Claude Legault

Claude Legault (born May 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor and television writer from Quebec.

Claude Legault
Claude Legault in 2017
Born (1963-05-26) 26 May 1963
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor
Screenwriter

Biography

Legault was a star (2000-2003) of the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and has since appeared regularly on television, stage and film. He was part of the cast of the TV series 450 chemin du Golf and Annie et ses Hommes and of Le retour. He also plays in Minuit, le soir and Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, two series that he developed and wrote with his old partner in crime Pierre-Yves Bernard. Together, they also wrote the movie Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, in which he portrays Flavien Bouchard. Moreover, Legault was co author of Le monde selon Dieu, in which he played at Espace GO and at the Vieux-Clocher in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He has been seen on stage in Durocher le milliardaire and Propagande and on the big screen in Gaz Bar Blues, Les 7 Jours du Talion and 10½. He also starred in the series 19-2.

He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 28th Genie Awards for The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons), and won the Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres).[1]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1992-1993 Watatatow Paul Girard 6 episodes
1996 La Petite Vie Menteur anonyme 1 episode
1996-2001 Le Retour Jean Caporucci
1998-2001 Dans une galaxie près de chez vous Flavien Bouchard 60 episodes, also writer
1999-2003 Catherine Gabriel
2002-2009 Annie et ses hommes Éric Séguin
2003-2009 450, chemin du Golf Alexandre
2005-2007 Minuit, le soir Marc Forest 28 episodes
2011 19-2 Ben Chartier 30 episodes, also writer (30 episodes)
Prix Artis for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role - Drama
Prix Gemeaux for Best Writing for a Dramatic Series (shared with Danielle Dansereau and Réal Bossé)
Nominated—International Emmy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Prix Gemeaux for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role - Drama
2018 Fugueuse Laurent Couture 10 episodes
2020 Bye Bye Premier François Legault Special[2]

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 1 Flavien Bouchard writer
2006 The 3 L'il Pigs Mathieu
2008 Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 Flavien Bouchard writer
2010 10½ Gilles
2010 7 Days Bruno Hamel
2010 City of Shadows (La Cité) Colonel Julien Mandel
2011 French Kiss Fred
2012 The Bossé Empire (L'Empire Bossé) Jacques "Coco" Lacasse
2012 L'Affaire Dumont Polygraphe J. Landry
2012 The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life Luke Boulet
2017 Junior Majeur Luke Boulet
2017 Barefoot at Dawn Bérubé
2021 Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)

Awards
  • [10 ½] :
  • [The 100 Watts Club] :
    • [Gemini Prize for best text for a children's program or series]
  • 19-2 :
    • [Artis Prize | Artis Prize for Best Leading Male Role: TV series]
  • [Annie and her men] :
    • [Gémeaux Award for best male supporting role # Teleroman | Gémeaux Award for best male supporting role: soap opera] 2006
  • [Midnight, evening] :
    • Gemini Award for Best Leading Male Role: Dramatic 2005
    • Gemini Award for Best Text for a Dramatic Series 2006
    • Gemini Award for Best Leading Male Role: Dramatic 2006
    • Gemini Award for Best Text for a Dramatic Series 2007
    • Artis Award for Best Male Role: 2007 TV series
    • Artis Prize for Best Male Role: 2008 television series
  • [1998] - [2001]: [In a galaxy near you] : Flavien Bouchard (co-author)
    • [Gemini Prize for best text for a children's program or series] 2000
    • [Gemini Prize for best text for a children's program or series] 2001

References
  1. François Lévesque, "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, June 5, 2022.
  2. "Le Bye Bye is a New Year's Eve tradition that is stronger than ever". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2022-01-18.


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