Cast & creator
Gabriel Arcand
Best known for Viens voir les comédiens, Mensonges, Saving Bea
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a French Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for Le Démantèlement, and the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Decline of the American Empire. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for Les Plouffe and at the 20th Genie Awards for Post Mortem, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981 for Suzanne and at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Le Grand serpent du monde.
43
film credits
5
television credits
46
1972–2023 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
Viens voir les comédiens
Self
2002
Mensonges
Jean-Marc Beauchemin
2014
Saving Bea
Monsieur P
2014
Agnes of God
Monsignor
1985
Classified
Philip Miller
2022
The Decline of the American Empire
Mario
1986The Decline of the American Empire
Writer
1986
A Kid
Pierre Lesage
2016
Résonance
2021
The Auction
Gaby Gagnon
2013
Chaos and Desire
L'éditeur
2002
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's
Mr. Mouche
2008
Blood of the Hunter
Yan Thoreau
1995
A Wonderful Spell
Moïse
2004
Gina
Director
1975
You Are Warm... You Are Warm...
Gabriel
1973
The Big Snake of the World
Monsieur
1999
The Secret Life of Happy People
Professeur d'architecture
2006
P.A.M. - Programme d'aspirant-moniteur
Professeur
2023
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Ovide Plouffe
1984
Easy in Mind
Théo
1989
She Who Wears the Rain
2019
Maria Chapdelaine
Le docteur
2021
Suzanne
Georges Laflamme
1981
Les vautours
1975
Talk About Love
1976
Bye, See You Monday
Georges, the bartender
1979
Pour l'amour de Thomas
Claude
1995
The Bossé Empire
Antoine de Carufel
2012
Thunder Drum
Paul Lejeune
1983
Post Mortem
Ghislain O'Brien
1999
Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie
Bum
1976
The Revolving Doors
Madrigale Blaudelle
1988
Congorama
Priest
2006
The Plouffe Family
Ovide Plouffe
1981
A House with a View of the Sea
Fotografo
2001
La ligne de chaleur
Robert Filion 1
1987
Panique
1977Le toasteur
1982
The Coffin Affair
Alain Courtemanche
1980The Machine Age
Hervé
1978
La fabrication d'un meurtrier
1996
Dirty Money
Ti-bi
1972Dirty Money
Original Music Composer
1972
Réjeanne Padovani
Carlo Ferrara
1973
Unfaithful Mornings
L'homme au bonsaï
1989
Nelligan
Père Seers
1991
Karakara
Pierre
2012