Julien Poulin

Julien Poulin

Born: April 20, 1946
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Julien Poulin (born April 20, 1946) is an actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and composer in Quebec, Canada. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series.

His most memorable role was Elvis Gratton in which his character impersonates rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. The series of Elvis Gratton films appeared between 1981 and 2004. The most recent of these films were Elvis Gratton II: Miracle a Memphis, filmed in 1999, in which Elvis was resuscitated from the first film of the series, and Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong, which was filmed in 2004. He also co-directed some of the films along with Pierre Falardeau.

Other roles:

In addition to the Elvis Gratton films, Poulin also played several main and supporting roles in other films and television series including The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) in 1984, Lance et Compte in 1986, The Party (Le Party) in 1990, Virginie in 1996, Jasmine and Omerta 2, la loi du silence in 1997, Les orphelins de Duplessis and Le Dernier souffle in 1999, 15 février 1839 and Fortier in 2001, Séraphin: Heart of Stone in 2002 and Le Negociateur 1 and Le Negociateur 2 in 2005-2006.

Julien Poulin portrays Gaétan Langlois in the award-winning show Minuit, le soir.

In 2007-2009, Poulin took the title role of Bob Gratton in the new TQS series Bob Gratton: Ma Vie, My Life.

Julien Poulin also played in Fred Pellerin's Babine.

Julien Poulin's latest role he played in episode 20 as Jessica's father in Radio-Canada's Unité 9 (2016)

Off-Screen:

Poulin was the spokesperson for Opération Nez rouge in 1996, a campaign against drinking and driving during the holidays.

Taken from Wikipedia

Movies for Julien Poulin...

