Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Born: March 20, 1989
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program

Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination.

Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards.

Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), and It Chapter Two (2019).

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Movies for Xavier Dolan...

The Beast
Title: The Beast
Character: Système intelligence artificielle (voice)
Released: February 7, 2024
Type: Movie
In the not too distant future, a woman attempts to undergo a mind-altering procedure to erase her feelings of unhappiness and trauma.
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Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Title: Toopy and Binoo The Movie
Character: Jacques-Henri (voice)
Released: August 11, 2023
Type: Movie
After an escalation of blunders, Toopy and Dorothy, a comical genie, accidentally make Binoo’s beloved stuffed animal, Patchy-Patch, disappear. The trio immediately set out to find the fabulous land of “The Lost and Found” where Patchy-Patch is surely to be found. Along the way, the group meets twin seagulls looking for their father, and a magnificent Princess who has lost her dance partner. Together, and despite Toopy’s bumbling ways, they will try to find Patchy Patch and their lost loves.
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Title: The Night Logan Woke Up
Character: Elliot Larouche
Released: November 24, 2022
Type: TV
On a cold October night in 1991, an unspeakable event rocks a small town in Quebec, forever haunting a family who tries to hide their dark secret. Thirty years later these secrets buried deep in the past resurface, sending the family on an unstoppable pursuit of reconciliation.
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Lost Illusions
Title: Lost Illusions
Character: Nathan d'Anastazio
Released: October 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
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Title: Star Académie
Character: Self - Academy Teacher
Released: January 17, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Happily Married
Character: Sexiste #3
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: TV
In 1974, in the quiet suburb of Sainte-Foy, two discontented couples bring their kids to summer camp. Once home, they must face the pitiful state their marriages are in. Unable to deal with their problems, they become the most infamous criminals in the history of organized crime in Quebec City.
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Matthias & Maxime
Title: Matthias & Maxime
Character: Maxime
Released: October 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.
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It Chapter Two
Title: It Chapter Two
Character: Adrian Mellon
Released: September 4, 2019
Type: Movie
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
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Le cri du rhinocéros
Title: Le cri du rhinocéros
Character: Self
Released: November 27, 2018
Type: Movie
Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him. Do artists have an expiry date? Do we create our best works in our youth or, on the contrary, does experience allow us to develop a greater mastery of our medium? In this respect, are there important differences between the different forms of art such as music, cinema and literature?
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Bad Times at the El Royale
Title: Bad Times at the El Royale
Character: Buddy Sunday
Released: October 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
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Boy Erased
Title: Boy Erased
Character: Jon
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
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Title: Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura
Character: Anatane
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: TV
The dictator in power wants to turn the young male children of the planet into docile and easily manipulated beings. a young hero, forced to leave his home, goes on a quest from Paris to Okura, where the boys are kept prisoners
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Title: Fan fini
Character: Himself
Released: August 15, 2018
Type: TV
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Il était une fois... Mommy
Title: Il était une fois... Mommy
Character: Self
Released: May 14, 2017
Type: Movie
In 2014, the movie « Mommy » directed by Xavier Dolan, got the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. This was a great achievement for this director prodigy from Quebec, who had just turned 25. The script - a tumultuous relationship between a single mother and his hyperactive and violent son - and the bold direction electrified the audience. Shot in Montreal, the documentary by Tessa Louise Salomé tells the genesis of this family drama. It also reveals the failures of the society in Quebec : the failure of the mental institution and the impoverishment of the middle class.
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Title: Rétroviseur
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2017
Type: TV
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Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Title: Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: Movie
Actors Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Monia Chokri, Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Niels Schneider and Melvil Poupaud discuss working with the young Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who has conquered the hearts of both cinema lovers and prestigious festival juries with his films. To French actress Nathalie Baye, he seems very experienced despite his young age, while Cannes Director Thierry Frémaux says he may be insolent, but everyone agrees he is passionate, creative, a perfectionist and... in a hurry.
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Title: Les recettes pompettes
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 2015
Type: TV
Each Week, Éric Salvail invites a new "drinking buddy" to join him in making a recipe that must resemble the original as much as possible, while downing increasing numbers of shots and glasses of wine. This sizeable challenge naturally leads to fits of laughter, surprising confessions … and a few broken glasses!
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Title: PaparaGilles
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: TV
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Elephant Song
Title: Elephant Song
Character: Michael Aleen
Released: September 4, 2014
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
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Title: L'Été indien
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 2014
Type: TV
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Tom at the Farm
Title: Tom at the Farm
Character: Tom
Released: April 16, 2014
Type: Movie
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
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Miraculum
Title: Miraculum
Character: Étienne Simard
Released: February 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Sometimes, we're just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness, grows fond of the miracle survivor of a plane crash. Two sexagenarians, a bartender and a parking lot attendant want to explore their forbidden passions. A conservative, well-off couple drown their disappointments in booze and gambling. And a man does his utmost to make amends for an irredeemable action, bringing us to a plane bound for Cuba. An ensemble film where every character affects the lives of others.
