List of Canadian films of 2012
Table:
Title

Director

Cast

Genre

Notes

L'Affaire Dumont
Daniel Grou
Marc-André Grondin, Geneviève Brouillette, Marilyn Castonguay
Drama

All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes)
Bernard Émond
Patrick Drolet, Gilles Renaud, Isabelle Vincent
Drama

Antiviral
Brandon Cronenberg
Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell
Horror
Made with U.S. financing

Before My Heart Falls (Avant que mon cœur bascule)
Sébastien Rose
Sophie Lorain, Sébastien Ricard, Alexis Martin
Drama

Bestiaire
Denis Côté

Documentary

Blackbird
Jason Buxton
Connor Jessup, Alexia Fast, Jeremy Akerman
Drama

The Bossé Empire (L'Empire Bossé)
Claude Desrosiers
Guy A. Lepage, Claude Legault, Élise Guilbault
Comedy

The Boxing Girls of Kabul
Ariel Nasr

National Film Board Documentary
Best short documentary, 1st Canadian Screen Awards

Bydlo
Patrick Bouchard

Animated short

Camion
Rafaël Ouellet
Julien Poulin, Patrice Dubois, Stéphane Breton
Comedy, drama
Prix Jutra – Actor (Poulin), Musical Score

Catimini
Nathalie Saint-Pierre
Émilie Bierre
Drama

Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg
Robert Pattinson, Jay Baruchel, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Emily Hampshire, Sara Gorden, Paul Giamatti

Original Score, Song-1st Canadian Screen Awards; Canada-Italy-France-Portugal co-production

Chained
Jennifer Lynch
Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Ormond
Thriller
Direct to DVD

Crackin' Down Hard
Mike Clattenburg
Nicolas Wright, Yoursie Thomas
Short comedy

The Crimes of Mike Recket
Bruce Sweeney
Nicholas Lea, Gabrielle Rose, Agam Darshi, Jillian Fargey
Drama

Demoni
Theodore Ushev

Animated short

The Disappeared
Shandi Mitchell
Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian Downey
Drama

Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne)
Franck Dion

Animated short

Ésimésac
Luc Picard
Nicola-Frank Vachon, Marie Brassard, Isabel Richler, Luc Picard, Gildor Roy

Prix Jutra – Costumes

First Snow (Première neige)
Michaël Lalancette
François Bernier, David Boutin, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Benoît Gouin, Louise Latraverse, Marie-Laurence Moreau, Noémie Yelle
Short drama