Family Game
Title: Family Game
Character: Armard
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: Movie
The Arsenaults, a close-knit family who profit from illegal hunting, have ruled the roost for several generations in Témiscouata, Quebec. The return to the fold of Anthony, the impetuous youngest of the family, then the arrival of Émilie, a radio host who exercises an ascendancy over Anthony and his older brother Adam, will come to test the harmony of the clan.
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Title: Doomsday Brothers
Character: Père Manilla (voice)
Released: September 19, 2020
Type: TV
The post-apocalyptic misadventures of Rafe and Gabe Burns, two brothers who are hired to become protectors of their rural hometown. Unbeknownst to them, their long-lost mother Judith is locked in a secret military super bunker. As Judith tries to outwit the super bunker’s sentient computer system and get back to her sons, Rafe and Gabe discover the wonders, horrors, and temptations of the wasteland.
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Title: Bonne fête ComediHa!
Character: Himself
Released: December 3, 2019
Type: TV
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Mad Dog Labine
Title: Mad Dog Labine
Character: Animateur radio (voice)
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
A fiery and inventive docufiction that portrays two marginal teenagers living in a remote and underserved Canadian village.
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Title: Léo
Character: Yvon, père de Léo
Released: November 15, 2018
Type: TV
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Kiss Me With All Your Love
Title: Kiss Me With All Your Love
Character: Sergent Boileau
Released: August 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister, crippled from birth. This proximity awakens the sensuality of Berthe who tries to seduce her brother. Pierre rejects her advances, but when he falls in love with Marguerite, his best friend's girlfriend, he is haunted by the fantasy of his sister.
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Title: True North
Character: François-Xavier Laloge
Released: January 11, 2016
Type: TV
At 20, Donalda is the most beautiful girl in Sainte-Adèle. Young, intelligent, and dynamic, she has always been in love with Alexis, the log driver, a feisty adventurer whose life is a perpetual storm. But Seraphin is also in love with Donalda, and he will do anything to have her.
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Title: Karl & Max
Character: Yvon Prince
Released: November 29, 2015
Type: TV
Karl, Max and their friend Yvon see their destiny forever shatter when they discover a bag containing a gun and lots of money! By taking the decision to keep the loot of 2.6 million, they will be propelled into a world to which they don’t belong, caught up in a race for millions with the organized crime.
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Paul à Québec
Title: Paul à Québec
Character: Robert
Released: September 18, 2015
Type: Movie
In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently see their family, notably Julie's parents who live in St-Nicolas, a suburb of Quebec City. But the illness has hit Roland hard, the proud and generous patriarch of the family, who tries as best he can to hide the ultimatum he is suffering from his children. Life being what it is, Roland will have to be admitted to a palliative care center while his loved ones, including Paul, will have to come to terms with the idea of ​​his death. In the process, Paul will take up drawing.
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Bunker
Title: Bunker
Character: Guerard
Released: March 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Two isolated Canadian soldiers come to grip with a difficult order: launch a nuclear strike against the former USSR, some 25 years after the end of the Cold War.
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Miraculum
Title: Miraculum
Character: Raymond
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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Rédemption
Title: Rédemption
Character: Gilles Mercier
Released: August 29, 2013
Type: Movie
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La Mise à l'aveugle
Title: La Mise à l'aveugle
Character: Michel
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Denise is a woman of ripe age whose life has recently changed with the divorce from her husband Michel, the relocation to the neighborhood of her youth, and the retirement from her position as financial director in a large company now directed by her son, Alex. An object of contempt by her husband, her son and at her former workplace, Denise desperately clings to them, unable to communicate. This changes when Denise meets her new neighbors who initiate her to the world of poker. Little by little, she submits to the pleasures of the game and substitutes one family for another.
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Title: Tu m'aimes-tu?
Character: Yvon (Fred's Father)
Released: September 12, 2012
Type: TV
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Camion
Title: Camion
Character: Germain
Released: June 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Truck driving is all sixty-year-old widower Germain has ever known. When he is involved in a head-on collision that leaves a woman dead, his quiet life is suddenly thrown into a tailspin.
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Title: In Lieu of Flowers
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: TV
A variety show with a twist: a celebrity guest get to attend their own memorial service – an entertaining send-off filled with eulogies and some gentle ribbing.
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Falardeau
Title: Falardeau
Character: Himself
Released: December 22, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: Peut contenir des Rachid
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Rock et Rolland
Character: Rolland
Released: January 19, 2010
Type: TV
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Babine
Title: Babine
Character: Le Vieux Curé
Released: November 28, 2008
Type: Movie
The adventures of Babine, the son of a witch and a village pariah, as he ventures forth into the world and narrowly evades death.
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Title: Pièce d'identité
Character: Himself
Released: January 4, 2008
Type: TV
Mélanie Maynard and an audience of young fans, hidden on the other side of a one-way mirror, can ask the guest celebrities whatever they like about their career, while asking them to perform various activities.
