Guy Nadon
Encyclopedia
Guy Nadon, CM
(born August 28, 1952 in Montreal
, Quebec
) is a French-Canadian
actor
. Despite his most English-language
popular role arguably being H2O
, his other works have been in his first language
of French. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada
.
Film{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Additional notes
|-
|1966
|Rue des Pignons
|Simon Durieu
|
|-
| 1984
| Transformers
| Ironhide
| (Québécois
voice)
TV
|-
| 1987
| Laurier
|
|-
| 1994
| Craque la vie!
| Robert Gignac
|
|-
| 1994
| Windigo
| Jean Fontaine
|
|-
| 1996
| Urgence
| Jacques Therrien
|
|-
| 1997
| Paparazzi
| Jean-Paul Dumont
|
|-
| 1998
| Le Cœur au poing
| Julien
|
|-
| 2000
| Chartrand et Simonne
| Gérard Picard
|
|-
| 2004
| H2O
| Marc Lavigne
|
|-
| 2007
| Transformers
| Optimus Prime
|
|-
| 2009
| Aveux
| Charles Laplante
|
|}
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Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(born August 28, 1952 in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
) is a French-Canadian
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Despite his most English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
popular role arguably being H2O
H2O (film)
H2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television October 31, 2004. It starred Paul Gross and Leslie Hope, with former politician Belinda Stronach making a cameo appearance. Written by Gross and John Krizanc and directed by Charles Binamé, it was nominated...
, his other works have been in his first language
First language
A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity...
of French. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
.
Film{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Additional notes
|-
|1966
|Rue des Pignons
Rue des Pignons
Rue des Pignons was a French-Canadian TV series which ran from 1966 to 1977. Radio-Canada has reportedly lost most of the episodes of the series, only managing to trace about 35 of the 414 episodes from 1966 to 1977...
|Simon Durieu
|
|-
| 1984
| Transformers
The Transformers (TV series)
The Transformers is an animated television series depicting a war among giant robots who could transform into vehicles, other objects and animal-like forms. Written and recorded in America, the series was animated in Japan and South Korea...
| Ironhide
Ironhide
Ironhide is the name of several different fictional characters in the Transformers universes. According to the original creator of the Transformers names, Bob Budiansky, Ironhide was named after the television series Ironside.-Transformers: Generation 1:...
| (Québécois
Quebec French
Quebec French , or Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as well as in education, the media, and government....
voice)
TV
|-
| 1987
| Laurier
|
|-
| 1994
| Craque la vie!
| Robert Gignac
|
|-
| 1994
| Windigo
| Jean Fontaine
|
|-
| 1996
| Urgence
| Jacques Therrien
|
|-
| 1997
| Paparazzi
| Jean-Paul Dumont
|
|-
| 1998
| Le Cœur au poing
| Julien
|
|-
| 2000
| Chartrand et Simonne
Chartrand et Simonne
Chartrand et Simonne is a French-Canadian television mini-series which aired in 2000, exclusively on Radio-Canada. The series originally only had two parts but it was expanded into 6 parts and re-aired in 2003 on Télé-Québec. Currently, Télé-Québec airs the program on a regular basis...
| Gérard Picard
|
|-
| 2004
| H2O
H2O (film)
H2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television October 31, 2004. It starred Paul Gross and Leslie Hope, with former politician Belinda Stronach making a cameo appearance. Written by Gross and John Krizanc and directed by Charles Binamé, it was nominated...
| Marc Lavigne
|
|-
| 2007
| Transformers
| Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime is a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. Prime is the leader of the autobots, a faction of transforming robots from the planet Cybertron. The autobots are constantly waging war against a rival faction of transforming robots called Decepticons...
|
|-
| 2009
| Aveux
Aveux
Aveux is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
| Charles Laplante
|
|}
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