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L'Affaire Dumont is a Canadian drama film , released in 2012 . Written by Danielle Dansereau and directed by Daniel Podz Grou , the film stars Marc-André Grondin as Michel Dumont , a divorced young father of two who is accused of a sexual assault he did not commit . The film 's cast also includes Geneviève Brouillette , Patrick Hivon and Marilyn Castonguay . The film garnered seven Canadian Screen Awards nominations at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards , including Best Picture , Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Grondin ) , Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Castonguay ) , Best Art Direction and Production Design ( André Guimond ) , Best Editing ( Valérie Héroux ) , Best Sound Editing ( Pierre-Jules Audet , Michelle Cloutier , Thierry Bourgault D'Amico , Nathalie Fleurant and Cédrick Marin ) and Best Make-Up ( Marlène Rouleau and André Duval ) .
Daniel Grou ( born August 19 , 1967 ) , frequently credited as Podz , is a Canadian film and television director . His credits include the films 10½ , L'Affaire Dumont , 7 Days ( Les 7 jours du Talion ) , King Dave and Mafia Inc. as well as episodes of the television series Drop the Beat , The Hunger , Big Wolf on Campus , Vampire High , Les Bougon , Minuit , le soir , 19-2 , Vikings , Cardinal and Au nom de la loi . He took the nickname Podz from the fact that his surname differs in spelling , but not in pronunciation , from the far more common French Canadian surname Groulx , meaning that he was frequently forced to state his surname to people as Grou , pas d'lx . He is a four-time Gémeaux Award winner for Best Direction in a Dramatic Television Series or Program , winning in 2003 for the television film Exils , in 2006 and 2007 for Minuit , le soir , and in 2011 for the French version of 19-2 . He was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Director in 2011 for 10½ and in 2013 for L'Affaire Dumont , a Genie Award nominee for Best Director at the 31st Genie Awards in 2010 for 10½ , and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Direction in a Dramatic Television Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 for the 19-2 episode School .
Marc-André Grondin ( born March 11 , 1984 ) is a Canadian actor , best known to date as Zachary Beaulieu in Jean-Marc Vallée 's film C.R.A.Z.Y . ( 2005 ) , for which he won a Jutra award for best actor . He was born in Montreal , Quebec .
Geneviève Brouillette ( born August 23 , 1969 in Saint-Hyacinthe , Quebec ) is a French Canadian television and film actress from Saint-Hyacinthe , Quebec . Since 1998 she has gradually appeared in film and she appeared in A Sunday in Kigali in 2006 .
Marilyn Castonguay is a Canadian actress , best known for her performance in the 2012 film L'Affaire Dumont . A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada , her performance in L'Affaire Dumont garnered a nomination for Best Actress at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards . She has also appeared in the films Louis Cyr , Miraculum , Guardian Angel ( L'Ange gardien ) , Ça sent la coupe , An Extraordinary Person ( Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire ) , Wild Skin ( La peau sauvage ) and The Decline ( Jusqu'au déclin ) , and the television series Vertige , Au secours de Béatrice and Fatale-Station .
All That You Possess ( French : Tout ce que tu possèdes ) is a Canadian drama film , released in 2012 . Written and directed by Bernard Émond , the film stars Patrick Drolet as Pierre Leduc , a doctoral student and university lecturer in Quebec City who dreams of abandoning his academic career to translate the poetry of Edward Stachura . The film garnered three nominations at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards , including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay nods for Émond and Best Actor for Drolet .
Bernard Émond ( born 1951 , in Montreal ) is a Québecois and Canadian director , screenwriter , novelist and essayist working in the French-language . He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation . He began his film career making documentaries , later moving to feature-length films , all of which have been shot in Quebec . He is noted for the humanistic , sometimes spiritual depth of his films , in particular his trilogy of feature films ( 2007 , 2009 , 2012 ) based on the three Christian virtues , faith , hope , and charity . Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty , and cultural loss . He describes himself as an agnostic and a conservative socialist . Bernard Émond is married to Catherine Martin , also a Quebec film director . They live in Montreal .
Patrick Drolet is a Canadian film and television actor . His credits include the films Father and Guns ( De père en flic ) , All That You Possess ( Tout ce que tu possèdes ) and The Novena ( La neuvaine ) , and the television series Les Invincibles , Mémoires vives , Les Bougon : C'est aussi ça la vie and Trauma . He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2010 Genie Awards for his performance in De père en flic , and for Best Actor at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards for his performance in Tout ce que tu possèdes .
Gilles Renaud ( born 25 September 1944 ) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec . In 1983 , he was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Actor for the film A Day in a Taxi . In 2016 , he appeared in the film Bad Seeds . While heavily involved in that production , he filmed a death scene for his character in his TV series Mémoires Vives , which began airing in 2013 . In 2017 , he starred in François Girard 's film Hochelaga , Land of Souls , as a Montreal archaeologist in search of Hochelaga .
Antiviral is a 2012 Canadian-French science fiction horror film directed by Brandon Cronenberg . The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . Cronenberg re-edited the film after the festival to make it tighter , trimming nearly six minutes out of the film . The revised film was first shown at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival , and was a co-winner , alongside Jason Buxton 's Blackbird , of the festival 's Best Canadian First Feature Film award .
