
Gilbert Sicotte
Gilbert Sicotte, CM (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor.
Sicotte is known for roles in The Vultures (Les Vautours), Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas), The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux), Maria Chapdelaine (1983, Gilles Carle), Fortier, Louis Cyr, Léolo, Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), Paul à Québec, And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) and Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work.
He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for The Salesman, at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Paul à Québec, and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down.
He has also been a four-time Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, receiving lead acting nods at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Cap Tourmente, the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Les Pots cassés and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down, and a supporting nod at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008 for Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil).
Sicotte taught at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1987 to 2018 for allegations of humiliating students in the classroom and authoritarian attitudes.
Sicotte was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, "For his contributions to the performing arts as an actor, and for his commitment to training the next generation."
Sicotte is the father of Antoine Sicotte, a member of Sky.
Source: Article "Gilbert Sicotte" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.233 |
Birthday | 1948-02-18 |
Place of Birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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1992

Léolo
7.1/123
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
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2006

La vie secrète des gens heureux
7/2
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2011

The Salesman
6.3/9
With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec...
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2023

One Summer
7.4/5
For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhaust...
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1980

Good Riddance
7.3/13
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2007

Continental, a Film Without Guns
6.5/6
The mysterious disappearance of a man affects the lives of four different people, all living in loneliness in the suburbs of Quebec: the wife of the m...
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2007

Bluff
5.6/5
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2014

Miraculum
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1995

Water Child
6.2/4
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1976

Je suis loin de toi mignonne
3/1
In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.
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1993

Cap Tourmente
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2013

Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
6.6/34
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1983

Maria Chapdelaine
6/9
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2014

The Wolves
6.2/8
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2022

La théorie Lauzon
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1972

Montréal blues
5/3
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1991

Un homme de Parole
8/1
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2008

Mesrine: Killer Instinct
7.3/933
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2015

Paul à Québec
6.667/21
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1984

Les années de rêves
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1975

Les vautours
6/3
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1985

Le million tout-puissant
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1980

The Coffin Affair
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1980

Cordélia
6.8/2
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2005

Les Feux de la Saint-Jean
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2008

Forever Québec
0/0
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1985

Pale Face
5/2
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1976

Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie
5/6
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1989

A Paper Wedding
4.2/9
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1980

Les grands enfants
0/0
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1993

Life Is Not a Novel
5/1
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1983

Contrecoeur
5/4
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1994

A Hero's Life
5/1
A Canadian couple reunites with the German POW they befriended during World War II.
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2018

Stolen Identity
4.6/5
Inspired by a true story, a young man from a good family becomes an effective and seductive con artist, crushing the dreams of innocent people in his...
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1990

...Comme un voleur
5/1
A garagist must take care of his sick mother and irresponsible brother.
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2019

And the Birds Rained Down
7.3/17
A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the tu...
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2017

Béliveau: le documentaire
0/0
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1986

Sonia
0/0
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1977

Anastasie oh ma chérie
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Anastasia chooses to lock herself in an apartment and tame through rituals. She barricades herself, to protect herself from external violence and the...
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2020

Mafia Inc.
6.7/60
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2019

Thanks for Everything
6.7/11
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1992

The Saracen Woman
7/7
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1980

Fantastica
5.9/7
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1978

L'âge de la machine
0/0
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1992

Ma soeur, mon amour
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2021

Maria Chapdelaine
6.294/17
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2015

The Passion of Augustine
7/22
The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.
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2010

Piché: The Landing of a Man
6.8/13
Toronto, August 2001. Commander Robert Piche left Pearson Airport heading for Lisbon on an Airbus 330. Due to a significant fuel loss, he was headed f...
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2022

Arlette
5.7/10
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1992

Shabbot Shalom!
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1988

Lamento pour un homme de lettres
0/0
Lamento is an unfinished novel by writer Albert Laberge. Laberge, recognized today as Quebec's first naturalist author, published La scouine in 1918,...
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