Benoît Gouin
Birthday: Born in 1961-01-27 in Pointe-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Deathday: Alive
Benoît Gouin was born on January 27, 1961 in Pointe-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Lac Mystère (2013) and Québec-Montréal (2002).
TV Credits
Larry
Character: Larry
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Karl & Max
Character: René 'Flower' Lafleur
Karl, Max and their friend Yvon see their destiny forever shatter when they discover a bag containing a gun and lots of money! By taking the decision to keep the loot of 2.6 million, they will be propelled into a world to which they don’t belong, caught up in a race for millions with the organized crime....
Le clan
Character: Thomas Chamberland
Yannick Moreau is a reformed criminal who rebuilt his life in Quebec living with a new identity under the witness protection program. Will the past catch up with him?...
Mensonges
Character: André Daoust
Psychological crime series following the investigations of interrogation experts Julie Beauchemin and Maxime Moreli....
La marraine
Character: Richard Plamondon
It’s 1993, and Paloma Luisa Marquez Hermosa is on top of the world. Originally from Columbia, she now heads a very discreet – and very efficient – criminal organization that smuggles cocaine into Montreal and launders drug money. Nicknamed the “Cali Cartel Godmother”, she stops at nothing to provide for her family. But Paloma eventually becomes the target of Paul Généreux, an honest cop who’s determined to destroy her organization – until his investigation turns into a tangled web of corruption ...
Prémonitions
Character: Jules Samson
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Apparences
Character: Jean-Denis Desrosiers
Nathalie Bérubé is a renown actress and her twin sisters, Manon, is an elementary school teacher. As the family gathers to celebrate their 40th birthday, Manon goes missing....
L'heure bleue
Character: Bernard Boudrias
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Le Tricheur
Character: Self
This daily quiz show puts strategy front and centre, as five celebrities answer general-knowledge questions to win money for their favourite charity. But here’s the catch: one of the five participants is cheating, because they’re secretly being fed the answers. The cheater’s mission is to play it smart so they can fool the other players and win the game without getting caught....
En direct de l'univers
Character: Self
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Lâcher prise
Character: François
Everyone can have a bad day now and then, but we meet Valerie on a morning that divides her life neatly into before and after. It took one inconsequential setback – a silly thing, really – to cause a slight delay in Valerie’s schedule, resulting in a regrettable distraction, causing an unfortunate incident, which leads her to the police station….. making her miss the single most important event she had on her agenda: The Meeting! That’s when the dam breaks. All that control to build the fragile ...
La faille
Character: Jacques Larocque
Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure is always up for a challenge. Being cooped up in the massive structure that is the colony – the inhabitants simply call it “The Wall” – soon presents her with some challenges that exceed her investigative efforts....
Le Phoenix
Character: Daniel Potvin
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Movie Credits
I Killed My Mother
Character: Boarding School Principal
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood....
My Mother's Men
Character: Yves
Young Elsie is shocked to learn that her eccentric mother wanted her ashes to be scattered among her five ex-husbands. Elsie is adamant about carrying out her mother's wishes, but the trip fundamentally alters her course....
Silence Lies
Character: Benoît Messier
Depuis une sérieuse dispute avec son frère Fred, qui lui servait de modèle, Viviane, photographe professionnelle, a mis en veilleuse ses ambitions artistiques. Or, le hasard lui fait rencontrer Guillaume, un jeune mécanicien dont la photogénie naturelle l'inspire. Réticent, ce dernier se laisse convaincre de poser pour Viviane qui, retrouvant son énergie créatrice, fait de lui le sujet d'un projet d'exposition. Bientôt, l'artiste constate que le jeune homme, qui vit toujours chez ses parents, po...
Jealous
Character: Jean Messier
Thomas and Marianne, a feuding couple whose relationship has hit a wall, decide to spend a weekend at Thomas' uncle's lakeside cottage. This is their last chance to save their relationship, which has been jeopardized by Marianne's meaningless flirtations and Thomas' uncontrollable jealousy. As they arrive, a restless yet charming neighbor welcomes them into their house and, realizing that Thomas' uncle and girlfriend will not be showing up for days, suggests they share the dinner he has prepared...
Mirror Lake
Character: John
After his loved ones betray him, a man in his 30s goes to a lakeside cabin to hide from the world. But instead of finding peace, he has to deal with a kooky neighbour, a missing drowned man, a crook on the lam, a stripper who hides out with him, and the cop who’s madly in love with her and looking for her with murderous ardour....
