Alexis Martin (born June 9, 1964) is a Canadian actor and writer.[1] A 1986 graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, he has acted in film, television and stage productions, and has written both theatrical plays and film screenplays.[2]
He was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Genie Awards in 2010 for Route 132,[3] and for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Matroni et moi.[4] His play Bureaux was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2004 Governor General's Awards.
He is the uncle of Béatrice Martin, a singer-songwriter known by the stage name Cœur de pirate.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit- Cordélia - 1980
- The Party (Le Party) - 1990
- Cosmos - 1996
- Karmina - 1996
- The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir) - 1997
- Nô - 1998
- August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) - 1998
- Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi) - 1999
- Les Boys III - 2001
- The Collector (Le Collectionneur) - 2002
- CQ2 (Seek You Too) - 2004
- Audition (L'Audition) - 2005
- Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés) - 2005
- A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) - 2006
- Bluff - 2007
- Le Banquet - 2008
- Babine - 2008
- Route 132 - 2010
- Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule) - 2012
- My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) - 2015
- Bad Seeds (Les mauvaises herbes) - 2016
- 9 (9, le film) - 2016
- Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, Terre des âmes) - 2017
- We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) - 2019
- There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier) - 2020
Television
editPlays
edit- Oreille, tigre et bruit
- Matroni et moi
- L'An de Grâce
- Bureaux
- L'Apprentissage des marais
- Révolutions
References
edit- ^ "Alexis Martin, acteur malgré lui d’un mauvais film policier". Le Devoir, April 28, 2012.
- ^ "Martin, Alexis". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, April 24, 2009.
- ^ "Barney's Version, Incendies top Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 3, 2011.
- ^ "They dream of Genies". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 2000.
- ^ Élizabeth Lepage-Boily, "Coeur de pirate et Alexis Martin en deuil". Showbizz, May 21, 2021.
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