Pierre Lebeau
Encyclopedia
Pierre Lebeau is a Quebec
actor
. He is best known for major roles in Quebec big-box movies such as Séraphin: un homme et son péché and the four-part Les Boys series.
, playing the role of Meo, who is a friend of Stan (played by Rémy Girard
) and businessman in which threaten to take Stan's bar if his garage league hockey team did not defeat this own squad made consisting of several tough players, albeit the Boys had defeated Meo's team. From the second movie, Meo plays in Stan's team after substituting a player. Lebeau played in all four chapters of Les Boys and will also play in the 2007 television mini-series along with most of the same actors that participated for part or all of the tetralogy including Marc Messier
, Serge Thériault
, Patrick Huard
, Girard, Yvan Ponton
and Patrick Labbé.
Lebeau's second major role was the main protagonist in Séraphin: un homme et son péché
(featuring Roy Dupuis
and Karine Vanasse
), in which he plays the role of Séraphin, the mayor of a fictional village and a mean-spirited miser. Lebeau, for his role in the 2002 movie produced by Charles Binamé
, earned himself a Jutra Award
, for best actor. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009935
Lebeau also played in various movies and television series including Nouvelle-France, L'Incomparable mademoiselle C, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
, Fortier, Matroni et Moi, Les Dangereux, L'Odyssée, Urgence and Un gars, une fille had three other award nomination including a Gémeaux Award
for Best supporting actor
in the Quebec television series Fortier in 2001 and also had Jutra Award nominations for best supporting actor for Les Boys III in 2001 and Best actor for Matroni et Moi in 2000.
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....
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...
. He is best known for major roles in Quebec big-box movies such as Séraphin: un homme et son péché and the four-part Les Boys series.
Acting background
His acting career started on the theatrical scene in 1975, after graduating from the National Theatre School http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsjkl/lebeau_pierre.html He played in various plays until the 1990s and one television series in 1978. However it was in 1997 that his career became more prominent with his first major role in Les BoysLes Boys
Les Boys is a 1997 Quebec-made comedy film directed by Louis Saia. It has spawned three sequels and by any measure is the most successful Quebec made film series of all time, and one of the most successful Canadian-made film series of all time.-Plot:The plot revolves around the players on a...
, playing the role of Meo, who is a friend of Stan (played by Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.-Acting career:He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film Les Invasions barbares by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best...
) and businessman in which threaten to take Stan's bar if his garage league hockey team did not defeat this own squad made consisting of several tough players, albeit the Boys had defeated Meo's team. From the second movie, Meo plays in Stan's team after substituting a player. Lebeau played in all four chapters of Les Boys and will also play in the 2007 television mini-series along with most of the same actors that participated for part or all of the tetralogy including Marc Messier
Marc Messier
Marc Messier is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.-Background:Messier's 30-year acting career included the participation in several well-known films and television series....
, Serge Thériault
Serge Thériault
-Background:Theriault played several roles in several Quebec television series and movies since it debut in the acting industry in 1973.Theriault most famous role was in the popular television series La Petite Vie which played from 1993 to 1999 on French-Canadian television network Radio-Canada and...
, Patrick Huard
Patrick Huard
Patrick Huard is a Quebecer actor and comedian.-Feature films:* 1997: J’en suis* 1997: Les Boys* 1998: Les Boys II* 2000: La vie après l’amour* 2000: Stardom* 2001: Les Boys III...
, Girard, Yvan Ponton
Yvan Ponton
Yvan Ponton is a Quebec actor, commentator and television host. Ponton has had a lengthy acting career which included roles in major Quebec television series and movies as well as the 1977 film Slap Shot....
and Patrick Labbé.
Lebeau's second major role was the main protagonist in Séraphin: un homme et son péché
Séraphin: un homme et son péché
Séraphin: un homme et son péché is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon...
