Jacques Godin

Canadian film, television and stage actor (1930–2020)

Jacques Godin (French pronunciation: [ʒak godɛ̃]; 14 September 1930 – 26 October 2020) was a Canadian film, television and stage actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.^[1]

Career

He won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor at the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for his role in the film O.K. ... Laliberté,^[2] and was a nominee in the same category at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 for Being at Home with Claude.^[3] In June 2017, Godin was made a knight in the Ordre national du Québec.^[4]

Godin died on 26 October 2020 of heart failure in Hôpital de Verdun in Montreal, aged 90.^[5]

Filmography

1954 : 14, rue de Galais (TV series) : Ménard, Lionel
1955 : Cap-aux-sorciers (TV series) : Un marin
1956 : Le Retour
1957 : Radisson (TV series) : Pierre Esprit Radisson
1958 : Le Courrier du roy (TV series) : Longshot
1962 : Les Enquêtes Jobidon (TV series)
1963 : Ti-Jean caribou (TV series)
1964 : The Luck of Ginger Coffey : Policeman
1965 : Septième nord (TV series) : Dr. Albert Quesnel
1965 : Mission of Fear (Astataïon ou Le festin des morts)
1965 : Pas de vacances pour les idoles : Gangster
1966 : Treasure Island ("Schatzinsel, Die") (feuilleton TV) : Israël Hands
1968 : Les Martin (TV series) : Eloi Martin
1970 : Mont-Joye (TV series) : Eudore Meunier
1970 : Le Gardien (TV)
1971 : Des souris et des hommes (TV) : Lennie Small
1972 : In the Name of the Son (Et du fils) : Noël Boisjoli
1973 : Mademoiselle Julie
1973 : La Dernière neige
1973 : The Pyx (La Lunule): Superintendent
1973 : O.K. ... Laliberté : Paul Laliberté
1974 : Par le sang des autres : Francis
1976 : The Man Inside (TV) : Cross
1977 : One Man : Jaworski
1979 : Us Two (À nous deux) : Le commandant Strauss
1980 : Belle et Sébastien (TV series) : voix de Jonathan
1980 : Aéroport: Jeux du hasard (TV) : David
1981 : Yesterday : Mr. Daneault
1981 : The Amateur: Argus
1982 : Beyond Forty (La Quarantaine) : Tarzan
1984 : Un amour de quartier (TV series) : Lucien Larivière
1984 : Mario : Father
1986 : Henri : Joseph
1986 : Equinox (Équinoxe)
1986 : Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) : Théo
1988 : Gaspard and Son (Gaspard et fil$)
1989 : Salut Victor : Victor Laprade
1990 : Frontière du crime (Double Identity) (TV) : Wayne
1991 : Alisée : Georges-Étienne
1992 : Montréal P.Q. (TV series) : Victor Téoli
1992 : Being at Home with Claude : Inspector
1993 : La charge de l'orignal épormyable : Mycroft Mixeudeim
1993 : Maria des Eaux-Vives (feuilleton TV) : Frédéric
1996 : Jasmine (TV series) : Damien Rocheleau
1996 : Innocence (feuilleton TV)
1996 : Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) : The Father
1997 : Sous le signe du lion (TV series) : Jérémie Martin
1997 : Lobby (TV series)
1997 : The Haven (La Conciergerie) : Thomas Colin
2000 : Chartrand et Simonne (TV series) : Père Abbé
2000 : Monsieur, monsieur : Monsieur #1
2001 : Si la tendance se maintient (TV series) : Robert Sirois
2003 : Grande Ourse (TV series) : Dr. Mondoux
2003 : Red Nose (Nez rouge) : Juge Godbout
2004 : The Last Casino (TV) : Saunders
2005 : Hunt for Justice [de] (TV) : General Léveillée
2009 : The Legacy (La Donation) : Dr Yves Rainville
2009 : Une belle mort : Le père (post-production)
2010 : The Last Escape (La dernière fugue) : La Père
2010 : Day Before Yesterday : The Senior Detective
2014-2015 : Mémoires vives (TV series) : Ŕeal Pinard

References

^ Gaetan Charlebois, "Godin, Jacques". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, March 25, 2019.
^ "A wake for Canadian cinema". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 1973.
^ Christopher Harris, "Canadian films in the spotlight: Naked Lunch leads the way with 11 nominations at 13th annual Genies". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 1992.
^ Gaetan Charlebois: Godin, Jacques. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^ Luc Boulanger (October 27, 2020). "Mort du comédien Jacques Godin". La Presse (in French).

