimants)'', ''
The Broken Line
''The Broken Line'' (french: La ligne brisée) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Louis Choquette and released in 2008. The film stars David Boutin and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Sébastien Messier and Danny Demers, lifelong friends a ...
(La ligne brisée)'', ''
I Killed My Mother
''I Killed My Mother'' (french: J'ai tué ma mère) is a 2009 Canadian drama film written, directed, produced by and starring Xavier Dolan, in his directorial debut. Loosely autobiographical, it follows the complicated relationship between a yo ...
Silence Lies
''Silence Lies'' (french: Tromper le silence) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Julie Hivon and released in 2010.Charles-Henri Ramond"Tromper le silence – Film de Julie Hivon" ''Films du Québec'', August 3, 2010. The film stars Suzanne Clé ...
(Tromper le silence)'', ''
Sarah Prefers to Run
''Sarah Prefers to Run'' (french: Sarah préfère la course) is a 2013 Canadian drama film written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Women in Film & Te ...
(Sarah préfère la course)'', ''
Origami
) is the Japanese paper art, art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of pape ...
'', ''
Infiltration
Infiltration may refer to:
Science, medicine, and engineering
*Infiltration (hydrology), downward movement of water into soil
*Infiltration (HVAC), a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning term for air leakage into buildings
*Infiltration (me ...
(Le problème d'infiltration)'', ''
Antigone
In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is the daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.Roman, L., & Roma ...
'' and ''
Dusk for a Hitman
''Dusk for a Hitman'' (french: Crépuscule pour un tueur) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Raymond St-Jean and released in 2023. The film stars Éric Bruneau as Donald Lavoie, a hitman for the Dubois brothers crime gang, as he begins ...
(Crépuscule pour un tueur)'', and the television series ''Les grands procès'', ''Scoop'', ''L'ombre de l'épervier'', ''Catherine'', ''Le Monde de Charlotte'', ''Fortier'', ''Au nom de la loi'', ''
Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin
''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin'' (''The Highs and Lows of Sophie Paquin'') is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which premiered on Radio-Canada in 2006. The show stars Suzanne Clément as Sophie Paquin, a single mother and busin ...
'', ''Karl & Max'', ''Prémonitions'' and ''
La Faille
''La Faille'' (English: ''The Flaw'') or ''The Wall'' (French: ''Le Mur'') is a French Canadian television crime drama series of three seasons, with a total of 25 episodes, which started broadcasting on Club Illico in 2019. The series ...
''.
He is married to literary translator
Maryse Warda
Maryse Warda (born 1961) is an Egyptian Canadian translator. She primarily translates English plays of Canadian origin into French. Her work is described as being "faithful to the original with an unostentatious use of Quebec idiom".
Biography
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