Émilien Néron (born December 28, 1998) is a Canadian actor from

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...

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. He is most noted for his performance as Simon in the 2011 film ''

Monsieur Lazhar ''Monsieur Lazhar'' is a 2011 Canadian French-language drama film directed by Philippe Falardeau and starring Mohamed Fellag, Mohamed Saïd Fellag, Sophie Nélisse and Danielle Proulx. Based on ''Bashir Lazhar'', a one-character play by Évelyn ...

'', for which he won the

Jutra Award Jutras may have several meanings : * Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker **Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris **The Claude Jutra Awa ...

for Best Supporting Actor at the

14th Jutra Awards The 14th Jutra Awards were held on March 11, 2012 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2011.

in 2012. He has also appeared in the films '' The Canadiens, Forever (Pour toujours, les Canadiens!)'' and ''Midsummer's Dream'', and the television series ''Tactik'', ''Les Parent'', ''30 vies'', '' 19-2'' and ''Karl & Max: Été 84''. He also voiced the lead role of Norman in the French dubbed version of ''

ParaNorman ''ParaNorman'' is a 2012 American animated comedy horror, comedy horror film produced by Laika, LLC, Laika. Directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler (filmmaker), Chris Butler (the latter's feature directorial debut), and written by Butler, the film ...

''.Martin Gignac
"Les voix québécoises dans Paranorman"
'' Métro'', August 16, 2012.

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