Lothaire Bluteau

Canadian actor (b. 1957)

Lothaire Bluteau

Bluteau at the Calgary International Film Festival in 2007

Born|  (1957-04-14) 14 April 1957 (age 67)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Alma mater| Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec
Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1980–present

Lothaire Bluteau (born 14 April 1957) is a Canadian actor, active in film, theatre, and television.[1] He won the Genie Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the title character in Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal (1989), with a second nomination for his work in Robert Lepage's The Confessional (1995).

His television work includes the recurring roles of Marcus Alvers on the third season of 24 (2008) and Charles de Marillac on The Tudors (2010), and a starring role as Charles the Bald on Vikings (2015-16).

## Early life

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Bluteau was born in Montreal in 1957. He initially studied medicine, before enrolling in the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec.[2] He is fluent in French and English, and has performed in both languages.

## Career

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Bluteau has worked in theatre, film and television throughout Canada and internationally. He abandoned medicine for the theatre and was first noticed for his performance as a mentally challenged youth in Yves Simoneau's In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan). After receiving great acclaim for the lead in the stage version of Being at Home with Claude, he won a best actor Genie Award for his performance in Denys Arcand's Oscar-nominated Jésus de Montréal. He has since appeared in Black Robe and Robert Lepage's Le Confessionnal, and his international credits include Orlando (1992) and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996).[3]

He had a recurring role in the third season of the television series 24 as the character Marcus Alvers. In the fourth season of The Tudors, he played Charles de Marillac, the French ambassador to the court of King Henry VIII. In July 2014, it was announced he was cast in the History Channel series Vikings as the 9th century King of France, Charles the Bald.

## Selected filmography

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* Les fils de la liberté, 1980 (TV)
* Jeune délinquant, 1980 (TV series, 3 episodes)
* Just a Game (Rien qu’un jeu), 1983
* Un gars d’la place, 1983
* The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les années de rêves), 1984
* Les enfants mal aimés, 1984
* Sonia, 1986
* Miami Vice, 1986 (TV series, 1 episode)
* In the Shadow of the Wind (Les fous de Bassan), 1987
* Bonjour monsieur Gauguin, 1988
* Mourir, 1988
* La nuit avec Hortense, 1988
* Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal), 1989
* Black Robe, 1991
* The Persistence of Memory, 1991
* Orlando, 1992
* The Silent Touch [pl], 1992
* Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, 1992 (TV movie)
* The Confessional (Le confessionnal), 1995
* Other Voices, Other Rooms, 1995
* I Shot Andy Warhol, 1996
* Nostromo, 1997 (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
* Bent, 1997
* Conquest, 1998
* Animals, 1998
* Shot Through the Heart, 1998 (TV movie)
* Senso unico, 1999
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999 (TV series, 1 episode, "Sophomore Jinx", Professor James Henri Rousseau)
* Restless Spirits, 1999 (TV movie)
* Urbania, 2000
* Oz, 2000 (TV series, 1 episode)
* Solitude, 2001
* Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 2001 (TV series, 1 episode, "Enemy Within", Richard Zainer)
* Dead Heat, 2002
* Snow Dogs, 2002 - Mack
* Julie Walking Home, 2002
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 2003 (TV series, 1 episode, "Pandora", Erich Tassig)
* On Thin Ice, 2003 (TV movie)
* 24, 2004 (TV series, 5 episodes)
* Gérald L’Écuyer: A Filmmaker’s Journey, 2004 (TV movie)
* Third Watch, 2004 (TV, 1 episode)
* Desolation Sound, 2005
* Law & Order: Trial by Jury, 2006 (TV series, 1 episode, "Eros in the Upper Eighties", Andres Voychek)
* Disappearances, 2006
* Walk All Over Me, 2007
* Race to Mars (TV mini-series, 2 episodes)
* The Funeral Party, 2007
* The Tudors, Charles de Marillac, 2007–2010 (TV series)
* The Child Prodigy (L'enfant prodige), 2010
* Missing, 2012 (TV series, 1 episode)
* The Storm Within (Rouge sang), 2013[4]
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 2014 (TV series, 1 episode, "Gambler's Fallacy", Anton Nadari)
* Vikings, 2015–2016 (TV, 13 episodes)
* Regression, 2015
* Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, 2016 (TV, 1 episode)
* The Switch (La switch), 2022
* The Thawing of Ice (La fonte des glaces), 2024[5]

## Selected theater credits

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* The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (National Actors Theatre/The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, New York, 2002), Young Inna/Defendant Fish
* The Cherry Orchard (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 2006), Gaev

## Awards and recognition

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Bluteau won the 1990 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his work on Jesus of Montreal and was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his work in the film The Confessional (Le Confessionnal).[6] He was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor for his work on Black Robe.[7]

Bluteau won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Gijón International Film Festival for his work on Bent.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Lothaire Bluteau". cfe.tiff.net. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
2. ^ Boulanger, Luc (15 March 2024). "Lothaire Bluteau dans La fonte des glaces: L'acteur est un chasseur solitaire". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
3. ^ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4.
4. ^ "Rouge Sang, The Disappeared win at Canadian Film Fest". Playback. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
5. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "La fonte des glaces en salle le 22 mars". Films du Québec, January 26, 2024.
6. ^ Scott, A. O. "Lothaire Bluteau — Awards — Filmography — New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
7. ^ a b "IMDB - Lothaire Bluteau — Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 12 March 2007.

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