External links

Jacques Godin at IMDb
Jacques Godin discography at Discogs

Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Film

Actor (1968–2021)

Gerard Parkes (1968)
No award (1969)
Doug McGrath and Paul Bradley (1970)
Jean Duceppe (1971)
Gordon Pinsent (1972)
Jacques Godin (1973)
No award (1974)
Stuart Gillard (1975)
André Melançon (1976)
Len Cariou (1977)
Richard Gabourie (1978)
Christopher Plummer (1980)
Thomas Peacocke (1981)
Nick Mancuso (1982)
Donald Sutherland (1983)
Eric Fryer (1984)
Gabriel Arcand (1985)
John Wildman (1986)
Gordon Pinsent (1987)
Roger Lebel (1988)
Jeremy Irons (1989)
Lothaire Bluteau (1990)
Rémy Girard (1991)
Tony Nardi (1992)
Tom McCamus (1993)
Maury Chaykin (1994)
David La Haye (1995)
William Hutt (1996)
Ian Holm (1997)
Roshan Seth (1998)
Bob Hoskins (1999)
Tony Nardi (2000)
Brendan Fletcher (2001)
Luc Picard (2002)
Rémy Girard (2003)
Roy Dupuis (2004)
Michel Côté (2005)
Roy Dupuis (2006)
Gordon Pinsent (2007)
Natar Ungalaaq (2008)
Joshua Jackson (2009)
Paul Giamatti (2010)
Mohamed Fellag (2011)
James Cromwell (2012)
Gabriel Arcand (2013)
Antoine Olivier Pilon (2014)
Jacob Tremblay (2015)
Stephan James (2016)
Nabil Rajo (2017)
Théodore Pellerin (2018)
Mark O'Brien (2019)
Michael Greyeyes (2020)
Liam Diaz (2021)

Actress (1968–2021)

Geneviève Bujold (1968)
No award (1969)
Geneviève Bujold (1970)
Ann Knox (1971)
Micheline Lanctôt (1972)
Geneviève Bujold (1973)
No award (1974)
Margot Kidder (1975)
Marilyn Lightstone (1976)
Monique Mercure (1977)
Helen Shaver (1978)
Kate Lynch (1980)
Marie Tifo (1981)
Margot Kidder (1982)
Rae Dawn Chong (1983)
Martha Henry (1984)
Louise Marleau (1985)
Margaret Langrick (1986)
Martha Henry (1987)
Sheila McCarthy (1988)
Jackie Burroughs (1989)
Rebecca Jenkins (1990)
Pascale Montpetit (1991)
Janet Wright (1992)
Sheila McCarthy (1993)
Sandra Oh (1994)
Helena Bonham Carter (1995)
Martha Henry (1996)
Molly Parker (1997)
Sandra Oh (1998)
Sylvie Moreau (1999)
Marie-Josée Croze (2000)
Élise Guilbault (2001)
Arsinée Khanjian (2002)
Sarah Polley (2003)
Pascale Bussières (2004)
Seema Biswas (2005)
Julie Le Breton (2006)
Julie Christie (2007)
Ellen Burstyn (2008)
Karine Vanasse (2009)
Lubna Azabal (2010)
Vanessa Paradis (2011)
Rachel Mwanza (2012)
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard (2013)
Anne Dorval (2014)
Brie Larson (2015)
Tatiana Maslany (2016)
Sally Hawkins (2017)
Émilie Bierre (2018)
Nahéma Ricci (2019)
Michelle Pfeiffer (2020)
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (2021)

Lead Performance in a Film
(2022–present)

Lamar Johnson (2022)

Canadian Film Awards 1968–1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present.
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.