Julien Poulin (April 20, 1946 – January 4, 2025) was an actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and composer in Quebec, Canada. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series. His most memorable role was Elvis Gratton in which his character impersonates rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. The series of Elvis Gratton films appeared between 1981 and 2004. The most recent of these films were Elvis Gratton II: Miracle a Memphis, filmed in 1999, in which Elvis was resuscitated from the first film of the series, and Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong, which was filmed in 2004. He also co-directed some of the films along with Pierre Falardeau.

Filmography

• 2022Arsenault and Fils — Armard
• Doomsday Brothers — Père Manilla (voice)
• 2019Mad Dog Labine — Animateur radio (voice)
• Léo — Yvon
• 2016Kiss Me With All Your Love — Sergent Boileau
• True North — François-Xavier Laloge
• Karl & Max — Yvon Prince
• 2015Paul à Québec — Robert
• 2014Bunker — Guerard
• 2014Miraculum — Raymond
• 2013Rédemption — Gilles Mercier
• 2012Camion — Germain
• 2012Small Blind — Michel
• Tu m'aimes-tu? — Yvon (Fred's Father)
• Rock et Rolland — Rolland
• 2008Babine — Le Vieux Curé
• Bob Gratton : Ma Vie, My Life — Bob Gratton
• Minuit, le soir — Gaétan Langlois
• 2004Elvis Gratton 3 : Le retour d'Elvis Wong — Elvis Gratton, Writer
• 2004Machine Gun Molly — Loignon enquêteur
• 2004Taking Lives — Québec City Inspector
• 2002Séraphin: Heart of Stone — Père Ovide
• 2001February 15, 1839 — Curé Marier
• 2001Karmina 2 — Vincent Proulx
• 2001La loi de l'eau
• 2000Heaven — Jésus
• Nuremberg — Robert Ley
• 1999Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis — Bob Elvis Gratton, Writer
• 1999Pin-Pon: The Film — Oncle Mimile
• 1999The Last Breath — Norman Vaillancourt
• 1997Bad Trip
• Jasmine — Tony Demers
• 1996L'oreille d'un sourd
• Le retour
• Les aventures de la courte échelle — Inspecteur Lauzier
• 1995Elvis Gratton, président du comité des intellectuels pour le non — Elvis Gratton
• 1993Doublures
• Les grands procès — Monsieur Beaulieu, MacDonald
• Les Intrépides — Thief
• 1992Ma soeur, mon amour — L'épicier
• 1992Solo — Fernand
• 1990The Party — Boyer
• 1989Dans le ventre du dragon — Gardien guérite
• 1989How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired — Pusher #1
• Robin et Stella — Conrad Francoeur
• 1989Unfaithful Mornings — Patron du snack-bar
• 1988Gaspard et fil$ — Charles
• 1987Tinamer — Police officer
• 1985Elvis Gratton, Le King des Kings — Bob Gratton, Writer, Director
• 1985Pas encore Elvis Gratton ! — Elvis Gratton, Director, Editor, Writer
• 1985The Alley Cat — Rosario Gladu
• 1984Amuse-gueule — Motard
• 1984Les années de rêves — Photographe du mariage
• 1984The Crime of Ovide Plouffe — Voyou du cabaret
• 1983Les vacances d'Elvis Gratton — Elvis Gratton, Director, Writer, Editor
• 1983Lucien Brouillard
• 1981Elvis Gratton — Elvis Gratton, Director, Editor, Writer
• 1980Speak White — Director
• 1979Pea Soup — Director
• 1977À force de courage — Director
• 1976Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
• 1975Le Magra — Director
• 1975The Mob — Angelo, Director of Photography
• 1973Les Canadiens sont là — Screenplay, Director, Sound
• 1973Réjeanne Padovani — Mike Delvecchio
• 1973You Are Warm... You Are Warm...
• 1972À Mort — Director, Screenplay
• Frolinat — Director

Appearances as themselves (10)

• Bonne fête ComediHa! — Himself
• In Lieu of Flowers — Self
• 2010Falardeau — Self
• Peut contenir des Rachid — Self
• Pièce d'identité — Self
• Fais ça court — Self - Actor
• La petite séduction — Self
• Sucré salé — Self
• La fureur — Self
• 100 Limite — Self - Guest