# Gilbert Sicotte

Gilbert Sicotte, CM (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor.

## Career

Sicotte is known for roles in The Vultures (Les Vautours), Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas), The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux), Maria Chapdelaine (1983, Gilles Carle), Fortier, Louis Cyr, Léolo, Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), Paul à Québec, And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) and Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work.
He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for The Salesman, at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Paul à Québec, and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down.
He has also been a four-time Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, receiving lead acting nods at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Cap Tourmente, the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Les Pots cassés and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down, and a supporting nod at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008 for Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil).
Sicotte taught at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1987 to 2018 for allegations of humiliating students in the classroom and authoritarian attitudes.
Sicotte was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, "For his contributions to the performing arts as an actor, and for his commitment to training the next generation."

## Personal life

Sicotte is the father of Antoine Sicotte, a former founding member of Sky and currently a celebrity chef.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Montreal Blues | | |
| 1976 | Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie) | Martin | |
| 1976 | Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) | Le jeune frère | |
| 1979 | Bye, See You Monday (Au revoir...à lundi) | L'homme sur le banc | |
| 1980 | Cordélia | Me Jean-Dominique Leduc | |
| 1980 | Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | Gaetan | |
| 1980 | Les grands enfants | François Gagné | |
| 1980 | Fantastica | Julien | |
| 1980 | The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) | Le juré Guay | |
| 1980 | Contrecoeur | Roger Desfossés | |
| 1983 | Maria Chapdelaine | Da'Bé Chapdelaine | |
| 1984 | The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves) | Louis Pelletier | |
| 1984 | Les illusions tranquilles | Narrator | Voice |
| 1985 | Pale Face (Visage pâle) | Jacques / un bum-a bum | |
| 1986 | Anne Trister | L'ami de Thomas | |
| 1987 | Les enfants de la rue: Fernand | Sigouin | |
| 1992 | The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) | Théo Lemieux | |
| 1992 | Léolo | Narrator | Voice |
| 1992 | Ma soeur, mon amour | Le père Messier | |
| 1993 | Les Pots cassés | Robert | |
| 1993 | Cap Tourmente | Jean-Louis McKenzie | |
| 1994 | A Hero's Life (La vie d'un héros) | Bertin | |
| 1995 | Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau) | Thomas | |
| 2006 | The Secret Life of Happy People (La vie secrète des gens heureux) | Bernard Dufresne | |
| 2007 | Bluff | John | |
| 2007 | Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) | Marcel Beaudoin | |
| 2008 | Mesrine | Le milliardaire | |
| 2010 | Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre) | Président d'AirTransat | |
| 2011 | The Salesman (Le Vendeur) | Marcel Lévesque | |
| 2013 | Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde) | Gustave Lambert | |
| 2014 | Miraculum | Mari de Louise | |
| 2014 | The Wolves (Les loups) | Léon | |
| 2015 | The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine) | L'aumônier | |
| 2015 | Paul à Québec | Roland | |
| 2018 | Identités | M. Morency | |
| 2019 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) | Charlie | |
| 2019 | Mafia Inc. | Henri Gamache | |
| 2021 | Maria Chapdelaine | Éphrem Surprenant | |
| 2022 | Arlette | Premier of Quebec | |
| 2023 | One Summer (Le temps d'un été) | Curé Beaulieu | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | The Paper Wedding | Bouchard | Television film |
| 1991 | Lance et compte: Le choix | Paul Lachance | Television film |
| 1992 | Bombardier | Joseph-Armand Bombardier | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Les grands procès | Me Raymond Daoust | Episode: "L'Affaire Mesrine" |
| 1996 | Marguerite Volant | Claude Volant | 4 episodes |
| 1997 | Urgence | Claude Rivest | 3 episodes |
| 2001–2003 | Fortier | Gabriel Johnson | 42 episodes |
| 2002 | Un gars, une fille | L'enquêteur de l'impôt | 1 episode |
| 2008–2009 | Belle-Baie | William Noël | 12 episodes |
| 2010–2014 | Trauma | Antoine Légaré | 54 episodes |
| 2017 | Victor Lessard | Ted Rutherford | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | La Faille | Léopold Jolicoeur | 8 episodes |