Rémy Girard

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Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950 in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada) is a Québécois actor and former television host.

He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film Les Invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best foreign picture. Arcand's earlier film Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) revolved around the same characters who appear 17 years later in Les Invasions barbares. Girard also appeared in Arcand's 1989 film Jésus de Montréal Girard is the most-nominated actor in the history of the Genie Awards. He has won the Leading Actor award twice, for Amoureux fou and Les Invasions barbares, the Supporting Actor award twice, for 'Jesus de Montreal' and 'Les Portes Tounantes', and has garnered three other nominations, for Le Déclin de l'empire américain, La Florida, Les Boys (all four movies), Séraphin: un homme et son péché, and Aurore.

He also hosted a former game show called La Chasse aux Trésors that aired on Quebec television network TVA during the late 1990`s.

There are plans for Girard to play Lucien Rivard in a film called Rivard.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Six Quebec films get green light," The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec: December 3, 2006. pg. A.29.

[edit] External link

• Rémy Girard at the Internet Movie Database