Gérard Poirier
Born: 1930-02-04 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2021-12-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gérard Poirier (February 4, 1930 – December 19, 2021) was a Canadian actor and director. Poirier began acting in the theatre at the age of 12. He graduated from the Collège André-Grasset in 1952 and subsequently became a teacher at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, the Collège Lionel-Groulx, and the Collège Antoine-Girouard. His early acting career was in the theatre, particularly at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. His archives are kept in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
Filmography
2013
2011
- Henry as Henry
2010
2004
- Le Bleu du ciel as Mgr Mauril Jalbert
2002
- Viens voir les comédiens as Self
2001
- Wedding Night as Jules
1998
1993
- Le grand zèle as Hubert Tanguay
- Matusalem as Pirate de Monbars
1992
- Les Intrépides as Jean-Jacques Le Tacq
- Nénette as Jean-Louis Lafond (Lola)
1987
- La ligne de chaleur as Eugène Filion
1986
- A Question of Loving as M. Bonin
1984
- Le parc des braves as Tancrède Rousseau
1981
- The Plouffe Family as Curé Folbêche
1980
- Le temps d'une paix as Me Cyprien Fournier
1977
- Panique as Prime Minister Chevrier
1974
- Les beaux dimanches as Paul
1972
1971
- Des souris et des hommes as Slim
- Hold on to Daddy's Ears as Michel Massé