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François Papineau

François Papineau

Canadian actor (born 1966)

François Papineau (born 24 December 1966) is a Canadian actor who worked in stage and the Cinema of Quebec for over 25 years.[1]

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Papineau graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1990.[2] He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Actor for Route 132 (2010).[3]

In 2015, he joined the cast of director Benoît Pilon's film Iqaluit, alongside Marie-Josée Croze and Natar Ungalaaq.[4] Iqaluit was released in 2016, the same year as his Bad Seeds,[5] and Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende), where Papineau played Jack Murphy, the Devil in the Chasse-galerie mythology. Papineau was tasked to play the villain as suave with a slight English accent.[6]

He is married to actress Bénédicte Décary,[7] with whom he costarred in the 2021 television series Entre deux draps.[8]

Selected filmography

References

  1. [1]
    Boulanger, Luc (13 February 2017). "François Papineau: sous la carapace". La Presse. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    Reny, Dominique (4 October 2004). "L'entrevue - François Papineau, côté cour, côté jardin". Le Devoir. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. [3]
    Stone, Jay (2 February 2011). "We dream of Genie". The Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. [4]
    Duchesne, André (29 July 2015). "Marie-Josée Croze turns Iqaluit with Benoit Pilon". La Presse. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. [5]
    Pelletier, Mélissa (15 February 2017). ""Ne m'oublie pas" chez Duceppe: prendre une volée de François Papineau (ENTREVUE)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. [6]
    Kelly, Brendan (25 February 2016). "Movie review: Chasse-Galerie updates classic Québécois oral legend". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. [7]
    François Hamel and Marie-Hélène Goulet, "10 ans d'amour pour François Papineau et Bénédicte Décary". 7 Jours, August 6, 2021.
  8. [8]
    Natalie Slight, "Secrets de plateau | Entre deux draps". 7 Jours, February 11, 2021.


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