Will You Be Home Tonight?
Character: Benoit
Suzanne is nearly fifty. She lives alone with Raphaëlle, her twenty year old daughter. Despairing that she will never again find love, Suzanne resolves to have plastic surgery done on her breasts. Raphaëlle is disturbed by her mother’s decision, while Suzanne worries about her daughter’s romantic life....
I Am A Sand Castle Awaiting The Sea
Character: Patron
Julie, a woman in her mid-twenties, comes back to her village after completing her upper studies in the big city. The occupation of a prestigious new job is the reason behind her comeback. At first, Julie is pleased to see her family and her former friends, but a sense of contempt slowly emerges. She has now come to despise everything that she once loved, thus erasing her former self completely. Those hidden feelings will erupt the night of her twenty-fourth birthday......
Gabrielle
Character: Laurent
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are "different," their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir prepare for an important music festival, Gabrielle does everything she can to gain her independence. As determined as she is, Gabrielle must still confront oth...
1st Love
Character: François
Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first stirrings of love-which soon yield a troubling brew of anxiety, desire and obsession. He eventually comes across a terrible secret that will forever change his life....
First Snow
Character: Paul
A disconnected family find themselves at a hospital. The father is in urgent need of a kidney transplant and all of the family members are compatible donners. This situation brings back old conflicts between them, all to settle with an odd reconciliation....
Les Tricheurs
Character:
Two lovers and a friend meet up for a game of golf. They are soon joined by a stranger who puts to the test the bonds between them and in the process reveals buried secrets....
Le déserteur
Character:
It tells the story of Georges Guénette, a deserter from the Canadian Army during World War II, who was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police....
The Broken Line
Character: Fabien Michaud
Sébastien and Danny are lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with their car after a night of excess partying....
Miss Boots
Character: Ménard
When an orphaned girl loses her grandmother, her uncle, a one hit wonder opera composer, needs to take care of her until a foster family is found, while also struggling to finish his next big hit....
Face Time
Character: Trottier
Benoit, an actor surviving on his barman wages, follows the advice of is his brother Frank - a former hockey player turned talent agent- and grows a beard to get a part in a dinner theatre play. Benoit's girlfriend Vicky, an ex dramaturge who now works as a librarian, finds it difficult to accept this latest development, as it will delay the couple's plan to purchase a condo from their friends Caro and Vincent, who manage a hair and beauty salon. But Benoit's beard seems to have magical powers: ...
Quebec-Montreal
Character: Michel Gauvin
Quebec-Montreal: 250 km (150 miles) of asphalt, nine thirtysomething travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and to discuss troubling questions about our existence....
Origami
Character: Docteur Duval
David is travelling. He's on a unique trip that doesn't take him from one place to another but from one moment in time to another. Seeking to understand the strange power he has to move around in his own timeline, David will eventually have to confront the disassembled chronology of his own life as well as his repressed past....
Chinatown
Character:
A florist borrows $10,000 from a pawnbroker. When it’s time to pay, he can’t come up with the money. Short reckonings make long enemies....
Antigone
Character: Enquêteur
Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal....
Infiltration
Character: Avocat
A well-respected plastic surgeon dedicated to helping patients with severe burns questions his career, his family…his perfect life and ultimately, his sanity when an encounter with a disgruntled patient triggers a psychological spiral no one can control....
The Wolves
Character: William
A woman travels from the big city to the countryside. The locals are suspicious....
Dusk for a Hitman
Character: Claude Dubois
1979. Donald Lavoie is a fearsome hitman who works under the orders of Claude Dubois, head of the Montreal South-West mob. Donald is tasked to take under his wing new recruit Serge Rivard, a hotheaded small-time crook who soon compromises him in a botched double murder. Donald avoids justice thanks to the Dubois clan's lawyers, but this is only a temporary setback for Detective Sergeant Roger Burns, who wants to convince Lavoie to become an informer....
Sarah Prefers to Run
Character: Richard
When Sarah has a chance to go to a first class university and to join its premiere athletic club, her suburban mother is fearful of the change and refuses to help financially. But Sarah's roommate knows that they will get a grant if they marry. Sarah agrees but only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere. Sarah prefers to run....
La belle empoisonneuse
Character:
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Looking for Alexander
Character: Patrick Boivin
Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma....