Jean Lapointe

Jean Lapointe

Born: December 6, 1935
Died: November 18, 2022
in Price, comté de Matane, Québec, Canada
Jean Lapointe (born December 6, 1935) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.

Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris.

He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre.

He was also a social activist who has campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post.

In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal.

Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter Diapason whose wins included the 1984 Nearctic Stakes and who was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion Sprint Horse.

Source: Article "Jean Lapointe" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Jean Lapointe...

My Very Own Circus
Title: My Very Own Circus
Character: Guédille
Released: August 14, 2020
Type: Movie
A girl who comes from a long line of circus performers tries to fulfill her dream of going to private school.
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Title: La semaine des 4 Julie
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2020
Type: TV
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Juste pour rire 2016 - Philippe Bond vs Michel Barrette
Title: Juste pour rire 2016 - Philippe Bond vs Michel Barrette
Character: Himself
Released: July 23, 2016
Type: Movie
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Title: Les Beaux Malaises
Character: Marcel Coiteau
Released: January 22, 2014
Type: TV
Fictional series based on the life (and starring) Martin Matte, a comedian and popular figure in PQ, Canada. It tells the story of the awkward but funny moments that the stand-up man has to face everyday.
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Crying Out
Title: Crying Out
Character: Grand-Père
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man feels compelled to travel with his grand-father. The young man wants to find his father who ran away with the corpse of his ex-wife.
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Snow & Ashes
Title: Snow & Ashes
Released: May 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Blaise Dumas, war correspondent, covers an armed conflict in Eastern Europe. When he wakes from a temporary coma in his home town of Quebec City, Blaise discovers that his long time collaborator and photographer has not come back with him. He then sets out to recapture the events that led to his friend's disappearance and his own narrow escape from the war zone.
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The Canadiens, Forever
Title: The Canadiens, Forever
Character: Gerry
Released: December 4, 2009
Type: Movie
Neglected by his father, William, a star college hockey player, also suffered harassment from his coach and some teammates. By chance of a visit to Sainte-Justine hospital, the young man, whose morale and motivation are at its lowest, meets ten-year-old Daniel, awaiting a kidney transplant. Their passion for the Habs unites them instantly and William tries, by all means, to give him hope in the face of the disease.
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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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Truffle
Title: Truffle
Released: August 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles.
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Title: Juste pour rire: 25 grands numéros
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: TV
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Looking for Alexander
Title: Looking for Alexander
Character: Wilbrod Gadouas
Released: October 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.
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The Last Tunnel
Title: The Last Tunnel
Character: Fred Giguere
Released: March 12, 2004
Type: Movie
A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.
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Les Immortels
Title: Les Immortels
Character: Adélard Major
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Les Immortels, a group Paul formed with his friends Katia, Éric and Benoît, wins a contest organized by record company Cosak, and the grand prize is a contract to record their first CD. Although Giroux, Cosak’s owner, believes in the talent of Les Immortels, that’s not the case with his associate, Patrice Dubois, who makes things difficult for the young musicians.
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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 Bottle
Title: The Bottle
Character: Antoine
Released: October 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Réal and François are two old buddies in their early 30s who reunite at last to unearth a time capsule bottle which contains their dreams and ambitions from 15 years earlier. The problem is, their little treasure is buried on a plot of land that now belongs to a grumpy old coot, Antoine. Paying big bucks to get at their bottle, they discover that Antoine's daughter, Lea is trying to become pregnant and seeks the help of a gay friend to do it. Back in boyhood mode, Lea becomes the object of their desire.
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Never Too Late
Title: Never Too Late
Character: Woody
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend.
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La sarrasine
Title: La sarrasine
Released: February 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their life-changing impact. Based on a true story, 'The Saracen Woman' paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures.
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An Imaginary Tale
Title: An Imaginary Tale
Character: Gaston
Released: May 26, 1991
Type: Movie
In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.
