# Claude Legault

Claude Legault (born May 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor and television writer from Quebec.

## Biography

Legault was a star (2000-2003) of the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and has since appeared regularly on television, stage and film. He was part of the cast of the TV series 450 chemin du Golf and Annie et ses Hommes and of Le retour. He also plays in Minuit, le soir and Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, two series that he developed and wrote with his old partner in crime Pierre-Yves Bernard. Together, they also wrote the movie Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, in which he portrays Flavien Bouchard. Moreover, Legault was co author of Le monde selon Dieu, in which he played at Espace GO and at the Vieux-Clocher in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He has been seen on stage in Durocher le milliardaire and Propagande and on the big screen in Gaz Bar Blues, Les 7 Jours du Talion and 10½. He also starred in the series 19-2.
He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 28th Genie Awards for The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons), and won the Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres).

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992-1993 | Watatatow | Paul Girard | 6 episodes |
| 1996 | La Petite Vie | Menteur anonyme | 1 episode |
| 1996-2001 | Le Retour | Jean Caporucci | |
| 1998-2001 | Dans une galaxie près de chez vous | Flavien Bouchard | 60 episodes, also writer |
| 1999-2003 | Catherine | Gabriel | |
| 2002-2009 | Annie et ses hommes | Éric Séguin | |
| 2003-2009 | 450, chemin du Golf | Alexandre | |
| 2005-2007 | Minuit, le soir | Marc Forest | 28 episodes |
| 2011 | 19-2 | Ben Chartier | 30 episodes, also writer (30 episodes) Prix Artis for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role - Drama Prix Gemeaux for Best Writing for a Dramatic Series (shared with Danielle Dansereau and Réal Bossé) Nominated—International Emmy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Prix Gemeaux for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role - Drama |
| 2018 | Fugueuse | Laurent Couture | 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Bye Bye | Premier François Legault | Special |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 1 | Flavien Bouchard | writer |
| 2006 | The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) | Mathieu | |
| 2008 | Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 | Flavien Bouchard | writer |
| 2010 | 10½ | Gilles | |
| 2010 | 7 Days (Les 7 jours du Talion) | Bruno Hamel | |
| 2010 | File 13 (Filière 13) | Thomas | |
| 2010 | City of Shadows (La Cité) | Colonel Julien Mandel | |
| 2011 | French Kiss | Fred | |
| 2012 | The Bossé Empire (L'Empire Bossé) | Jacques "Coco" Lacasse | |
| 2012 | L'Affaire Dumont | Polygraphe J. Landry | |
| 2012 | The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life | Luke Boulet | |
| 2017 | Junior Majeur | Luke Boulet | |
| 2017 | Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube) | Bérubé | |
| 2021 | Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) | | |

## Awards

* [10 ½] :
** [ Jutra Award | Jutra Award for Best Actor ]
* [The 100 Watts Club] :
** [Gemini Prize for best text for a children's program or series]
* 19-2 :
** [Artis Prize | Artis Prize for Best Leading Male Role: TV series]
* [Annie and her men] :
** [Gémeaux Award for best male supporting role # Teleroman | Gémeaux Award for best male supporting role: soap opera] 2006
* [Midnight, evening] :
** Gemini Award for Best Leading Male Role: Dramatic 2005
** Gemini Award for Best Text for a Dramatic Series 2006
** Gemini Award for Best Leading Male Role: Dramatic 2006
** Gemini Award for Best Text for a Dramatic Series 2007
** Artis Award for Best Male Role: 2007 TV series
** Artis Prize for Best Male Role: 2008 television series
* [1998] - [2001]: [In a galaxy near you] : Flavien Bouchard (co-author)
** [Gemini Prize for best text for a children's program or series] 2000
** [Gemini Prize for best text for a children's program or series] 2001