Steve Laplante (born July 13, 1972) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his performance as David in the 2022 film Viking,[2] for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards,[3] and won the Prix Iris for Best Actor at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.[4]
In addition to his Prix Iris nod for Viking, he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the same year for Babysitter.[5]
Originally from Drummondville, Quebec, he is a 1996 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.[6] He first became widely known for his performance in a stage production of Wajdi Mouawad's play Tideline (Littoral), also later repeating the role in its 2004 film adaptation.[7]
In addition to his acting he has written a number of stage plays, the most noted of which, Le Long de la principale, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2007 Governor General's Awards.[8] The play has also been staged in English as Down the Main Drag.[9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2002 | Family Jewel (Bijou de famille) | |||
2003 | Ma voisine danse le ska | Leica's father | ||
2004 | Tideline (Littoral) | Wahab | ||
2006 | Transparence | Martin | ||
Cheech | Jean-Marc Blanchette | |||
2008 | The Broken Line (La ligne brisée) | Jello | ||
Avant-goût de printemps | Félix | |||
Le Déserteur | Alphonse Lortie | |||
2012 | Wintergreen (Paparmane) | Jerome | ||
2015 | The Good Feelings | Pierre | ||
2016 | A Done Deal (Une formalité) | Remy | ||
2018 | March Fool (Poisson de mars) | |||
2019 | We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) | |||
And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) | Police officer | |||
2021 | Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les grandes claques) | Denis | ||
See You Garbage! (Au plaisir les ordures | ) | Prime Minister | ||
2022 | Babysitter | Jean-Michel | ||
Viking | David | |||
The Cheaters (Les Tricheurs) | André | |||
2023 | The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) | Philippe | ||
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Father | |||
Coco Farm (Coco ferme) | Joseph-Armand Bombardier | |||
2024 | Our Sisters-in-Law (Nos belles-sœurs) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1997 | Ces enfants d'ailleurs | Martin | ||
2003 | Ramdam | Tommy Bleau | ||
2007 | Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin | Guillaume Payer | ||
2009 | Aveux | Luc Desharnais | ||
2010-2011 | Mirador | Alexandre Dalphond | ||
2011 | Le Gentleman | Alain Thibodeau | ||
2012 | Lance et compte | William Jasmin | ||
Tu m'aimes-tu ? | David Lamontagne | |||
2013 | La Vie parfaite | Éric Pedneault | ||
2014 | 30 vies | André Masson | ||
2017 | Terreur 404 | Sylvain | ||
Olivier | Georges Dubreuil | |||
2018 | Léo | Chabot | ||
2020 | Faits divers | Denis Fontaine | ||
2022 | Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime) | Gaëtan 2 |