Actor Jacques Lussier is dead
La Presse
By Luc Boulanger
April 30, 2024
Jacques Lussier, who became known to Quebec audiences in the 1980s and 1990s by starring in a dozen soap operas and popular series, died last week, La Presse has learned. The comedian was 64.
His most memorable role was that of Inspector Henri Douville in Les filles de Caleb and then in Blanche, in the early 1990s. On the small screen, Jacques Lussier has also starred in Cormoran, Les machos, Sous le signe du lion, as well as Monsieur le ministre, alongside Michel Dumont.
On the big screen, he will be remembered in Pouvoir intime, a film by Yves Simoneau, starring Robert Gravel and Pierre Curzi. The multilingual actor has also starred in English, including in the drama Grey Owl, directed by British director Sir Richard Attenborough, and starring Pierce Brosnan.
On the Boards
A graduate of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, Jacques Lussier worked in theatre, mainly in the 1980s and 1990s. It was directed by Robert Lepage at the TNM (A Midsummer Night's Dream) and by Denise Filiatrault (Les palmes de Monsieur Schultz). Previously, after graduating from the Conservatoire in 1982, he had been noticed in the creation of Normand Chaurette's play Provincetown Playhouse, July 1919, I Was 19 Years Old, at the Café Nelligan.
The actor sometimes spoke to the media about social issues, such as the housing crisis, or political and cultural issues. "I've had some good years, but it's a job that can be nerve-wracking when you don't make a penny for weeks or months," he told the newspaper La Voix de l'Est in 2008 in an article about the precariousness of artists and the Harper government's cuts to culture.
Unfortunately, after a strong start to his career, the actor had some dry spells at the end of his career, with health and financial problems. His last television appearance was in the series Doute reasonable, last year, in the role of Mathieu Delisle.
His agent, from the Chantal David talent agency, had not represented him for several months. As a result, she was unable to provide us with any further information.
LUSSIER, Jacques
Born: 3/1/1960, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died: 4/?/2024,
Jacques Lussier’s westerns – actor:
Grey Owl – 1999 (hotel manager)
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