Roy Dupuis
Acting
Biography
Roy Dupuis (born April 21, 1963) is a French-Canadian actor best known for his role as Ovila Pronovost in the hit miniseries Les filles de Caleb (Emilie) and as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita. He also portrayed Maurice Richard on television and in film and Roméo Dallaire in the 2007 film Shake Hands with the Devil.
Born: April 21, 1963
Place of Birth: New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Million Dollar Babies
When Oliva and Elzire Dionne have quintuplets in rural 1930s Canada, news of their uncommon family spreads like wildfire and steps up local tourism, thanks in part to an opportunistic town doctor who uses the children to enhance his own celebrity.
Toute la vie
École Marie-Labrecque is a one-of-a-kind institution: The 60 girls who study at the school are all between the ages of 12 and 17, and they're all pregnant or new mothers. The school's mission is twofold: to give them an education and to prepare them for motherhood. It's It's a huge challenge and they have only a few months to get ready.
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
In a brand-new documentary, the actress who portrayed the unforgettable Émilie Bordeleau revisits her memories of filming and analyzes the cultural legacy of this cult saga. By exploring the timeless power of its characters, she testifies to the major impact this work has had on the collective imagination and on the history of Québec television.
The Last Chapter
The Triple Sixers are the largest biker gang in Canada, but they don't have one important territory—Ontario, to give them a monopoly on the illegal drug market. Bob Durelle has been chosen to expand The Triple Sixers into Ontario, but his life-long friend Ross balks at the move. Watched by police and the Mafia, a bloody turf war starts.
La Femme Nikita
Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by lethal injection, upon which she was secretly drugged by the government, faking her death. Nikita is then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly skilled assassin who cannot be traced.
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
Shake Hands with the Devil
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
The Barbarian Invasions
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
Après la Romaine
Filmography
as Ben
as Maxime Laplace
as Roy Dupuis (Le dernier lien)
as Christophe L'Allier
as Christian
as La Mort
as Dan
as Tommy
as Albert Payette
as Christophe L’Allier
as Léo
as Self
as Narcisse St-Germain
as Bob
as Michel
as Cesare
as Régis Otis
as André Kosinski
as Gabriel
as Joe
as Vincent
as Éric Miljours
as Gérald Boivin
as Charles
as Scully
as Liam Hennessy
as Jean-Paul Mercier
as Jean-Paul Mercier
as Gilbert Turcotte
as Charles
as Benjamin Winters
as Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire
as Detective Conk Adams
as Maurice Richard
as Jack Decker
as Vincent Papineau
as Alexandre Tourneur
as Kevin Barlow
as Self
as Gérald
as Jack Paradise
as Gilles Levac
as Ross Desbiens
as Alexis Labranche
as Self
as Self
as Ross Desbiens
as The Turk
as John Strauss
as Dominique Samson
as Michael
as Christian
as Aimé Bonpland
as Becker
as Oliva Dionne
as Pierre-Paul
as Alex O'Neil
as Louis Riel
as Max
as Yves
as Michel Gagné
as Ovila Pronovost
as Jean-Marie
as Marcel Brochu
as Artiste new-yorkais