Steve Laplante (born July 13, 1972) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as David in the 2022 film '' Viking'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the

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, and won the Prix Iris for

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at the

25th Quebec Cinema Awards The 25th Quebec Cinema Awards will be held on December 10, 2023, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2022 and 2023.Best Supporting Actor in the same year for '' Babysitter''.Vanessa Hébert
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''7 Jours'', November 14, 2023. Originally from

Drummondville Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste. Drummondville is ...

, Quebec, he is a 1996 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. He first became widely known for his performance in a stage production of

Wajdi Mouawad Wajdi Mouawad, OC, (born 1968) is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director. He is known in Canadian and French theatre for politically engaged works such as the acclaimed play ''Incendies'' (2003). His works often revolve around family t ...

's play ''Tideline (Littoral)'', also later repeating the role in its 2004

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. In addition to his acting he has written a number of stage plays, the most noted of which, ''Le Long de la principale'', was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the

2007 Governor General's Awards The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a spec ...

. The play has also been staged in English as ''Down the Main Drag''. Kamal Al-Solaylee, "A play with a joie de mort". ''

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'', February 14, 2004.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laplante, Steve 1972 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male dramatists and playwrights Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French French Quebecers People from Drummondville Male actors from Quebec Writers from Quebec National Theatre School of Canada alumni Best Actor Jutra and Iris Award winners