Benoît Brière (born June 20, 1965) is a Canadian actor fromQuebec.[1] He is most noted for his performance in the filmSeducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction), for which he was aGenie Award nominee forBest Supporting Actor at the24th Genie Awards[2] and aJutra Award nominee forBest Supporting Actor at the6th Jutra Awards.[3]
Born and raised inLongueuil, Quebec, he graduated from theNational Theatre School of Canada in 1991.[1] He has appeared on stage in productions ofThe Mistress of the Inn,The Barber of Seville,Le Bourgeois gentilhomme andDom Juan, winning Masques Awards from Quebec's Académie québécoise du théâtre forThe Mistress of the Inn andDom Juan.[1] He first became famous in Quebec for appearing in a series ofBell Canada commercials.[1]
He has also had roles in the filmsLouis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes),Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux calvaire),The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme),Stardom,The Baroness and the Pig,North Station (Station Nord),Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché),Audition (L'Audition),Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres),The Child Prodigy (L'Enfant prodige),A Sense of Humour (Le Sens de l'humour),Walter and Tandoori's Christmas,April and the Extraordinary World,Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes),Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes),The Fall of the American Empire (Le Chute de l'empire américain),Arlette andDusk for a Hitman (Crépuscule pour un tueur), and the television seriesMarguerite Vollant,Cher Olivier,La Petite Vie,Le Négociateur,Musée Eden,Madame Lebrun andEmpathie.
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