Brandon Cronenberg ( born circa 1980 ) is a Canadian writer and film director . He is the son of acclaimed director David Cronenberg . He studied film at Ryerson University in Toronto , Canada . He initially considered himself to be a book nerd growing up , who was interested in becoming a writer , painter or musician . He came to realize that film contained all those elements and attended film school . His first feature film Antiviral debuted at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section . Cronenberg re-edited the movie after the festival to make it tighter , trimming nearly six minutes out of the film . The revised film was first shown at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival Cronenberg 's next film Possessor stars Christopher Abbott , Andrea Riseborough , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Stacy Martin and Sean Bean .
Caleb Landry Jones ( born December 7 , 1989 ) is an American actor and musician , best known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men : First Class ( 2011 ) , Jeremy Armitage in Get Out ( 2017 ) , and Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing , Missouri ( 2017 ) .
Sarah Lynn Gadon ( born April 4 , 1987 ) is a Canadian actress . She first gained recognition for her performances in David Cronenberg 's films A Dangerous Method ( 2011 ) and Cosmopolis ( 2012 ) . She has guest starred in a number of television series , including Are You Afraid of the Dark ? ( 1999 ) , In a Heartbeat ( 2000 ) , Mutant X ( 2002 ) , and Dark Oracle ( 2004 ) . She has also worked as a voice actress on various productions . In 2015 , Gadon co-starred in Miramax 's supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax and portrayed a young Elizabeth II in the comedy A Royal Night Out . The following year , she starred as Sadie in the Hulu miniseries 11.22.63 , an adaptation of Stephen King 's novel 11/22/63 . In 2017 , Gadon played the lead role in the CBC miniseries Alias Grace , which is based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name , and joined the cast of the Crave comedy series Letterkenny in its third season . In 2019 , she starred in the third season of the HBO anthology series True Detective . Throughout her career , she has earned numerous accolades , including two Canadian Screen Awards , for her performances in Alias Grace and Denis Villeneuve 's Enemy ( 2014 ) . In 2016 , she received the Award of Excellence by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema , Television , and Radio Artists ( ACTRA ) .
Malcolm McDowell ( born Malcolm John Taylor ; 13 June 1943 ) is an English actor , known for his boisterous and often villainous roles . He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . In a career spanning over 50 years , McDowell has played varied film roles across different genres as a character actor . He is perhaps best known for the controversial roles of Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick 's A Clockwork Orange ( 1971 ) , the title character in Tinto Brass 's Caligula ( 1979 ) , and Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson 's trilogy of if . ( 1968 ) , O Lucky Man ! ( 1973 ) and Britannia Hospital ( 1982 ) . He has appeared in films such as Time After Time ( 1979 ) , Cat People ( 1982 ) , Star Trek Generations ( 1994 ) , Tank Girl ( 1995 ) , I Spy ( 2002 ) , Easy A ( 2010 ) and The Artist ( 2011 ) . He also appeared as Dr. Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake Halloween and its 2009 sequel , Halloween II . He portrayed businessman Rupert Murdoch in the drama Bombshell ( 2019 ) . McDowell has had a string of roles on numerous television series such as Entourage ( 2006-2007 ; 2009-2011 ) , Heroes ( 2006-2007 ) , The Mentalist ( 2010-2013 ) , Franklin & Bash ( 2011-2014 ) , and Mozart in the Jungle ( 2014-2018 ) . He narrated the documentary The Compleat Beatles ( 1982 ) , and in recent years has become a prolific voice actor in films , television series and video games such as Metalocalypse ( 2007-2012 ) , Bolt ( 2008 ) , Fallout 3 ( 2008 ) , God of War III ( 2010 ) , Call of Duty : Black Ops III ( 2015 ) and The Elder Scrolls Online ( 2015 ) . He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012 .
Before My Heart Falls ( French : Avant que mon cœur bascule ) is a Canadian drama film , directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2012 . The film centres on Sarah ( Clémence Dufresne-Deslières ) , a young con artist who regularly fakes a crisis on the side of the road so that she can rob men who stop to help her ; however , after one of her cons results in a man 's accidental death , she befriends the man 's grieving widow Françoise ( Sophie Lorain ) while simultaneously trying to maintain her relationship with her crime boss Ji-Guy ( Sébastien Ricard ) . The film premiered on September 14 , 2012 at the Quebec City Film Festival , before opening commercially on November 12 . Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette gave the film a mixed review , praising Dufresne-Deslières 's performance as a force of nature but concluding that the film ultimately just does n't have the emotional punch it should have . The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 , for Best Supporting Actor ( Ricard ) and Best Supporting Actress ( Lorain ) . The film was broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Télé in 2019 .
Sébastien Rose ( born June 30 , 1969 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter . His debut film , How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause ( Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause ) , won the Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian film by a first-time director in 2003 .
Sophie Lorain ( born Sophie-Hélène Lorain ; 20 November 1957 ) is a French-Canadian actress , director and producer . She is known for having played Anne Fortier in the highly rated television series Fortier that first aired in Quebec , Canada . She is the daughter of actors Jacques Lorain and Denise Filiatrault . Her sister is French-Canadian actress Danièle Lorain . In addition to her work as an actress , she has directed the films Heat Wave ( Les grandes chaleurs ) and Slut in a Good Way ( Charlotte a du fun ) , as well as episodes of the television series La galère and Nouvelle adresse . She is married to director and cinematographer Alexis Durand-Brault .
