Every week in his weekend notebook, The newspaper presents you with the help of some souvenir photos of remarkable moments in an artist's career.
Adorable liar
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In 1996, in La petite vie, the actor played the inimitable orange-haired Réjean, a likeable unfaithful man, alongside the naive Thérèse (Diane Lavallée) for three years. His character, like all those in the series created by Claude Meunier, will enter the collective memory of Quebecers.
“The Hardness of the Spirit”
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On the set of the Radio-Canada series “Les Boys” in 2008, Marc Messier once again took on the role of Robert “Bob” Chicoine, a great orator often in need of money, one of the most notable roles of his career. He will be part of the entire adventure of films and series of this cheerful garage hockey league.
Dramatic role
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In the role of trainer Marc Gagnon from the Lance et Compte series (behind Roch Voisine and Carl Marotte). After his theater training at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe, Marc mainly played comedic roles. This time Réjean Tremblay entrusted him with a role that revealed all his talent and won him several Gémeaux prizes.
Great finish
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Michel Côté, Marcel Gauthier and Marc Messier (38 years old), the fantastic actors of the play Broue, appeared in the popular show Club Sandwich on Télé-Métropole (TVA) in 1985. You have been working with Broue for six years. They will do this for 38 years.
After Throw and count
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34 years ago, in 1990, Marc played the role of Benoît Lambert, a sweet and dreamy university professor, the ex-husband of airplane pilot Suzanne (Louise Deschâtelets) in the TVA soap opera “Of Love and Friendship”. A new slice of life for the actor as the first three series of Lance and Count were completed.
- Marc plays the character of Hervé Dubois in the series With a beating heart, an ex-convict who killed his wife and secretary and is trying to reconnect with his daughter Gabrielle (Ève Landry). With Roy Dupuis. Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on ICI Télé.
- We find Marc Messier in the six new episodes of The little life in the role of the hilarious Réjean, surrounded by the merry gang of Pôpa (Claude Meunier). Director: Pierre Seguin. Saturdays 6:30 p.m. on ICI Télé.
- The actor will play the title role of the play Florian Zeller's father, taken up in the cinema by actor Anthony Hopkins, an old man who suffers from dementia and becomes tyrannical, bizarre, charming, fearful and then destitute. A great challenge. At TNM from March 19th to April 13th, 2024.
- The actor also played Luc Paquette, a father dying of cancer, in the Radio-Canada series Before the crash and the touching J.-A., who suffers from Parkinson's disease. in Anik Jean's film, My mother's men.
- Marc is the father of three children: Gabrielle, 39, a university professor, Félix, 19, and Jeanne, 13.