Benoît Brière (born June 20, 1965) is a Canadian actor from

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.Patricia Belzil
"Benoît Brière"
''

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'', October 23, 2008. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''

Seducing Doctor Lewis ''Seducing Doctor Lewis'' () is a 2003 Quebec comedy film and the first film directed by Jean-François Pouliot.Hornaday, Ann (July 30, 2004)"Hook, Line and Hoodwinkers" ''Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)''. Retrieved 03-06-2005. The scrip ...

(La Grande séduction)'', for which he was a

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nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the

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and a

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nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the

6th Jutra Awards The 6th Jutra Awards were held on February 22, 2004 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2003.

.Odile Tremblay
"Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra"
''

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'', January 22, 2004. Born and raised in

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, Quebec, he graduated from the

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in 1991. He has appeared on stage in productions of ''

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'', ''

The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...

'', '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' and ''

Dom Juan ''Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre'' ("Don Juan or The Feast of Stone") is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan, Don Juan Tenorio. The aristocrat Dom Juan is a Rake (stock character), rake who seduces, marri ...

'', winning Masques Awards from Quebec's Académie québécoise du théâtre for ''The Mistress of the Inn'' and ''Dom Juan''. He first became famous in Quebec for appearing in a series of

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commercials. He has also had roles in the films ''

Louis 19, King of the Airwaves ''Louis 19, King of the Airwaves'' () is a Canadian comedy film, released in April 1994. The film stars Martin Drainville as Louis Jobin, a television fanatic who wins a contest to be on television. Unbeknownst to him, however, his prize is to be ...

(Louis 19, le roi des ondes)'', '' Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux calvaire)'', '' The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme)'', '' Stardom'', ''

The Baroness and the Pig ''The Baroness and the Pig'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Michael Mackenzie and released in 2002. Based on Mackenzie's own stage play, the film stars Patricia Clarkson as The Baroness, a Quaker woman from Philadelphia who moves to Paris w ...

'', ''

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(Station Nord)'', '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)'', ''

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(L'Audition)'', '' Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)'', ''

The Child Prodigy ''The Child Prodigy'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Luc Dionne and released in 2010. A biographical drama about classical pianist André Mathieu, the film stars Guillaume Lebon as Mathieu in childhood and Patrick Drolet as Mathieu in ...

(L'Enfant prodige)'', ''

A Sense of Humour ''A Sense of Humour'' () is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond"Sens de l’humour, Le – Film d’Émile Gaudreault" ''Films du Québec'', June 17, 2011. The film stars Louis-Jos� ...

(Le Sens de l'humour)'', '' Walter and Tandoori's Christmas'', ''

April and the Extraordinary World ''April and the Extraordinary World'' () is a 2015 animated alternate history film co-directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, co-written by Ekinci and Benjamin Legrand, and starring Marion Cotillard. Set in a dystopian steampunk worl ...

'', ''

Kiss Me Like a Lover ''Kiss Me Like a Lover'' () is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by André Forcier and released in 2016. Set in Montreal in the 1940s, the film stars Émile Schneider as Pierre Sauvageau, a young man who wants to register for the milita ...

(Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)'', ''

Hochelaga, Land of Souls ''Hochelaga, Land of Souls'' () is a 2017 Canadian historical drama film directed and written by François Girard and starring Gilles Renaud, Samian and Tanaya Beatty. Dramatizing several centuries of Quebec history and the local history of ...

(Hochelaga, terre des âmes)'', ''

The Fall of the American Empire ''The Fall of the American Empire'' () is a 2018 Canadian crime thriller film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England and Rémy Girard. It is about a man (Landry) who, after an armed robbery i ...

(Le Chute de l'empire américain)'', '' Arlette'' and ''

Dusk for a Hitman ''Dusk for a Hitman'' () 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 to come under pressure from detec ...

(Crépuscule pour un tueur)'', and the television series ''Marguerite Vollant'', ''Cher Olivier'', '' La Petite Vie'', ''Le Négociateur'', ''Musée Eden'', ''Madame Lebrun'' and ''Empathie''.

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* 1965 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Quebec People from Longueuil National Theatre School of Canada alumni {{Canada-screen-actor-1960s-stub