Roy Dupuis

Acting

Roy Dupuis

Born April 21, 1963 · New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada (age 63)

Roy Dupuis (born April 21, 1963) is a French-Canadian actor best known for his role as Ovila Pronovost in the hit miniseries Les filles de Caleb (Emilie) and as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita. He also portrayed Maurice Richard on television and in film and Roméo Dallaire in the 2007 film Shake Hands with the Devil.

Known For

Hair of the BearHair of the Bear · 2026
Hair of the Bear
5.92026
MovieDramaThriller
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
BleedersBleeders · 1997
Bleeders
4.51997
MovieHorrorMystery
A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. Although his relatives were all thought to be dead, he finds them living underground.
ScreamersScreamers · 1995
Screamers
6.21995
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
Open AirOpen Air · 1996
Open Air
8.01996
MovieAdventureDrama
In the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, including the Orinoco River, from Venezuela to the border of Portuguese Brazil.
Mesrine: Killer InstinctMesrine: Killer Instinct · 2008
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
7.32008
MovieDramaAction
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Pointe NoirePointe Noire · 2024
Pointe Noire
2024
Movie
Cajun filmmaker Louis Leger and attorney Dolores Arceneaux join forces in the Cajun prairie community of Pointe Noire in an effort to save the life of Joel Richard, a falsely accused Cajun man on Louisiana's Death Row.
There Where Atilla PassesThere Where Atilla Passes · 2015
There Where Atilla Passes
6.02015
MovieRomanceDrama
Atilla, a reclusive young man of Turkish origin adopted at a young age by Michael and Julie, a Quebec couple reconciles with his origins and his past thanks to the encounter with Asya, a student visiting Québec.
Free MoneyFree Money · 1998
Free Money
5.41998
MovieComedyCrime
A deranged prison warden with a nasty habit of killing escapees forces the boyfriends of his teenage twin daughters into a shotgun wedding, after they claim to be pregnant. All hope seems lost, until the husbands hatch a madcap plan to rob a money train to freedom.