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Title: Bob Gratton : Ma Vie, My Life
Character: Bob Gratton
Released: January 15, 2007
Type: TV
Bob Gratton : Ma Vie, My Life was a Québécois sitcom television series that aired on V from 2007 to 2009, revolving around the daily activities of a "larger-than-life character", Bob Gratton.
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Title: La petite séduction
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2006
Type: TV
Dany Turcotte invites celebrities to discover a small rural towns in unexpected and surprising ways. Events are carefully planned cater to the celebrity’s tastes, desires and passions.
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Title: Minuit, le soir
Character: Gaétan Langlois
Released: January 12, 2005
Type: TV
Marc, Louis and Gaétan work as doormen in a fictional nightclub called The Manhattan. The new owner wants to give the bar an upscale makeover and the three friends are stuck having to deal with this hip new work environment, with riveting consequences.
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Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong
Title: Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong
Character: Elvis Gratton
Released: June 23, 2004
Type: Movie
A bumbling man finds adventure in the media world.
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Taking Lives
Title: Taking Lives
Character: Québec City Inspector
Released: March 19, 2004
Type: Movie
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
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Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Title: Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Character: Père Ovide
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
The story takes place during the colonization of the Laurentian region in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century (approx. 1885-90), near Sainte-Adèle. An unscrupulous man, Séraphin Poudrier, dominates the small community using his wealth. Mayor of the village, he will marry Donalda Laloge, after her father, unable to repay his debt, gives her to him in marriage. Donalda, a gentle and submissive woman who was promised to the handsome Alexis Labranche, rather, he will live his life according to the wishes of this petty and contemptuous miser, but will never let his situation get him down.
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Title: Sucré salé
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2002
Type: TV
Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight.
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Karmina 2
Title: Karmina 2
Character: Vincent Proulx
Released: July 13, 2001
Type: Movie
All the vampires have to take a special potion made by Ghyslain Chabot to be human. Chabot's wife isn't a vampire yet but wishes to become one. Ghyslain doesn't share her desire because of all the rules and responsibilities inherent in being a vampire. As a result, Ghyslain's wife throws him out of the house without the potion.
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15 Février 1839
Title: 15 Février 1839
Character: Curé Marier
Released: January 26, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1839, months after the British army has repressed the insurrection of the Patriots, hundreds of rebels rot in prison. The morning of February 14, Marie-Thomas Chevalier De Lorimier and Charles Hindelang learn that they will be hung in 24 hours, with three other comrades. While they await their hour of death the condemned spend time and consult with companions and loved ones as well as entrust to those their last wills. At dawn, the five Patriots find the courage to walk with dignity towards the scaffold, knowing that will they die in the name of a just causewww.tribute.ca
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Title: Nuremberg
Character: Dr. Robert Ley
Released: July 16, 2000
Type: TV
Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
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Heaven
Title: Heaven
Character: Jésus
Released: March 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Heaven is a place with crumbling ceilings, an aging Jesus, and angels and saints entertained by human sexuality. On earth, Christmas, 1999, Jacques, who's dying of cancer, meets Sophie, pregnant and abandoned. Her babies and his death are due in the spring. Jacques runs a cabaret facing bankruptcy because his landlord insists on a 15-minute speech about Jesus every evening by the boring Bernard, and all the customers leave. Jacques prays for Bernard's removal: Heaven arranges a car crash. Jacques keeps a tape recorder handy, narrating his final days, focused on composing memorable last words. In Heaven, the dead Bernard keeps watch over Jacques and Sophie, with saving effect.
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Pin-Pon: Le film
Title: Pin-Pon: Le film
Character: Oncle Mimile
Released: December 15, 1999
Type: Movie
It's summer in Pin-Ponville! Pin-Pin, Pon-Pon and Pouet-Pouet, the firefighters of the city are going to the Happiness Camping for their summer vacation to accomplish their long time dreams. Pin-Pin wants to build the most beautiful sand castle, Pon-Pon wants to catch the biggest fish in the world and Pouet-Pouet wants to catch the most beautiful butterfly there is. Hilarity ensues.
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Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis
Title: Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis
Character: Bob Elvis Gratton
Released: July 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Elvis Gratton, dead for three days, comes back to life.
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The Last Breath
Title: The Last Breath
Character: Norman Vaillancourt
Released: March 25, 1999
Type: Movie
A Montreal police officer goes to Arkansas to solve the murder of his brother.
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Bad Trip
Title: Bad Trip
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: Le retour
Released: June 4, 1996
Type: TV
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Doublures
Title: Doublures
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
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Ma soeur, mon amour
Title: Ma soeur, mon amour
Character: L'épicier
