Lothaire Bluteau
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| Born | 14 April 1957 Montreal, Québec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983-present |
Lothaire Bluteau (born 14 April 1957) is a French-Canadian actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and performs in both French and English. He had a recurring role in the third season of the television series 24 as the character Marcus Alvers.
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[edit] Biography
Lothaire Bluteau was born into an impoverished Montreal family of nineteen in 1957. His numerous theatre credits helped lead to his first full-length film, Rien Qu'un Jeu (1983). Since then, he has starred in many motion pictures including Jesus of Montreal, The Confessional (with Kristin Scott Thomas) and Bent (alongside Clive Owen). He is currently at work filming Art in Las Vegas. Bluteau is fluent in both French and English, and though he performs in both languages his characters have ranged greatly, from a male prostitute (Being at Home with Claude) to a person with a developmental disability (Les Fous De Bassan) to a crooked jockey (Dead Heat) to a Jesuit missionary (Black Robe). Bluteau is well regarded for his portrayals and is often said to display emotions exceedingly well, wearing them like a second skin. In the fourth season of The Tudors, Bluteau takes up the role of Charles de Marillac, the French Ambassador to the court of King Henry VIII. Marillac had the unenviable task of representing French interests in England on the eve of Henry VIII's last quest for military glory against France in 1544. In the opening credits Bluteau features as one of the primary characters in the Sixteenth-Century historical drama.
[edit] Awards and recognition
Bluteau won the 1990 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his work on Jesus of Montreal and was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his work in the film Le Confessionnal.[1] He was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor for his work on Black Robe.[2] Bluteau won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Gijón International Film Festival for his work on Bent.[2]
[edit] Selected filmography
- In the Shadow of the Wind (1987)
- Jésus de Montréal (1989), Daniel
- Black Robe (1991), Father Laforgue
- Orlando (1992), The Khan
- The Confessional (1992), Pierre Lamontagne
- Other Voices, Other Rooms (1994) Randolph
- I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Maurice Girodias
- Bent (1997), Horst
- Conquest (1998), Pincer Bedler[3]
- Julie Walking Home (2002), Alexi
- Walk All Over Me (2007), Rene
- Inconceivable (2008), Malcolm Blay
- The Making of Plus One (2010), Gil - the production designer
[edit] Selected theatre credits
- The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (National Actors Theatre/The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, New York, 2002), Young Inna/Defendant Fish
- The Cherry Orchard (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 2006), Gaev
[edit] References
- ^ Scott, A. O.. "Lothaire Bluteau — Awards — Filmography — New York Times". The New York Times. http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=6907&mod=awards. Retrieved March 12, 2007.
- ^ a b "Lothaire Bluteau — Awards". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089937/awards. Retrieved March 12, 2007.
- ^ Fandango: Lothaire Bluteau Filmography
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