Movies

Hair of the BearHair of the Bear · 2026
Hair of the Bear
5.92026
MovieDramaThriller
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
BleedersBleeders · 1997
Bleeders
4.51997
MovieHorrorMystery
A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. Although his relatives were all thought to be dead, he finds them living underground.
ScreamersScreamers · 1995
Screamers
6.21995
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
Open AirOpen Air · 1996
Open Air
8.01996
MovieAdventureDrama
In the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, including the Orinoco River, from Venezuela to the border of Portuguese Brazil.
Mesrine: Killer InstinctMesrine: Killer Instinct · 2008
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
7.32008
MovieDramaAction
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Pointe NoirePointe Noire · 2024
Pointe Noire
2024
Movie
Cajun filmmaker Louis Leger and attorney Dolores Arceneaux join forces in the Cajun prairie community of Pointe Noire in an effort to save the life of Joel Richard, a falsely accused Cajun man on Louisiana's Death Row.
There Where Atilla PassesThere Where Atilla Passes · 2015
There Where Atilla Passes
6.02015
MovieRomanceDrama
Atilla, a reclusive young man of Turkish origin adopted at a young age by Michael and Julie, a Quebec couple reconciles with his origins and his past thanks to the encounter with Asya, a student visiting Québec.
Free MoneyFree Money · 1998
Free Money
5.41998
MovieComedyCrime
A deranged prison warden with a nasty habit of killing escapees forces the boyfriends of his teenage twin daughters into a shotgun wedding, after they claim to be pregnant. All hope seems lost, until the husbands hatch a madcap plan to rob a money train to freedom.
The Forbidden RoomThe Forbidden Room · 2015
The Forbidden Room
5.62015
MovieComedy
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
RumoursRumours · 2024
Rumours
4.92024
MovieComedyHorror
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 · 2008
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
7.32008
MovieActionThriller
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
The Barbarian InvasionsThe Barbarian Invasions · 2003
The Barbarian Invasions
7.02003
MovieComedyDrama
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
EntangledEntangled · 1993
Entangled
3.41993
MovieDrama
A struggling writer on the verge of success finds his love for the woman of his wildest dreams drawing him deeper into the depths of passion and jealousy, until he realizes he has been framed for murder.
SeancesSeances · 2016
Seances
6.72016
MovieMystery
Seances, co-created with the National Film Board of Canada, presents a wholly new way of experiencing film narrative. By dynamically generating a series of film sequences in unique configurations, potentially hundreds of thousands of new stories are conjured by code. Each will exist only in the moment—no pausing, scrubbing, or sharing—offering the audience one chance to see the generated film. This project, co-created by the ever imaginative Guy Maddin, is a visual discourse on the impact of loss within film. All the sequences pay homage to lost silent films from the early day of cinema. Seances is nostalgic but it is also frequently hilarious. Part of the joy and sadness of Seances is that many possible narratives are created but they can be only viewed once before they disappear forever.
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passionLes filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion · 2025
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
8.02025
MovieDocumentary
In a brand-new documentary, the actress who portrayed the unforgettable Émilie Bordeleau revisits her memories of filming and analyzes the cultural legacy of this cult saga. By exploring the timeless power of its characters, she testifies to the major impact this work has had on the collective imagination and on the history of Québec television.
Take Me to a Nice PlaceTake Me to a Nice Place · 2021
Take Me to a Nice Place
2021
MovieDrama
After mankind drove itself to the brink of extinction, a zealous lone survivor hunts his way across remote Canadian landscapes in search of knowledge and materials in order to reshape humanity. Ten years later, a woman raises 10 same-age children and prepares them for the sacrifices they must make in order to save the human race.
Sortie 234Sortie 234 · 1988
Sortie 234
1988
Movie
Sortie 234 portrays Renaud's passion for Frank. A passion that reaches its bursting point. But between these two poles of attraction, there is Lucille, Frank's love. Lucille, whom Renaud tries to approach. Lucille who becomes the link between the two men. 'Sortie 234' constitutes a trajectory, beings both similar and different will try if not to join, at least to join and understand each other. You never know what can change your life.
Jesus of MontrealJesus of Montreal · 1989
Jesus of Montreal
6.91989
MovieDramaComedy
A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
Sticky FingersSticky Fingers · 2009
Sticky Fingers
6.82009
MovieAdventureComedy
To carry out the "robbery of the century", Charles recruits the friends with whom he made the 400 blows. The night of the robbery, they get caught by police, but one of them runs away with the $2 million. Upon their release from prison, the thieves are shocked to learn that they will get their money back on two conditions and, ultimately, they must mostly have changed their ways...
Brain FreezeBrain Freeze · 2021
Brain Freeze
6.12021
MovieHorrorComedy
A fertilizer used in a rich gated community becomes the source of a genetic mutation that transforms its residents into zombies. Can a teenager and his baby sister break free from the quarantined island before turning into grass?
The United States of AlbertThe United States of Albert · 2005
The United States of Albert
3.82005
MovieComedyDrama
Albert Renaud, a young French Canadian dreams of becoming a movie star and take the train to Hollywood. His trip is filled with adventures.
Shake Hands with the DevilShake Hands with the Devil · 2007
Shake Hands with the Devil
7.22007
MovieDramaHistory
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
The RocketThe Rocket · 2005
The Rocket
6.92005
MovieDrama
The story of Quebec's most beloved hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.
The TimekeeperThe Timekeeper · 2009
The Timekeeper
4.52009
MovieAdventure
A l'automne 1964, la construction des 52 derniers milles du chemin de fer du Grand lac des Esclaves est en voie d'achèvement. Une bande hétéroclite de travailleurs instables, ivrognes et voleurs, est recrutée dans les tavernes par Fisk, contremaître aux poings d'acier. Martin Bishop, dix-huit ans, arrive comme nouveau pointeur au sein de cette équipe, le précédent pointeur ayant « disparu ». Bishop découvre rapidement des faits anormaux dans ce camp isolé; celui qui ne suit pas les règles de Fisk risque d'être expulsé du camp dans la nature sauvage et hostile. Fait surprenant, tous les hommes qui ont été expulsés demeurent sur la liste de paie... Le refus de Bishop de jouer le jeu de Fisk lui vaut d'être expulsé dans la forêt, dont l'immensité devient sa nouvelle prison. Incapable de s'échapper, Bishop découvre des aptitudes à la survie qu'il ne croyait pas posséder.

