Acting
Gilbert Sicotte
FR, EN cinema · 53 credits
Born
18 February 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gilbert Sicotte, CM (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor. Sicotte is known for roles in The Vultures (Les Vautours), Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas), The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux), Maria Chapdelaine (1983, Gilles Carle), Fortier, Louis Cyr, Léolo, Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), Paul à Québec, And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) and Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work. He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for The Salesman, at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Paul à Québec, and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down. He has also been a four-time Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, receiving lead acting nods at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Cap Tourmente, the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Les Pots cassés and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down, and a supporting nod at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008 for Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil). Sicotte taught at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1987 to 2018 for allegations of humiliating students in the classroom and authoritarian attitudes. Sicotte was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, "For his contributions to the performing arts as an actor, and for his commitment to training the next generation." Sicotte is the father of Antoine Sicotte, a member of Sky. Source: Article "Gilbert Sicotte" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Filmography
One Summer
as Curé Beaulieu
La théorie Lauzon
as Narrator
Arlette
as Premier ministre
Maria Chapdelaine
as Éphrem Surprenant
Mafia Inc.
as Henri Gamache
And the Birds Rained Down
as Charlie
Thanks for Everything
as Jean-Paul "JP" Cyr
Stolen Identity
as Mr. Morency
Béliveau: le documentaire
as Narrator
The Wolves
as Léon
Paul à Québec
as Roland
The Passion of Augustine
as L'aumônier
Miraculum
as Louise's Husband
Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
as Gustave Lambert
The Salesman
as Marcel Lévesque
Piché: The Landing of a Man
as Président d'Air Transat
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
as Billionaire
Forever Québec
as Narrator (voice)
My Future Self
as Self (uncredited), Thanks
Continental, a Film Without Guns
as Marcel Beaudoin
Bluff
as John
The Secret Life of Happy People
as Bernard Dufresne
Les Feux de la Saint-Jean
as Narrator
Water Child
as Thomas
A Hero's Life
as Bertin
Cap Tourmente
as Jean-Louis McKenzie
Life Is Not a Novel
as Robert
Léolo
as Narrator (voice)
The Saracen Woman
as Théo Lemieux
Ma soeur, mon amour
as Le père Messier
Shabbot Shalom!
as Jean-Marie Guérin
Un homme de Parole
as Narrateur
...Comme un voleur
1990
...Comme un voleur
as Jean-Louis McKenzie
A Paper Wedding
as Bouchard
Lamento pour un homme de lettres
as Albert Laberge
Sonia
as Narrator (voice)
Anne Trister
as L'ami de Thomas
Pale Face
as Jacques, un bum
Les années de rêves
as Louis Pelletier
Maria Chapdelaine
as Da'Bé Chapdelaine
Contrecoeur
as Roger Desfossés
Good Riddance
as Gaetan
The Coffin Affair
as Le juré Guay
Cordélia
as Me Jean-Dominique Leduc
Les grands enfants
as François Gagné
Fantastica
as Julien
L'âge de la machine
1978
The Machine Age
as (uncredited)
Far Away From You, Darling
as Le jeune frère
Les vautours
as Louis Pelletier
