---
name: "Gabriel Arcand"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabriel-arcand"
fi1m_id: "gabriel-arcand"
imdb_id: "nm0033501"
tmdb_id: 83183
wikidata_id: "Q3093599"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 June 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:25:08.269297+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gabriel Arcand

## Identity

Gabriel Arcand

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gabriel-arcand
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gabriel-arcand
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033501
- **TMDB ID:** 83183
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3093599
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Arcand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3093599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83183

Actor. Born 4 June 1949 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 June 1949, Deschambault, Québec, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Arcand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3093599, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83183

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Decline of the American Empire*](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. Born on 4 June 1949 in Deschambault, Quebec, he studied philosophy at McGill University before training in theatre in France and Poland. He made his screen debut in 1972 in his brother Denys Arcand’s *La Maudite Galette* and has appeared in numerous Quebec films, including *Les Plouffe* (1981), *Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe* (1984), *Agnes of God* (1985) and *A Kid* (2016).

Arcand received the Genie Award for Best Actor in 1985 for *Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe* and for Best Supporting Actor in 1987 for *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), in which he also contributed as a collaborating writer. He later won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in 2014 for *Le Démantèlement*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Fi1m 72, as Mario — [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *P.A.M. - Programme d'aspirant-moniteur* (2023), series, as Professeur
- *Classified* (2022), series, as Philip Miller
- *Résonance* (2021), Actor
- *Maria Chapdelaine* (2021), as Le docteur
- *She Who Wears the Rain* (2019), Actor
- *A Kid* (2016), as Pierre Lesage
- *Saving Bea* (2014), series, as Monsieur P
- *Mensonges* (2014), series, as Jean-Marc Beauchemin
- *The Auction* (2013), as Gaby Gagnon
- *Karakara* (2012), as Pierre
- *The Bossé Empire* (2012), as Antoine de Carufel
- *Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's* (2008), as Mr. Mouche
- *The Secret Life of Happy People* (2006), as Professeur d'architecture
- *Congorama* (2006), as Priest
- *A Wonderful Spell* (2004), as Moïse
- *Chaos and Desire* (2002), as L'éditeur
- *A House with a View of the Sea* (2001), as Fotografo
- *The Big Snake of the World* (1999), as Monsieur
- *Post Mortem* (1999), as Ghislain O'Brien
- *La fabrication d'un meurtrier* (1996), Actor
- *Blood of the Hunter* (1995), as Yan Thoreau
- *Pour l'amour de Thomas* (1995), as Claude
- *Nelligan* (1991), as Père Seers
- *Unfaithful Mornings* (1989), as L'homme au bonsaï
- *Easy in Mind* (1989), as Théo
- *The Revolving Doors* (1988), as Madrigale Blaudelle
- *La ligne de chaleur* (1987), as Robert Filion 1
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), as Mario · Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)
- *Agnes of God* (1985), as Monsignor
- *The Crime of Ovide Plouffe* (1984), as Ovide Plouffe
- *Thunder Drum* (1983), as Paul Lejeune
- *Le toasteur* (1982), Actor
- *Suzanne* (1981), as Georges Laflamme
- *The Plouffe Family* (1981), as Ovide Plouffe
- *The Coffin Affair* (1980), as Alain Courtemanche
- *Bye, See You Monday* (1979), as Georges, the bartender
- *The Machine Age* (1978), as Hervé
- *Panique* (1977), Actor
- *Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie* (1976), as Bum
- *Talk About Love* (1976), Actor
- *Les vautours* (1975), Actor
- *Gina* (1975), as Director
- *You Are Warm... You Are Warm...* (1973), as Gabriel
- *Réjeanne Padovani* (1973), as Carlo Ferrara
- *Dirty Money* (1972), as Ti-bi · Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Gabriel Arcand](https://film.one/media/person/3925161/gallery-7a31c56877b9.jpg) Gabriel Arcand — Image via TMDB
- ![Gabriel Arcand](https://film.one/media/person/3925161/gallery-22028ac82a76.jpg) Gabriel Arcand — Image via TMDB

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