Sébastien Ricard ( born May 25 , 1972 ) is a Canadian musician and actor from Quebec most noted as a member of the hip hop band Loco Locass . As an actor , he won the Prix Jutra for Best Actor at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for his performance as Dédé Fortin in Through the Mist ( Dédé , à travers les brumes ) , and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 for his performance as Ji-Guy in Before My Heart Falls ( Avant que mon cœur bascule ) . His other film roles have included Raphaël in Gabrielle , Christophe Ducharme in Chorus , Léopold Lacroix in Hochelaga , Land of Souls ( Hochelaga , terre des âmes ) and Christophe in The Acrobat ( L'Acrobate ) .
Alexis Martin ( born June 9 , 1964 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a Canadian actor and writer . A 1986 graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal , he has acted in film , television and stage productions , and has written both theatrical plays and film screenplays . As an actor , his credits have included the films Cordélia , The Party ( Le Party ) , Cosmos , Karmina , Nô , Matroni and Me ( Matroni et moi ) , August 32nd on Earth ( Un 32 août sur terre ) , The Collector ( Le Collectionneur ) , Audition ( L'Audition ) , Le Banquet , Route 132 , A Sunday in Kigali ( Un dimanche à Kigali ) , Babine , Before My Heart Falls ( Avant que mon cœur bascule ) , Bad Seeds ( Les mauvaises herbes ) and We Are Gold ( Nous sommes Gold ) , and the television series L'Amour avec un Grand A , Radio Enfer , Sous le signe du lion , Fortier , Trauma and Les Parent . His plays have included Oreille , tigre et bruit , Matroni et moi , L'An de Grâce , Bureaux , L'Apprentissage des marais and Révolutions , and he wrote the screenplays for Matroni et moi and Bad Seeds . He was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Genie Awards in 2010 for Route 132 , and for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Matroni et moi . His play Bureaux was shortlisted for the Governor General 's Award for French-language drama at the 2004 Governor General 's Awards .
Bestiaire is a 2012 Canadian-French avant-garde nature documentary film directed by Denis Côté . The film centers on how humans and animals observe each other . It has received mostly positive critical reception . It was filmed at Parc Safari in Hemmingford , Quebec , and had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival . It was also shown at the Berlin Film Festival .
Denis Côté ( born November 16 , 1973 ) is an independent filmmaker and producer living in Quebec , of Brayon origin . His experimental films have been shown at major film festivals around the world .
Blackbird is a 2012 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jason Buxton . The film stars Connor Jessup as a socially isolated and bullied goth teenager who befriends his puck bunny classmate ( Alexia Fast ) , but is falsely accused of plotting a school shooting after he makes a threat against her boyfriend in an online chat session .
Jason Buxton is a Canadian film director and screenwriter . He wrote and directed three short films , A Fresh Start , The Garden and The Drawing , [ citation needed ] before debuting his first full-length feature film , Blackbird , in 2012 .
Connor William Jessup ( born June 23 , 1994 ) is a Canadian actor , writer , and director . He is known for his role as Ben Mason on the TNT science fiction television series Falling Skies ( 2011-2015 ) and for his roles in the ABC anthology series American Crime ( 2016-2017 ) . He has also starred in feature films , most notably in the award-winning Blackbird ( 2012 ) and Closet Monster ( 2015 ) .
Alexia Fast ( born 12 September 1992 ) is a Canadian actress who began her career at the age of seven when she wrote , directed and starred in the short film The Red Bridge , which premiered at the 2002 Atlantic and Reel to Reel Film Festivals . She obtained her first agent at the age of 11 and starred in her first feature film , Fido ( 2006 ) , at 13 .
Jeremy Bernard Akerman ( born May 28 , 1942 ) is a former Canadian politician , writer and actor and a former leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party .
Guy A. Lepage ( French : [ ləpaʒ ] ; born Guy Antoine Lepage , August 30 , 1960 ) is a Canadian ( Québécois ) comedian , actor , talk-show host , and producer .
Claude Legault ( born May 26 , 1963 ) is a Canadian actor and television writer from Quebec .
Élise Guilbault ( born April 8 , 1961 ) is a Canadian film and television actress . She won the Genie Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Woman Who Drinks ( La Femme qui boit ) , and was a nominee for Cap Tourmente . She also starred in several later films by The Woman Who Drinks director Bernard Émond , also appearing in The Novena ( La Neuvaine ) , The Legacy ( La Donation ) and A Place to Live ( Pour vivre ici ) . Her television roles have included Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin , Le Coeur a ses raisons , Annie et ses hommes , Un gars , une fille and René Lévesque .
The Boxing Girls of Kabul is a 2012 Canadian documentary film directed by Ariel Nasr which follows young women boxers and their coach , Sabir Sharifi , at Afghanistans female boxing academy , as these athletes face harassment and threats in their efforts to represent their country in international competition and attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games . Training takes place at Ghazi Stadium , Afghanistans national stadium , which had previously been the site of executions by the Taliban . The 52-minute documentary was produced by Annette Clarke for the National Film Board of Canada . Julia Kent composed music for the film .
The National Film Board of Canada ( or simply National Film Board or NFB ) ( French : Office national du film du Canada , or ONF ) is Canada 's public film and digital media producer and distributor . An agency of the Government of Canada , the NFB produces and distributes documentary films , animation , web documentaries , and alternative dramas . In total , the NFB has produced over 3,000 productions since its inception , which have won over 5,000 awards . The NFB reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian Heritage . It has English-language and French-language production branches .
