Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a French Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for Le Démantèlement, and the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Decline of the American Empire. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for Les Plouffe and at the 20th Genie Awards for Post Mortem, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981 for Suzanne and at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Le Grand serpent du monde.

Filmography

• P.A.M. - Programme d'aspirant-moniteur — Professeur
• Classified — Philip Miller
• 2021Maria Chapdelaine — Le docteur
• 2021Résonance
• 2019She Who Wears the Rain
• 2016A Kid — Pierre Lesage
• Mensonges — Jean-Marc Beauchemin
• Saving Bea — Monsieur P
• 2013The Auction — Gaby Gagnon
• 2012Karakara — Pierre
• 2012The Bossé Empire — Antoine de Carufel
• 2008Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's — Mr. Mouche
• 2006Congorama — Priest
• 2006The Secret Life of Happy People — Professeur d'architecture
• 2004A Wonderful Spell — Moïse
• 2002Chaos and Desire — L'éditeur
• 2001A House with a View of the Sea — Fotografo
• 1999Post Mortem — Ghislain O'Brien
• 1999The Big Snake of the World — Monsieur
• 1996La fabrication d'un meurtrier
• 1995Blood of the Hunter — Yan Thoreau
• 1995Pour l'amour de Thomas — Claude
• 1991Nelligan — Père Seers
• 1989Easy in Mind — Théo
• 1989Unfaithful Mornings — L'homme au bonsaï
• 1988The Revolving Doors — Madrigale Blaudelle
• 1987La ligne de chaleur — Robert Filion 1
• 1986The Decline of the American Empire — Mario, Writer
• 1985Agnes of God — Monsignor
• 1984The Crime of Ovide Plouffe — Ovide Plouffe
• 1983Thunder Drum — Paul Lejeune
• 1982Le toasteur
• 1981Suzanne — Georges Laflamme
• 1981The Plouffe Family — Ovide Plouffe
• 1980The Coffin Affair — Alain Courtemanche
• 1979Bye, See You Monday — Georges, the bartender
• 1978The Machine Age — Hervé
• 1977Panique
• 1976Talk About Love
• 1976Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie — Bum
• 1975Gina — Director
• 1975Les vautours
• 1973Réjeanne Padovani — Carlo Ferrara
• 1973You Are Warm... You Are Warm... — Gabriel
• 1972Dirty Money — Ti-bi, Original Music Composer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Viens voir les comédiens — Self