Emmanuel Bilodeau (born August 29, 1964) is a Canadian actor from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his performances in the 2000 film Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête), for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Jutra Awards in 2002,[2] and the 2006 television miniseries René Lévesque, for which he won the Gémeaux Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2007.[3]

Emmanuel Bilodeau
Born (1964-08-29) August 29, 1964 (age 60)
Hull, Quebec, Canada
Occupationactor
Years active1990s–present
Notable workSoft Shell Man, Curling, René Lévesque

He was also a Jutra nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Jutra Awards in 2005 for Love and Magnets (Les Aimants)[4] and at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008 for Bluff,[5] and a nominee for Best Actor at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011 for Curling.[6]

In addition to his film and television performances, he has also toured two one-man comedy stage shows, One Manu Show in 2014[7] and Manu Bilodeux dans le pétrin in 2021.[8]

Personal life

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He is married to actress Édith Cochrane [fr].[9] In 2021 they starred in the television documentary series C'est plus qu'un jardin [fr], which centred on their process of expanding the gardens at their home to move toward an agricultural lifestyle to become more self-sufficient and reduce their ecological footprint.[10]

He was previously married to actress Monique Spaziani.[11] Their daughter Philomène is an actress, who appeared alongside her father in Curling and starred in the television series Toute la vie.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Ruth Jean-Paul
1994 Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues) CN employee
1996 Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire)
1997 The Seat of the Soul (Le Siège de l'âme) Jules
1998 The Sleep Room Dandain
1998 August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) Friend of Philippe
1999 The Long Winter (Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore)
2000 Family Pack (Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la Lune ?) Antoine
2001 Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) Samuel
2002 The Negro (Le Nèg') Canard Plourde
2003 Gaz Bar Blues Jocelyn
2004 Bonzaïon
2004 Le Golem de Montréal François
2004 Taking Lives Doctor
2004 TV Dinner...Burp!
2004 CQ2 (Seek You Too) Gabriel
2004 Happy Camper (Camping sauvage) Ti-Caille
2004 Love and Magnets (Les Aimants) Manu
2004 So the Moon Rises (La Lune viendra d'elle-même) Lionel
2005 Maman Last Call Fernand
2005 Les Moutons de Jacob
2006 On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) Gilbert McCoy
2007 Bluff Nico
2010 Curling Jean-François Sauvageau
2010 Tough Luck (Y'en aura pas de facile) René
2011 Le Colis Michel Beaulieu
2015 The Revenant French interpreter
2017 Innocent Francis
2018 Silence
2018 Mad Dog Labine Roch Labine
2021 Cerceuil, tabarnak! Raymond Tremblay
2023 Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines) Jasmin

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Scoop Journalist
1993 Blanche Comedian
1993 La princesse astronaute Vladimir
1995 L'Instit Patrick Lafontaine Season 3, episode 5
1997 Le Volcan tranquille Louis-Joseph Dessables
1997 Les Bâtisseurs d'eau
2000 Gypsies Le Mur
2001 Si la tendance se maintient Benoît Drapeau
2003 Grande Ourse Armand Laflamme
2004 Le Sketch Show Emmanuel
2006 René Lévesque René Lévesque
2008 René Lévesque: Le destin d'un chef
2008 Blaise le blasé Gaétan-Gilbert Pyrowski
2008 La Cache Host
2010 Ni plus ni moi Marc-Antoine Lecours
2010 Belle-Baie Charles Paulin
2010 Tranches de vies
2015 Pour Sarah Gilles Simoneau
2021 C'est plus qu'un jardin Himself

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