(featuring Roy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...
and Karine Vanasse
Karine Vanasse
Karine Vanasse is a French Canadian actress. She currently appears in the role of Colette in the ABC TV series Pan Am. Vanasse is the daughter of council worker Conrad Vanasse and Renée Gamache, who was her manager at the beginning of her career.-Life and career:Vanasse was born in Drummondville,...
), in which he plays the role of Séraphin, the mayor of a fictional village and a mean-spirited miser. Lebeau, for his role in the 2002 movie produced by Charles Binamé
Charles Binamé
Charles Binamé is a Quebec director. He was born in Belgium and came to Montreal with his family at a young age. In 1971, he began work as an assistant director with the National Film Board of Canada. During the 1980s, he directed commercials in England...
, earned himself a Jutra Award
Jutra Award
The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...
, for best actor. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009935
Lebeau also played in various movies and television series including Nouvelle-France, L'Incomparable mademoiselle C, Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
, Fortier, Matroni et Moi, Les Dangereux, L'Odyssée, Urgence and Un gars, une fille had three other award nomination including a Gémeaux Award
Gémeaux Award
The Prix Gémeaux or Gémeaux Awards honour French Canadian achievements in Canadian television. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1985. In 2005 the Prix Gémeaux celebrated its 20th anniversary. Its English-language counterpart is the Gemini Awards.-External...
for Best supporting actor
Supporting actor
A supporting actor is an actor who performs roles in a play or film other than that of the leads.These roles range from bit parts to secondary leads. They are sometimes but not necessarily character roles. A supporting actor must also use restraint not to upstage the main actor/actress in the...
in the Quebec television series Fortier in 2001 and also had Jutra Award nominations for best supporting actor for Les Boys III in 2001 and Best actor for Matroni et Moi in 2000.
Television
- Journal en images froides (1977)
- Urgence (1996)
- Un gars, une filleUn gars, une filleUn gars, une fille is the title of a Quebec comedy television series created by Guy A. Lepage and broadcast on Radio-Canada, as well as the title of its French adaptation on France 2. It is one of the most successful Quebec television shows, with a concept exported to more than thirty markets...
(1997) - Le volcan tranquille (1997)
- Reseaux (1998)
- Tag (2000)
- FortierFortier (TV series)Fortier is a French-language Canadian television series which debuted on February 8, 2001 on TVA.Anne Fortier is a criminal psychologist who works with the investigators of SAS , a fictional police division specialising in crimes involving mental illnesses...
(2001–2004) - La chambre no 13 (2006)
- Les Boys (TV series) (2007)
Cinema
- Les BoysLes BoysLes Boys is a 1997 Quebec-made comedy film directed by Louis Saia. It has spawned three sequels and by any measure is the most successful Quebec made film series of all time, and one of the most successful Canadian-made film series of all time.-Plot:The plot revolves around the players on a...
(I through IV) (1997–2006) - Le siège de l'Ame (1997)
- Le Déroute (1998)
- Matroni et Moi (1999)
- The long winter (Quand tu serai parti... vous vivrez encore) (1999)
- Maelström (film)Maelström (film)Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....
(2000) - Ice Cream, Chocolate and Consolations (Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations) (2001)
- L'Odysée d'Alice Tremblay (2002)
- Séraphin: un homme et son péché (2002)
- La turbulance des fluides (2002)
- Les Dangereux (2002)
- Père et Fils (2003)
- Nez rouge (2003)
- Dans l'oeil du chat (2004)
- L'Incroyable mademoiselle C (2004)
- Nouvelle France (2004)
- 300 secondes (2005)
- The Journals of Knud RasmussenThe Journals of Knud RasmussenThe Journals of Knud Rasmussen is a 2006 Canadian-Danish film about the pressures on the traditional Inuit culture when explorer Knud Rasmussen introduces European cultural influences. Produced by Isuma, the film was directed by Zacharias Kunuk, who also directed the award-winning Inuit film...
(2006) - Bon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad CopBon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
(2006) - L'homme qui attendait (2006)
- Nos voisins Dhantsu (2006)
- Truffe (2008)