- Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard (born
August 10 1950 in Jonquière,Quebec ,Canada ) is aQuébécois actor and former television host.He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film "
Les Invasions barbares " ("The Barbarian Invasions") by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best foreign picture. Arcand's earlier film "Le Déclin de l'empire américain " ("The Decline of the American Empire") revolved around the same characters who appear 17 years later in "Les Invasions barbares". Girard also appeared in Arcand's 1989 film "Jésus de Montréal ".Girard is the most-nominated actor in the history of theGenie Awards . He has won the Leading Actor award twice, for "Amoureux fou " and "Les Invasions barbares", the Supporting Actor award twice, for 'Jesus de Montreal' and 'Les Portes Tounantes', and has garnered three other nominations, for "Le Déclin de l'empire américain", "La Florida", "Les Boys " (all four movies), , and "Aurore".He has also starred in
La Florida andThe Rocket , and appeared in theWill Ferrell comedy Blades of Glory.He also hosted a former game show called "La Chasse aux Trésors" that aired on Quebec television network TVA during the late 1990s.
There are plans for Girard to play
Lucien Rivard in a film called "Rivard". ["Six Quebec films get green light," "The Gazette", Montreal, Quebec: December 3, 2006. pg. A.29.]References
External links
* [http://filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=1787&navid=87 Canadian Film Encyclopedia]
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