Bydlo is a Canadian animated short film , directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2012 . Inspired by the fourth movement of Modest Mussorgsky 's classical composition Pictures at an Exhibition , the stop-motion animated film depicts a group of men who are plowing a field with an ox , but overwork both themselves and the animal virtually to the point of death . The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June 2012 . The film was named to TIFF 's annual year-end Canada 's Top Ten list for 2012 , and won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Prix Jutra . It was an Annie Award nominee for Best Animated Short Subject at the 40th Annie Awards , and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards .
Patrick Bouchard ( born 1974 in Saguenay , Quebec ) is a Canadian animator . A graduate of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi , he made his first animated film Jean Leviériste while attending that institution . He is a four-time winner of the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film for his films The Brainwashers ( 2003 ) , Dehors novembre ( 2006 ) , Bydlo ( 2012 ) and The Subject ( 2018 ) , and a three-time Genie Award and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film , for Dehors novembre , Bydlo and The Subject .
Camion is a 2012 Canadian drama film directed by Rafaël Ouellet .
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 .
Stéphane Breton ( Lévis , Québec ) is a Canadian actor . He graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in 1996 .
Émilie Bierre is a Canadian actress from Quebec . She is most noted for her performance in the film A Colony ( Une colonie ) , for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 . She won a Young Artist Award in 2018 for her performance in the television series Jenny . She has also appeared in the films Catimini and Genesis ( Genèse ) , and in the television series Mémoires vives , Les beaux malaises and Lâcher prise .
Cosmopolis is a 2012 drama-thriller film written , produced , and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Robert Pattinson in the lead with Paul Giamatti , Samantha Morton , Sarah Gadon , Mathieu Amalric , Juliette Binoche , Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand . It is based on the novel of the same name by Don DeLillo . On 25 May 2012 , the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival , drawing mixed early critical reactions . The film was released in Canada on 8 June 2012 , and began a limited release in the United States on 17 August 2012 by eOne Films . It is Cronenberg 's first foray into script writing since 1999 's eXistenZ .
David Paul Cronenberg CC OOnt FRSC ( born March 15 , 1943 ) is a Canadian filmmaker . He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre , with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation , infection , technology and the intertwining of the psychological with the physical . In the first third of his career he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction films such as Scanners ( 1981 ) and Videodrome ( 1983 ) , although his work has since expanded beyond these genres . Cronenberg 's films have polarized critics and audiences alike ; he has earned critical acclaim and has sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence . The Village Voice called him the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world . His films have won numerous awards , including , for Crash , the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival , a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually , but only at the request of the official jury , who in this case gave the award for originality , for daring and for audacity .
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson ( born 13 May 1986 ) is an English actor . After starting to act in a London theatre club at the age of 15 , he began his film career at age 18 by playing Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 ) . He went on to star as Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels , consisting of five films between 2008 and 2012 , which earned a combined total of over $ 3.3 billion worldwide . It brought Pattinson worldwide fame and established him among the highest-paid actors in the world . In 2010 , Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world , and he was featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list . After starring in the romantic dramas Remember Me ( 2010 ) and Water for Elephants ( 2011 ) , Pattinson began working in independent films helmed by auteurs , which earned him critical recognition . He played a manipulative billionaire in David Cronenberg 's thriller Cosmopolis ( 2012 ) , an aspiring actor in Cronenberg 's satire Maps to the Stars ( 2014 ) , an explorer in James Gray 's adventure drama The Lost City of Z ( 2017 ) , a bank robber in the Safdie Brothers ' crime drama Good Time ( 2017 ) , a criminal in a spaceship in Claire Denis ' science fiction drama High Life ( 2018 ) , and a troubled lighthouse keeper in Robert Eggers ' horror film The Lighthouse ( 2019 ) . Pattinson composes and plays his own music . He sang songs for the Twilight film series and the 2008 independent comedy-drama film How to Be . Since 2015 , Pattinson is the ambassador of the GO Campaign , a nonprofit organization that raises awareness and funds to help orphans and vulnerable children around the world . He is also a supporter of the End Child Prostitution and Trafficking ( ECPAT ) campaign , Parents and Abducted Children Together ( PACT ) , is a member of International Medical Corps , and has shared details about cancer through PSAs to raise awareness about the disease .
Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel ( /ˈbæruːʃɛl/ ; born April 9 , 1982 ) is a Canadian actor , director , stand-up comedian and screenwriter . He is known for his voice role as Hiccup in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise , and for his roles in comedy movies such as Knocked Up , Tropic Thunder , Fanboys , She 's Out of My League , Goon , This Is the End and the action-fantasy film The Sorcerer 's Apprentice . He played lead character Josh Greenberg in the FXX comedy television series Man Seeking Woman and played the lead character Steven Karp in Judd Apatow 's comedy series Undeclared .
