Frank Fontaine
Acting
Biography
Frank Fontaine is a Canadian actor and writer born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in New York State and England. He began his college education at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. but that came to an abrupt halt when he left for London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His television and stage plays The Great Bergen, The Monster, The Great Symphonic Adventure, The Inquest and Others, have been produced by the CBC.
Born: November 28, 1936
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known For
Two Summers
8-year-old Lewis Poppy's refusal to "die of loneliness" propels him on a difficult journey to try to bring his deceased mother back to life.
Assassin's Creed: Lineage
When the Duke of Milan is brutally murdered, the Assassin Giovanni Auditore is dispatched to investigate. What he uncovers implicates Italy's most powerful families reaching all the way back to the Vatican itself. As Giovanni draws closer to the truth, he becomes hunted himself. He must expose the conspirators before he joins their ever-growing list of victims.
Nuremberg
Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
One Summer
For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhausted from running his church, which serves as a shelter, and overwhelmed by the bills they can no longer pay, Marc must face the facts: he will have to shut down his church. Like a call from Providence, he inherits a property in the Bas-du-Fleuve region and decides to take a group of homeless people with him, who, like himself, need a vacation.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard
Despite the fact that he is completely unrepentant about his crimes, when Regis Savoie's son asks to visit him, prison authorities grant permission for the boy to come. The thief and murderer (Gildor Roy) takes advantage of the moment of his son's arrival to steal a gun and take flight. He settles some old scores, gets together with his girlfriend, and heads for the hills, pursued by a detective who is not to be swayed in his efforts to follow and recapture him.
The Long Winter
In 1838, François-Xavier Bouchard fights beside his Québec countrymen and the English minority.
So Long, Marianne
The intimate tale of two young people, Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen and extraordinary Norwegian woman Marianne Ihlen, falling in love during a period of their life when they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world, while one is becoming one of the most famous singers of all time.
Zigrail
André and Kim are a young couple living together in Montréal. André works with his family in Bungee jumping business while Kim must go to study in Turkey. André stays at home until he received a call from her girlfriend announcing that she's pregnant and she is opting for abortion. To convince her not to, André begins a long journey to Istanbul as he goes deep in his mind to confront his life and fears.
Sonatine
Two teenaged friends have separate difficult experiences that make the girls seriously consider suicide.
Filmography
as Leonard's Grandfather
as Gordon MacNider (voice)
as Mr. Phelps
as Dive Bar Elderly Man
as Older Man
as Old Guy
as Grandfather Collier
as Arthur Bradigan
as Shawn Baichoo
as Marco Barbarigo
as Charles
as Old Man
as Ned - Hannah's Father
as Harry Goodman
as Gorman Twoberry
as Wallis' Chauffeur
as Unwin
as Judge
as Judge
as Parker
as ABC Executive
as Herbert Poppy
as General Rand
as Charles Vance Miller
as Detective Moore
as Frank Bauers
as Mr. Kaye (voice)
as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
as Daddy Harry
as Cop
as Senate Committee Chairman
as Grandfather
as Directeur de la prison (1808)
as Reporter #2
as Monet Senior
as Mayor Galliano
as Sheriff Earl Knudsen
as Harvey
as Frank Brayman
as Man in Market
as Policier
as General Greenfield, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman
as L'astrophysicien
as Père d'André
as Eli
as Policier non-fumeur
as Officier à l'incendie
as Trustee #4
as Wilder Penfield
as Gardien (dragueur)
as Self - Co-Host