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Ding et Dong : Le film
Title: Ding et Dong : Le film
Character: Euclide
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Two harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try alternatively the scene, a movie set and TV. They only succeed in making a fool of themselves
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Title: L'Académie des 9
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Hot Dogs
Title: Hot Dogs
Character: Lawyer
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Mr. Clean (Harry Reems) is a police detective who heads a special task force of the vice squad. Clean's by-the-book attitude makes him none too popular with his underlings, so they try to fake a sex scandal that will cause him to be fired from the force.
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Title: Duplessis
Character: Maurice Duplessis
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: TV
Duplessis was a historical television series in Quebec, Canada, that aired in 1978. It tells the story of Maurice Duplessis, the controversial premier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. It is one of the most famous mini-series in Quebec television history. The series was written by Oscar-winning film director Denys Arcand, and based in large part on Conrad Black's popular biography. The series contains 7 episodes, each one containing a different historic moment in Duplessis's life and path into power. Duplessis is portrayed by Jean Lapointe. It is distributed by Radio-Canada and is available on DVD.
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Angela
Title: Angela
Character: M. Lebrecque
Released: November 10, 1977
Type: Movie
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.
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J.A. Martin Photographer
Title: J.A. Martin Photographer
Character: Adhémar
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.
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One Man
Title: One Man
Character: Ben Legault
Released: April 26, 1977
Type: Movie
In this socially conscious drama, a TV journalist begins investigating a large factory that has been threatening the health of the children who live in the town's poorest, most polluted section. Because of his investigation, he and his family are threatened by company thugs. He gets no help from his TV station as they are loathe to tangle with big business.
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Hot Water, Cold Water
Title: Hot Water, Cold Water
Character: Polo
Released: January 4, 1976
Type: Movie
In a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer.
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Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Title: Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Character: Bernie
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida. But it won't be as easy as they think.
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Tout feu, tout femme
Title: Tout feu, tout femme
Character: François Chartrand
Released: May 27, 1975
Type: Movie
Tout feu, tout femme tells how Isabelle, a nursery instructor and, above all, a student in Psychology, does everything to cure François, a firefighter by profession, of his unhealthy fear of women. How does she go about it? ... Why not surround her with pretty girls to divide her fear? His plans are so successful that ...
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Orderers
Title: Orderers
Character: Clermont Boudreau
Released: September 27, 1974
Type: Movie
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
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Once Upon a Time in the East
Title: Once Upon a Time in the East
Character: Une Cléopâtre
Released: May 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite is preparing for a drag-queen beauty pageant, and has decided to present himself as Cleopatra. Of the two women, one was just fired from her waitressing job and seeks to go back to work at the nightclub where the beauty pageant is to be held. The other woman's mother has just won one million food stamps.
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The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds
Title: The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
While on his honeymoon, a man who suddenly becomes impotent, tries to recover his virility.
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O.K.... Laliberté
Title: O.K.... Laliberté
Character: Louis
Released: November 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A down-and-out man who got separated, gets his second chance in a boarding house, thanks to a friend who is a con man, and falls in love with a roommate. However, when he gets a job, his ego gets over and might lose everything he got.
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Master Cats
Title: Master Cats
Released: June 9, 1971
Type: Movie
An example of 1970's Maple Syrup cinema from Quebec, this whimsical and sexy tale revolves around two trickster roommates and the women in their lives who want to see them settle down.
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Two Women In Gold
Title: Two Women In Gold
Character: Sergent Detective Poivrot
Released: May 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Their entertainment leads to frantic confusion, however, when one of the visiting gentlemen - shall we say - 'expires'. The housewives deal with their unpleasant situation quite energetically.
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YUL 871
Title: YUL 871
Released: July 30, 1966
Type: Movie
An engineer from Paris flies to Montreal, partly on business, partly in search of parents displaced by World War II, and partly because of the prevailing restlessness of the age.