Juliette Binoche ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʒyljɛt binɔʃ ] ; born 9 March 1964 ) is a French actress , artist , and dancer . She has appeared in more than 60 feature films , been the recipient of numerous international awards , and performed frequently on stage - both as an actress and dancer - internationally . She began taking acting lessons during adolescence and , after performing in several stage productions , was cast in the films of such notable auteur directors as Jean-Luc Godard ( Hail Mary , 1985 ) , Jacques Doillon ( Family Life , 1985 ) , and André Téchiné ; the latter would make her a star in France with the leading role in his 1985 drama Rendez-vous . Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ) , directed by Philip Kaufman , launched her international career . She sparked the interest of Steven Spielberg , who offered her several parts , including a role in Jurassic Park which she declined , choosing instead to join Krzysztof Kieślowski in Three Colors : Blue ( 1993 ) , a performance for which she won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a César . Three years later , Binoche gained further acclaim in Anthony Minghella 's The English Patient ( 1996 ) , for which she was awarded an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress , in addition to the Best Actress Award at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival . For her performance in Lasse Hallström 's romantic comedy Chocolat ( 2000 ) , Binoche was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 . During the 2000s she maintained a successful career , alternating between French and English language roles in both mainstream and art-house productions . In 2010 , she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Abbas Kiarostami 's Certified Copy making her the first actress to win the European Best Actress Triple Crown ( for winning best actress awards at the Berlin , Cannes and Venice film festivals ) . Throughout her career Binoche has intermittently appeared on stage , most notably in a 1998 London production of Luigi Pirandello 's Naked and in a 2000 production of Harold Pinter 's Betrayal on Broadway for which she was nominated for a Tony Award . In 2008 she began a world tour with a modern dance production in-i devised in collaboration with Akram Khan . Often referred to as La Binoche by the press , her other notable performances include : Mauvais Sang ( 1986 ) , Les Amants du Pont-Neuf ( 1991 ) , Damage ( 1992 ) , The Horseman on the Roof ( 1995 ) , Code Unknown ( 2000 ) , Caché ( 2005 ) , Breaking and Entering ( 2006 ) , Flight of the Red Balloon ( 2007 ) , Camille Claudel 1915 ( 2013 ) , and Clouds of Sils Maria ( 2014 ) .
Samantha Jane Morton ( born 13 May 1977 ) is an English actress and director . She has received numerous accolades , including a British Academy Television Award , a British Independent Film Award and a Golden Globe Award , as well as nominations for two Academy Awards , a Primetime Emmy Award , and a British Academy Film Award . Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham , and later began her career in British television in 1991 . She guest-starred in Soldier Soldier and Cracker and had a bigger role in the ITV series Band of Gold . She made the transition to film with lead roles in the dramas Emma ( 1996 ) , Jane Eyre ( 1997 ) , and the well-received Under the Skin ( 1997 ) . The latter led director Woody Allen to cast Morton in Sweet and Lowdown ( 1999 ) , which earned her nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . Established as a prominent force on the independent film scene by the early 2000s , Morton starred in Morvern Callar ( 2002 ) , which garnered her the BIFA Award for Best Actress , and she received her second Academy Award nomination for her performance in In America ( 2003 ) , this time for Best Actress . Her role in the commercially successful sci-fi thriller Minority Report ( 2002 ) was followed by biographical portrayals of Myra Hindley in Longford ( 2006 ) , Deborah Curtis in Control ( 2007 ) , and Mary , Queen of Scots in Elizabeth : The Golden Age ( 2007 ) . For her role in Longford , she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series , Miniseries or Television Film . Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved ( 2009 ) , which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama . She had also starred in films such as The Messenger ( 2009 ) , John Carter ( 2012 ) , Decoding Annie Parker ( 2013 ) , and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ( 2016 ) . By the late 2010s , she often ventured back into television , starring in the series The Last Panthers ( 2015 ) , Rillington Place ( 2016 ) , Harlots ( 2017-present ) , and The Walking Dead ( 2019-present ) .
Emily Hampshire ( born 1981/1982 ) is a Canadian actress . Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl , Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake , Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series 12 Monkeys ( 2015-2018 ) , and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series Schitt 's Creek ( 2015-present ) .
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti ( /ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/ ; born June 6 , 1967 ) is an American actor and producer . He first garnered attention for his breakout role in Private Parts ( 1997 ) as Kenny Pig Vomit Rushton , which led to him playing more supporting roles such as Sergeant Hill in Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) , Bob Zmuda in Man on the Moon ( 1999 ) , John Maxwell in Big Momma 's House ( 2000 ) , and Marty Wolf in Big Fat Liar ( 2002 ) . He won acclaim for his leading roles as Harvey Pekar in American Splendor ( 2003 ) , Miles Raymond in Sideways ( 2004 ) and Mike Flaherty in Win Win ( 2011 ) while continuing to play supporting roles , like Joe Gould in Cinderella Man ( 2005 ) , which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , Chief Inspector Uhl in The Illusionist ( 2006 ) , Karl Hertz in Shoot 'Em Up ( 2007 ) , Nicholas Nick Claus in Fred Claus ( 2007 ) , Tom Duffy in The Ides of March ( 2011 ) , Theophilus Freeman in 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 ) , Ralph in Saving Mr. Banks ( 2013 ) , Eugene Landy in Love & Mercy ( 2014 ) , Dr. Lawrence Hayes in San Andreas ( 2015 ) and Jerry Heller in Straight Outta Compton ( 2015 ) . He played the titular character in the HBO miniseries John Adams ( 2008 ) , which earned him a Golden Globe Award , a Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award . He stars as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades Jr. in the Showtime television series Billions ( 2016-present ) .
