Hugo St-Cyr (November 23, 1978 – September 24, 2015) was a Canadian actor and presenter. He became known for his role as Michel Couillard in the popular youth series Watatatow, which aired for fourteen years on Radio-Canada Television from 1991 to 2005. This role earned him five MetroStar prizes and Gemini Awards.
Biography
editSaint-Cyr was born in Longueuil. Alongside Vincent Bolduc (Alexis) in 1993, he played the prominent role of Clément Fortin, a teenager who commits suicide in the dramatic TVA series Ent'Cadieux, written by Guy Fournier.[1]
He played the role of Paul Rose in the miniseries October 1970, tracing the tragic events that occurred in October 1970 in Quebec. It was broadcast on CBC Television and Télé-Québec.[2]
Since 2007, he hosted the show Podium Xtrême on Ztélé,[3] dealing with emission technology in extreme sports. In the winter, he hosted The Car Guide on the channel Vox in Montreal.[4]
On September 25, 2014, Echos Vedettes magazine revealed that he was suffering from cancer of the bone and undergoing chemotherapy.[5] He died from this on September 24, 2015.[6] He had two daughters with actress Isabelle Guérard.
Honours
edit- 1992 winner Gemini Awards, best dramatic interpretation Youth Program or Series for 'Watatatow'
- 1997 winner Price MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' [7]
- 1998: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' [7]
- 1999: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' [7]
- 2000: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' [7]
- 2001: Price MetroStar winner, for best young artist 'Watatatow' [8]
Filmography
editActor
edit- 1991-2005: Watatatow, Michel Couillard
- 1993-1994: Ent'Cadieux, Clément Fortin
- 1998: Une voix en or, drummer
- 1998: Un gars, une fille, François-Xavier
- 1999: Operation Tango, the Soldier Dalpé
- 2003: Harmonium (miniseries), Yves Ladouceur
- 2004: Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise: Les nuits de Montréal), Dan Langlais
- 2007: October 1970, Paul Rose
- 2008: Transit, the butcher
Moderator
editReferences
edit- ^ archives description of the television series Ent'Cadieux www.emission.ca website
- ^ website miniseries October 70 on Télé-Québec Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pascale Lévesque article in the Journal de Montreal from August 23, 2007
- ^ Videotron com_vox_hugostcyr_16jan07.pdf press release January 16, 2007[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cédric Bélanger (25 September 2014). "Cancer Hugo St-Cyr: Large wave of sympathy". journaldemontreal.com.
- ^ Richard Therrien (28 September 2014). "Death of actor Hugo St-Cyr". lapresse.ca.
- ^ a b c d List of MetroStar nominees and winners from 1986 to 2003[usurped]
- ^ news of March 26, 2001 CBC site Archived December 20, 2001, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Hugo St-Cyr at IMDb
