Pierre Lebeau

Pierre Lebeau (born 22 July 1954) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for major roles in Quebec big-box movies such as Séraphin: Heart of Stone and the four-part Les Boys series.

Pierre Lebeau
Born (1954-07-22) 22 July 1954
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present

Life and career

His acting career started on the theatrical scene in 1975, after being graduated from the National Theatre School. He played in various plays until the 1990s and one television series in 1978. However it was in 1997 that his career became more prominent with his first major role in Les Boys, playing the role of Meo, who is a friend of Stan (played by Rémy Girard) and businessman in which threaten to take Stan's bar if his garage league hockey team did not defeat this own squad made consisting of several tough players, albeit the Boys had defeated Meo's team. From the second movie, Meo plays in Stan's team after substituting a player. Lebeau played in all four chapters of Les Boys and will also play in the 2007 television mini-series along with most of the same actors that participated for part or all of the tetralogy including Marc Messier, Serge Thériault, Patrick Huard, Girard, Yvan Ponton and Patrick Labbé.

Lebeau's second major role was the main protagonist in Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché), in which he plays the role of Séraphin, the mayor of a fictional village and a mean-spirited miser. Lebeau, for his role in the 2002 movie produced by Charles Binamé, earned himself a Jutra Award for best actor.

Lebeau also played in various movies and television series including Nouvelle-France, L'Incomparable mademoiselle C, Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Fortier, Matroni et Moi, Les Dangereux, L'Odyssée, Urgence and Un gars, une fille. He had three other award nominations, including a Gémeaux Award for Best supporting actor in the Quebec television series Fortier in 2001. Lebeau also had Jutra Award nominations for best supporting actor for Les Boys III in 2001 and Best actor for Matroni et Moi in 2000.

Filmography

Television
  • Journal en images froides (1977)
  • Urgence (1996)
  • Un gars, une fille (1997)
  • Le volcan tranquille (1997)
  • Reseaux (1998)
  • Tag (2000)
  • Fortier (2001–2004)
  • La chambre no 13 (2006)
  • Les Boys (TV series) (2007)

Cinema

Théâtre
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