Chained is a 2012 Canadian psychological thriller film directed by Jennifer Lynch and based on a screenplay by Damian O'Donnell . Starring Vincent D'Onofrio , Eamon Farren , and Julia Ormond , it depicts the relationship between a serial killer ( D'Onofrio ) and a young man he kidnapped ( Farren ) , whom he seeks to turn into his protégé . The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival and was released direct-to-video in the United States by Anchor Bay Entertainment . It received a polarized although generally positive response , with some contention over its content and ending , while the performances were praised .
Jennifer Chambers Lynch is an American film and television director and screenwriter . She is the daughter of filmmaker David Lynch . She is also known as the author of the book The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer .
Vincent Philip D'Onofrio ( /dəˈnɒfrioʊ/ ; born June 30 , 1959 ) is an American actor , producer , director , and singer . He is known for his supporting and starring roles in both film and television . He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Saturn Awards , winning one for his supporting role in Men in Black . His roles include Private Leonard Gomer Pyle Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket ( 1987 ) , Wilson Fisk / Kingpin in Daredevil ( 2015-2018 ) , NYPD Detective Robert Goren in Law & Order : Criminal Intent , Edgar the Bug in Men in Black ( 1997 ) , and Vic Hoskins in Jurassic World ( 2015 ) . Among other honors , D'Onofrio is a Saturn Award winner , an Emmy Award nominee and a Jay Award 2018 winner .
Julia Karin Ormond ( born 4 January 1965 ) is an English actress . She rose to prominence by appearing in The Baby of Mâcon ( 1993 ) , Legends of the Fall ( 1994 ) , First Knight ( 1995 ) , Sabrina ( 1995 ) , Smilla 's Sense of Snow ( 1997 ) and The Barber of Siberia ( 1998 ) . She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in the HBO film Temple Grandin ( 2010 ) .
Crackin ' Down Hard is a Canadian short comedy film , directed by Mike Clattenburg and released in 2012 . The films stars Nicolas Wright as a man trying to relax in isolation California 's Joshua Tree National Park , when another man ( Yoursie Thomas ) shows up to offer him a prostitute . The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival , where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury . In December 2012 , the film was named to TIFF 's annual year-end Canada 's Top Ten list for short films .
Mike Clattenburg is a Canadian television and film director , producer , and screenwriter . He is best known as creator , executive producer , writer and director of the TV comedy series Trailer Park Boys , for his work with This Hour Has 22 Minutes ( January-November 2004 ) , and as the co-creator of the Adult Swim series Black Jesus .
Nicolas Wright ( born March 23 , 1982 ) is a Canadian actor . Wright has performed on stage , television and film . In 2004 , he received the most promising newcomer award at the Just for Laughs film festival in Montreal for his short film , Toutouffe . Recently he appeared in Mike Clattenburg 's 2011 film Afghan Luke . He appeared in 2016 film Independence Day : Resurgence .
Bruce Sweeney is a Canadian film director . Born in Sarnia , Ontario , he has spent his career based primarily in Vancouver , British Columbia .
Nicholas Lea ( born Nicholas Christopher Herbert ; June 22 , 1962 ) is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of Alex Krycek on The X-Files and of Tom Foss on Kyle XY .
Gabrielle Rose ( born 1954 ) is a Canadian film and stage actress .
Agamdeep Darshi is an English-born actress , now based in Los Angeles .
Demoni is a Canadian-Bulgarian animated short film , directed by Theodore Ushev and released in 2012 . A music video for the song of the same name by Bulgarian musician Kottarashky , the film depicts scenes of Eastern European folk art on a spinning vinyl record . The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards .
Theodore Asenov Ushev ( Bulgarian : Теодор Асенов Ушев , born February 4 , 1968 ) is a Bulgarian animator , graphic designer , illustrator and multimedia artist in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . He is best known for his work at the National Film Board of Canada , including the 2016 Oscar-nominated Blind Vaysha .
The Disappeared is a Canadian drama film written and directed by author and filmmaker Shandi Mitchell . A story of survival and self-discovery for six men lost at sea in the North Atlantic , it stars Billy Campbell , Shawn Doyle , Brian Downey , Gary Levert , Ryan Doucette , and Neil Matheson . The film premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival September 14 , 2012 .
Shandi Mitchell is a Canadian novelist and filmmaker . Her first novel Under This Unbroken Sky won a 2010 Commonwealth Writers ' Prize and other awards . She graduated from Dalhousie University . Her newest novel , The Waiting Hours , is slated for publication in 2019 .
William Oliver Campbell ( born July 7 , 1959 ) is an American film and television actor . He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in the TV series Dynasty . Since then , he became known for playing Rick Sammler on Once and Again , Det . Joey Indelli on Crime Story , Jordan Collier on The 4400 , and Dr. Jon Fielding on the Tales of the City miniseries . His most notable films include The Rocketeer , Bram Stoker 's Dracula and Enough . He portrayed Darren Richmond on the AMC television series The Killing , and played Dr. Alan Farragut in the SyFy series Helix .
Shawn Doyle ( born September 19 , 1968 ) is a Canadian actor .