TV Shows

La Femme NikitaLa Femme Nikita · 1997
La Femme Nikita
7.41997
SeriesDrama
Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by lethal injection, upon which she was secretly drugged by the government, faking her death. Nikita is then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly skilled assassin who cannot be traced.
Tout le monde en parleTout le monde en parle · 2004
Tout le monde en parle
4.72004
Series
Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. 
Toute la vieToute la vie · 2019
Toute la vie
8.52019
SeriesDrama
École Marie-Labrecque is a one-of-a-kind institution: The 60 girls who study at the school are all between the ages of 12 and 17, and they're all pregnant or new mothers. The school's mission is twofold: to give them an education and to prepare them for motherhood. It's It's a huge challenge and they have only a few months to get ready.
Viens voir les comédiensViens voir les comédiens · 2002
Viens voir les comédiens
2002
Series
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
Les RescapésLes Rescapés · 2010
Les Rescapés
6.02010
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Les Rescapés is a Canadian television drama series, which debuted on Télévision de Radio-Canada in the 2010-11 television season. The series stars Roy Dupuis and Guylaine Tremblay as Gérald and Monique Boivin, the patriarch and matriarch of a family from 1960s-era Montreal who find themselves mysteriously transported into 2010. The cast also includes Maxim Gaudette, Ève Lemieux, Antoine L'Écuyer, Benoît Girard, Céline Bonnier and Yan England.
ScoopScoop · 1992
Scoop
8.01992
SeriesDrama
Follow both the professional and personal lives of reporters working for The Express, a daily Montréal Newspaper.
À cœur battantÀ cœur battant · 2023
À cœur battant
8.02023
SeriesDrama
EmilieEmilie · 1990
Emilie
6.51990
SeriesDrama
A classic Québécois historical drama about Émilie Bordeleau, a strong-willed woman in late 19th/early 20th century rural Quebec who defies expectations by becoming a teacher, then faces challenges in her passionate but tumultuous marriage to the restless lumberjack Ovila Pronovost, exploring their struggles and the evolving society.
Million Dollar BabiesMillion Dollar Babies · 1994
Million Dollar Babies
8.71994
SeriesDrama
When Oliva and Elzire Dionne have quintuplets in rural 1930s Canada, news of their uncommon family spreads like wildfire and steps up local tourism, thanks in part to an opportunistic town doctor who uses the children to enhance his own celebrity.
Martin Matte en directMartin Matte en direct · 2023
Martin Matte en direct
2023
Series
Au pays des MitchifsAu pays des Mitchifs · 2017
Au pays des Mitchifs
2017
SeriesDocumentary
The Last ChapterThe Last Chapter · 2002
The Last Chapter
7.62002
SeriesDrama
The Triple Sixers are the largest biker gang in Canada, but they don't have one important territory—Ontario, to give them a monopoly on the illegal drug market. Bob Durelle has been chosen to expand The Triple Sixers into Ontario, but his life-long friend Ross balks at the move. Watched by police and the Mafia, a bloody turf war starts.
The Last Chapter: The War ContinuesThe Last Chapter: The War Continues · 2003
The Last Chapter: The War Continues
7.02003
SeriesDrama
Having consolidated his Ontario power base, Bob is using his profits from the drug business to expand into a whole range of more legitimate enterprises while looking for ways to gain a foothold in the corridors of political power. And it seems he will stop at nothing to be reunited with his estranged wife Karen. Little does he know that his old nemesis Ross – long presumed dead – is about to launch an all-out campaign to bring him to his knees.