Released: December 25, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1929, Mr. Messier, owner of a small print shop in a village in Quebec became a widower, he lives with his two children, Rachel, 9 years old, and Gaëtan, 7 years old. In this closed universe and in the absence of their mother, a great complicity is established between the children.
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Title: Les Intrépides
Character: Thief
Released: January 9, 1992
Type: TV
Les Intrépides, is a France-Quebec TV series for children, released between 1993 and 1996, that ran for 52 episodes. The series is about adventures of two kids; Julie Boileau and Tom Miller, whose parents got married and that made them step-siblings. Tom and Julie run their own radio station for kids and help its listeners to resolve their - often criminal - adventures and problems.
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The Party
Title: The Party
Character: Boyer
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: Movie
At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. But not everyone is having fun. A man is sent to solitary, his wife has a nervous breakdown, and a convict prepares to make a daring escape.
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Title: Robin et Stella
Character: Conrad Francoeur
Released: August 28, 1989
Type: TV
Robin et Stella was a youth TV show aired on Radio-Québec from 1988 to 1992 featuring France Chevrette as Robin and Lorraine Auger as Stella. The main plot was split into stories which lasted 3 episodes. Robin et Stella was aired 3 times a week.
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Dans le ventre du dragon
Title: Dans le ventre du dragon
Character: Gardien guérite
Released: May 26, 1989
Type: Movie
The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star David La Haye. Unable to make ends meet with his minimum-wage job, La Haye hires himself out as a guinea pig to genially loopy scientist Marie Tifo. It is the doctor's contention that a person's intelligence can be artificially increased. La Haye proves her right...up to a point, that is. Extremely popular in Canada, Dans le Ventre du Dragon has yet to receive proper distribution in the States.
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How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
Title: How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired
Character: Pusher #1
Released: February 24, 1989
Type: Movie
A warm summer in Montreal. Two black men, Man and Bouba, share an apartment. Man is an ambitious author, writing on The Great Novel. Bouba is a lazy amateur philosopher who quotes the Koran. Man's habit of picking up young white women makes many young white men jealous...
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Gaspard et fil$
Title: Gaspard et fil$
Character: Charles
Released: September 3, 1988
Type: Movie
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Unfaithful Mornings
Title: Unfaithful Mornings
Character: Patron du snack-bar
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Jean-Pierre, a young photograph, takes a photo of the same street corner every morning for an entire year. This is to help a friend with the writing of a novel. But Jean-Pierre is not really respecting the rules of the game...
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Tinamer
Title: Tinamer
Character: Police officer
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Tinamer is 27 years old when her mother dies. The funeral of this last one makes her relive certain events of her childhood which marked her forever.
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Elvis Gratton
Title: Elvis Gratton
Character: Bob Gratton
Released: October 31, 1985
Type: Movie
A Québécois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana.
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The Alley Cat
Title: The Alley Cat
Character: Rosario Gladu
Released: August 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, and lost everything. But their dream is not dead, and a strong desire of avenging soon bring them back in business, with the help of an homeless kid, a french cook and a friendly journalist. But the old man still had trick on for them his bag...
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Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Title: Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Character: Voyou du cabaret
Released: August 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman he had met. But his catholic background and surrounding can't let him love another woman or divorce from his wife. So Ovide finishes with Marie and plans a trip with Rita hoping for reconciliation. At the last instant he announces to Rita that he can't make the trip. She goes alone. The plane explodes, and Ovide is suspected and arrested for this horrible crime.
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Lucien Brouillard
Title: Lucien Brouillard
Released: March 20, 1983
Type: Movie
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Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
Title: Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
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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The Mob
Title: The Mob
Character: Angelo
Released: February 27, 1975
Type: Movie
Seasoned drug smuggler and thief François “Chico” Tremblay is tired of his modest lifestyle. Given the opportunity to earn $50,000 killing a prominent New York City gangster, he leaps at the opportunity, ignoring the warnings of Montreal’s leading mob boss, who has forbidden local criminals from taking the assignment. Upon his return, Chico discovers he is being pursued from all sides, prompting an unlikely response: he calls a local talk radio show and starts revealing the mafia’s most carefully guarded secrets. As his revelations get more shocking, so do the tactics of his adversaries, culminating in a devastating gut punch of a finale.
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Tu brûles... tu brûles...
Title: Tu brûles... tu brûles...
Released: April 12, 1973
Type: Movie
A dropout gets the margins of society and resists his father’s pressure to return to the bosom of the village. The film transcends anecdote by diving into a wacky and unusual universe, full of fantasy, imagination, and visual and sound gags.
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Réjeanne Padovani
Title: Réjeanne Padovani
Character: Mike Delvecchio
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The unexpected return of his ex-wife and the assembly of a group of protesters both threaten to wreck a corrupt contractor's inauguration party for his new superhighway.