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Title: En mode Salvail
Character: Self
Released: October 28, 2013
Type: TV
What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and follow Éric Salvail on his beautifully crazy tangents!
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Title: Les bobos
Character: Xavier Dolan
Released: September 14, 2012
Type: TV
Two bourgeois-bohemians struggle to stay on the cutting edge of trends and fashion while never sacrificing a single ounce of comfort, style or social conscience.
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Laurence Anyways
Title: Laurence Anyways
Character: Man at the Party (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 2012
Type: Movie
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
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Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
Title: Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
Character: Julien (segment "Mirrors")
Released: September 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; Christoph Scheermann's "Cake and Sand" starring Bartholomew Sammut and Jan Andreesen; Michael Rozanov's "Watch Over Me" starring Guy Kapulnik and Davidi Hoffman; Joachim Back's "The New Tenants" starring David Rakoff and Jamie Harrold; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Just Friends?" starring Lee Je-hoon and Yeon Woo-jin; Étienne Desrosiers's "Mirrors" starring Xavier Dolan, Stéphane Demers, and Julie Beauchemin; Christopher Banks's "Communication" starring Rudi Vodanovich and Alexander Campbell; Tomer Velkoff's "The Traitor" co-starring Shmulik Goldstein; Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein's "The Strange Ones" starring David Call, Tobias Campbell, and Merritt Wever; and Tamer Ruggli's "Cappuccino" starring Benjamin Décosterd and Manuela Biedermann.
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Good Neighbours
Title: Good Neighbours
Character: Jean-Marc
Released: June 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor moves into the building, all three quickly hit it off. However, they soon discover each has his or her own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety. But the more time these three neighbors spend together in their apartment building, the clearer it becomes that what they once thought of as a safe haven is as dangerous as any outside terrors they could imagine.
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Lipsett Diaries
Title: Lipsett Diaries
Character: Narrator
Released: October 10, 2010
Type: Movie
A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into a clash of images and sounds charting a prodigious frenzy of creation, a tableau depicting an artist’s dizzying descent into depression and madness: with LIPSETT DIARIES, Theodore Ushev renews his filmmaking aesthetic and explores what happens when genius is on a first-name basis with madness.
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Heartbeats
Title: Heartbeats
Character: Francis
Released: September 29, 2010
Type: Movie
Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' indeterminate affections, a conflict that climaxes when the trio visit the vacation home of Nicolas' mother. The frothy comedy unfolds through narrative, fantasy sequences and confessional monologues.
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Title: En audition avec Simon
Character: Xavier Dolan
Released: March 15, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Taxi payant
Character: Himself
Released: September 3, 2009
Type: TV
Passengers in a specially outfitted taxi are surprised and offered the chance to win money by correctly answering a series of general knowledge or trivia questions on the way to their destination.
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I Killed My Mother
Title: I Killed My Mother
Character: Hubert Minel
Released: June 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
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Suzie
Title: Suzie
Character: Punk
Released: April 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Suzie, a 58 year old depressed taxi driver on the night shift. On Halloween, she finds a 10 year old autistic boy in the back seat of her taxi with 50$ and an address. As Suzie arrived at the father's address, she realizes the mess this family is in. This child and her own troubled past lead her down a surprising road. In French with English subtitles.
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Title: Les Appendices
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2009
Type: TV
A frenzied series of wacky sketches, surprising and unexpected.
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Title: Club social
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2008
Type: TV
A magazine show about culture and trends and how they can shape society in unexpected ways.
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Martyrs
Title: Martyrs
Character: Antoine
Released: June 12, 2008
Type: Movie
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
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Title: Vlog
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2007
Type: TV
A news bulletin covering the web! Each week, Dominic Arpin and his collaborators comment on and explain the most buzzed-about content.
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Mirrors
Title: Mirrors
Character: Julien
Released: June 29, 2007
Type: Movie
Julian is a melancholic teenager on holiday at the family cottage. His holiday gets a twist when a mysterious neighbor confuses him. A summertime coming-of-age drama.
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Title: Tout le monde en parle
Character: Self
Released: September 12, 2004
Type: TV
Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. 
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Title: Viens voir les comédiens
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 2002
Type: TV
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
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The Hidden Fortress
Title: The Hidden Fortress
Character: Michael
Released: June 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Just like every other summer, the children of two camp-sites play "war". But, this summer it takes an interesting turn.
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Heads or Tails
Title: Heads or Tails
Character: Edouard
Released: March 14, 1997
Type: Movie
A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.
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Title: Omertà, la loi du silence
Character: Nicholas Favara
Released: January 22, 1996
Type: TV
Omertà or Omertà, The Code of Silence is a Quebec television series of 11 forty-five minute episodes, created by Luc Dionne and aired from January to April 1996 on Radio-Canada. In France, the series aired on France 3 in 1998. A second season, titled Omertà II – The Code of Silence, had 14 forty-five minute episodes and was broadcast between September and December 1997 on Radio-Canada. A third season, titled Omerta, The Last Men of Honor, had 13 episodes and was broadcast from January to April 1999, on Radio-Canada.
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Title: Bye Bye
Released: December 31, 1968
Type: TV
Broadcast on December 31st, Bye Bye is a comic year-in-review which consists of sketches that parody the political, cultural and social events of the past year.