Jean Lapointe
Actor
December 6, 1935 — November 18, 2022 (86 years)
Jean Lapointe (December 6, 1935 - November 18, 2022) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.
Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre. He was also a social activist who has campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post. In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter Diapason whose wins included the 1984 Nearctic Stakes and who was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion Sprint Horse.
Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre. He was also a social activist who has campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post. In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter Diapason whose wins included the 1984 Nearctic Stakes and who was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion Sprint Horse.
Known For
Filmography
| 2020 | Mon cirque à moi · as Guédille |
| 2014 | Les beaux malaises · as Marcel Coiteau |
| 2010 | À l'origine d'un cri · as Grand-Père |
| 2010 | Snow & Ashes · as Thomas |
| 2009 | Pour toujours, les Canadiens! · as Gerry |
| 2008 | Truffe · as L'homme Maigre Et Sec |
| 2004 | Mémoires affectives · as Wilbrod Gadouas |
| 2004 | Le dernier tunnel · as Fred Giguere |
| 2001 | Une jeune fille à la fenêtre · as Chauffeur De Taxi |
| 2000 | The Bottle · as Antoine |
| 1997 | Un Gars, Une fille (CA) · as Jean |
| 1996 | Never Too Late · as Woody |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | Ding et Dong le film · as Euclide |
| 1990 | Une histoire inventée · as Gaston |
| 1983 | Poivre et sel · as Le Professeur |
| 1980 | Les chiens chauds · as Don Parchesi |
| 1978 | Duplessis · as Maurice Duplessis |
| 1977 | Angela · as M. Lebrecque |
| 1977 | One Man · as Ben Legault |
| 1977 | J.A. Martin photographe · as Adhémar |
| 1977 | Ti-mine, Bernie pis la gang... · as Bernie |
| 1976 | L'eau chaude, l'eau frette · as Polo |
| 1975 | Tout feu, tout femme · as François Chartrand |
| 1974 | Orderers · as Clermont Boudreau |
| 1974 | The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds! · as M. Robinson |
| 1974 | Once Upon a Time in the East · as Une Cléopâtre |
| 1973 | O.K. ... Laliberté · as Louis |
| 1971 | Les chats bottés · as Policier |
| 1970 | Two Women in Gold · as Sergent Detective Poivrot |
| 1966 |
| 2020 | La semaine des 4 julie · as Self |
| 2012 | Le vieil âge et le rire · as Self |
| 2009 | J'ai la mémoire qui tourne · as Self (2010) |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) · as Self |
| 1995 | Just for Laughs - Galas · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees · as Self |