Brian Downey ( born 31 October 1944 in St. John 's , Newfoundland ) is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Stanley Tweedle in the science-fiction television series Lexx . Downey is a character actor who has appeared in various films and guest starring roles on TV , including a recurring role on Millennium . His first film role was in a 1986 Andy Jones film called The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood , which features the entire cast of CODCO . Downey has enjoyed a long professional relationship with Lexx creator Paul Donovan , dating back at least to 1988 , when Donovan cast Downey in the time travel adventure film Norman 's Awesome Experience . Downey also appeared as Cardinal Juan de Mella in Donovan 's medieval TV thriller The Conclave . Downey has worked with Jessica Lange , JoBeth Williams , Sam Rockwell , and directors such as Joe Sargent . He won the 2010 only acting award at the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival for his role in Whirligig , directed by Chaz Thorne , with whom he has worked on two previous features . He played the evil gang leader The Drake , who runs the town in the feature film Hobo with a Shotgun , starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Jason Eisener . Downey is also a musician and writer . Before being recruited as an actor , he spent many years as a bass player , guitarist , and blues harmonica player . He has been a writer for many stage plays and has led many script writing workshops . His first full length stage play , Peter 's Other War , was produced during the summer of 2009 .
Edmond Was a Donkey ( French : Edmond était un âne ) is a Canadian-French animated short film , directed by Franck Dion and released in 2012 . The film tells the story of Edmond , an unhappy office worker who discovers his true nature after his coworkers play a prank that involves forcing him to wear donkey ears . The film 's French voice cast included Bérangère Bonvoisin , Benoist Brione , Gaëtan Gallier and Patrick Bouchitey , while its English voice cast included Kathleen Fee , Richard Dumont , Kent McQuaid and Daniel Brochu . The film won the Bravo ! FACT Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2012 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival . It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards , and a César Award nominee for Best Animated Film at the 38th César Awards .
Ésimésac is a Canadian fantasy drama film , directed by Luc Picard and released in 2012 . Although an unofficial sequel to the 2008 film Babine , unlike the earlier film Ésimésac was not directly based on Fred Pellerin 's previously published stories ; instead , the film 's screenplay placed some of Pellerin 's established characters in a new original story . The film stars Nicola-Frank Vachon as Ésimésac Gélinas , a young but physically strong man whose distinguishing trait is that he does not cast a shadow . He convinces the village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton to plant and maintain a community garden after an economic crisis has left many of the townspeople hungry , but finds himself in conflict with village blacksmith Riopel 's ( Gildor Roy ) plan to focus on building tracks for a railroad . The film 's cast also includes Picard as Toussaint Brodeur , Sophie Nélisse as Marie Gélinas , Marie-Chantal Perron as Jeannette Brodeur , Marie Brassard as Madame Gélinas , Maude Laurendeau as Lurette Riopelle , René Richard Cyr as Méo Bellemare , Alain Sauvage as Le Curé Flambant , Isabel Richer as the Witch , and Denis Trudel as Hubert . The film received five Prix Jutra nominations at the 13th Prix Jutra in 2013 , for Best Supporting Actor ( Roy ) , Best Makeup ( Kathryn Casault ) , Best Costume Design ( Carmen Alie ) , Best Score ( Michel Corriveau ) and Best Hairstyling ( Denis Parent ) . Alie won the award for costume design .
Luc Picard ( born 24 September 1961 ) is a French Canadian actor , director and comedian . He was born on September 24 , 1961 in Lachine , Quebec , Canada . He has played numerous characters in diverse roles . An intense actor with piercing eyes and a nervous smile , Picard trained at the Conservatoire dArt Dramatique in Montreal and quickly became a favourite with Quebec audiences with his frequent appearances on television . During the 1990s , following his debut performance in Letters of Transit ( Les Sauf-conduits ) he slowly developed as a film star with character roles in a variety of films , especially those by Pierre Falardeau . In 2002 , Picard scored a double triumph with a Genie Award for his performance as the psychotic cult leader in Savage Messiah and a Prix Jutra for The Collector , directed by Jean Beaudin . In 2005 he directed his first feature , Audition , which was followed by Babine in 2008 , Ésimésac in 2012 , 9 in 2016 and Cross My Heart ( Les Rois mongols ) in 2017 . He is most commonly known for his portrayal of the infamous Michel Chartrand in the biographical TV series Simmone et Chartrand , where he was nominated for Gemini Awards . His acting film credits also include A Sunday in Kigali ( Un dimanche a Kigali ) , Cap Tourmente , The Woman Who Drinks ( La Femme qui boit ) , The Last Breath ( Le Dernier souffle ) , Night Song , Isla Blanca and Bad Seeds ( Les Mauvaises herbes ) . He was formerly married to actress Isabel Richer , until they announced their split in 2013 .
Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress , theatrical writer and director . She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert Lepage and later for her own French and English theatrical pieces , which have been presented in many countries in the Americas , Europe and in Australia .
Gildor Roy ( born May 11 , 1960 in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and raised in Rigaud , Quebec , Canada ) is a Québécois actor . Gildor is the brother of Québécois actors Luc Roy , Yvon Roy and Maxim Roy .
First Snow ( French : Première neige ) is a Canadian short drama film , directed by Michaël Lalancette and released in 2012 . The film centres on a family of adult siblings whose father is in desperate need of a kidney transplant , and who are wrestling with the difficult decision of which one of them will be the donor . The cast includes François Bernier , David Boutin , Karine Gonthier-Hyndman , Benoît Gouin , Louise Latraverse , Marie-Laurence Moreau and Noémie Yelle . The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards .