Xavier Dolan
Born: 1989-03-20 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For: Directing
Biography
Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination. Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards. Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), and It Chapter Two (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Xavier Dolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- The Great Arch as Jean-Louis Subilon
- Lean On Me ... (Director)
2024
- The Beast as Système intelligence artificielle (voice)
- Hot Ones Québec as Self
2023
- Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Toopy and Binoo The Movie as Jacques-Henri (voice)
2022
- The Night Logan Woke Up as Elliot Larouche
- Charlotte ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Lost Illusions as Nathan d'Anastazio
- Star Académie as Self - Academy Teacher
2020
- Happily Married as Sexiste #3
- Smoothie ... (Editor)
2019
- It Chapter Two as Adrian Mellon
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan ... (Director)
- Matthias & Maxime as Maxime
- The Physics of Sorrow as (voice)
- Relai ... (Editor)
2018
- Bad Times at the El Royale as Buddy Sunday
- Boy Erased as Jon
- Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura as Anatane
- Fan fini as Self
- Le cri du rhinocéros as Self
- Des hommes stylés as Self
2017
- Rétroviseur as Self
- Il était une fois... « Mommy » as Self
2016
- It's Only the End of the World ... (Director)
- Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
2015
- Les recettes pompettes as Self
- Elephant Song as Michael Aleen
2014
- Mommy ... (Director)
- PaparaGilles as Self
- Tom at the Farm as Tom
- L'Été indien as Self
- Miraculum as Étienne Simard
2013
- En mode Salvail as Self
- An Extraordinary Person ... (Editor)
2012
- Laurence Anyways as Man at the Party (uncredited)
- Les bobos as Xavier Dolan
2011
- Boys On Film: Bad Romance as Julien (segment "Mirrors")
- Good Neighbours as Jean-Marc
2010
- En audition avec Simon as Xavier Dolan
- Heartbeats as Francis
- Lipsett Diaries as Narrator (voice)
2009
- Les Appendices as Self
- I Killed My Mother as Hubert Minel
- Taxi payant as Self
- Suzie as Punk
2008
- Martyrs as Antoine
- Club social as Self
2004
- Tout le monde en parle as Self
2001
- The Hidden Fortress as Michael
1997
- Heads or Tails as Edouard
1996
- Omertà, la loi du silence as Nicholas Favara