Michel Côté

OC CQ MSC
Born(1950-06-25)June 25, 1950
Alma, Quebec, Canada
Died
May 29, 2023(2023-05-29) (aged 72)
NationalityCanadian
Alma materNational Theatre School of Canada
OccupationActor
SpouseVéronique Le Flaguais
Children2, including Maxime

Michel Côté OC CQ MSC (June 25, 1950 – May 29, 2023) was a Canadian actor from Quebec.[1] He is known for his performances in the films Cruising Bar, Life After Love (La vie après l'amour) and C.R.A.Z.Y., the theatrical show Broue and the television series Omertà.

Background

Born in Alma, Quebec, he did not originally aspire to become an actor, but took up the profession after starting to take amateur theatre roles as part of his university studies, and later enrolled at the National Theatre School of Canada.[2]

Career

Côté taught introductory acting and improvisation at the Option Théâtre in Sainte-Thérèse until 1977. He subsequently cofounded a small theatre, Voyagements.[3] In 1979, Côté began performing in the play Broue at the theatre; the play was intended to have a one-month run, but ended up being staged in many cities across Canada, and Côté continued to perform in all of the more than 2,000 performances that had happened by 2008.[4] Côté, Marc Messier and Marcel Gauthier performed Broue for nearly 40 years, with Côté's last performance occurring in 2017.[5][6] In order to reduce costs, the actors performed all the roles themselves.[7]

Côté played the lead role in the film Cruising Bar, and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 1990. He also played the lead role in the film C.R.A.Z.Y.,[8] and won a Genie in the same category for this film in 2005.[9] In 2008, he revived his Cruising Bar characters in the sequel film Cruising Bar 2, for which he received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 11th Jutra Awards,[10]

In 2009, Côté played a lead role in the film Father and Guns (De père en flic), which took in $10.5 million at the box office in Quebec.[11] In 2010, he appeared as pilot Robert Piché in the film Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre), and in 2011 he starred as Roger Gendron in A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour).[12]

Côté was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in the 2023 Canadian honours, "for his distinguished career as one of Quebec's most prominent actors on stage, on television and in film."[13]

Personal life

Côté was married to French actress Véronique Le Flaguais. They had two sons Charles and Maxime. The latter is also an actor.[14] Côté died on 29 May 2023, at the age of 72.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Christmas Lace The Thief
1982 Bleue Brume
1983 Au clair de la lune François
1986 Exit Simon
1986 Transit Laurent
1986 La Fuite
1989 In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon) Bozo
1989 Cruising Bar Serge, Patrice, Jean-Jacques, Gérard
1989 The Scorpio Factor SWAT Team
1990 Moody Beach Simon
1990 You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle Jeanne) Bert
1991 The Horse Trader's Daughter (La Fille du maquignon)
1994 The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming) Marcel
1995 Black List (Liste noire) Jacques Savard
1996 Mistaken Identity (Erreur sur la personne) Charles Renard
2000 Life After Love (La vie après l'amour) Gilles
2003 Evil Words (Sur le seuil) Paul Lacasse
2004 The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel) Marcel Talon
2005 C.R.A.Z.Y. Gervais Beaulieu
2007 My Daughter, My Angel (Ma fille, mon ange) Germain Dagenais
2008 Cruising Bar 2 Serge, Patrice, Jean-Jacques, Gérard
2009 Father and Guns (De père en flic) Jacques Laroche
2010 Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre) Robert Piché
2011 A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour) Roger Gendron
2014 The Masters of Suspense (Les Maîtres du suspense) Hubert Wolfe
2016 My Friend Dino (Mon ami Dino) Michel Côté
2017 Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2) Jacques Laroche

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1975-76 La Petite Patrie Maurice Labonté Two episodes
1977 The Newcomers Nicolas de Lugny One episode
1977 Le Pont Joseph Fortier
1978 Du tac au tac M. Dubuc One episode
1979-2018 Bye Bye Six episodes
1980 Les Brillant Désiré Lamarre Three episodes
1981 Les Girouettes Léon Gingras
1982 Vaut mieux en rire
1992 Miss Moscou TV movie
1992 Montréal ville ouverte Pacifique Plante 13 episodes
1994-2009 La Petite Vie Jean-Louis Pichette Nine episodes
1996-1999 Omerta Pierre Gauthier 30 episodes
2001 Si la tendance se maintient Alain Gagnon Three episodes
2004 Et Dieu créa... Laflaque Edmond
2012 En audition avec Simon Himself One episode
2014 Les Pêcheurs Himself One episode
2014-15 La théorie du K.O. Carol Hébert 25 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Myriam Fontaine, "Michel Côté". The Canadian Encyclopedia, February 10, 2008.
  2. ↑ François Lévesque, "Michel Côté, un des acteurs les plus aimés du Québec, s’est éteint". Le Devoir, May 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ Peter Rist (2001). Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-313-29931-5.
  4. ↑ Craig Glenday (29 April 2008). Guinness World Records 2008. Bantam Books. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-553-58995-5.
  5. ↑ Marc Messier makes touching secrets about the resilience of Michel Côté
  6. ↑ Quebec actor Michel Côté, known for film and theatre roles, dead at 72, The Globe and Mail
  7. ↑ Broue, The Canadian Encyclopedia
  8. ↑ "C.R.A.Z.Y.". Sydney Morning Heraald, Paul Byrnes, August 30, 2006
  9. ↑ "Arcand's Jesus leads Genie race". Toronto Star, February 14, 1990.
  10. ↑ "Fantasy film 'Babine' leads Quebec's Jutra Awards with nine nominations". Canadian Press, February 18, 2009.
  11. ↑ Brendan Kelly, "De père en flic 2: Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde have a family reunion". Montreal Gazette, July 13, 2017.
  12. ↑ A SENSE OF HUMOR
  13. ↑ "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". Governor General of Canada. 29 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  14. ↑ Michelle Coudé-Lord, "Mon père est Michel Côté, l'acteur". Le Journal de Montréal, June 20, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Quebec Actor Michel Cote has died". iHeartRadio. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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