Michel Côté (actor)


Michel Côté is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performances in the films Cruising Bar, Life After Love and C.R.A.Z.Y., the theatrical show Broue and the television series Omertà.

Early life

Côté was born in Alma, Quebec, Canada. He graduated from the National Theatre School in 1973.

Career

Côté taught introductory acting and improvisation at the Option Theatre in Ste. Therese until 1977. He subsequently cofounded a small theatre, Vogagements. In 1979 Côté began performing in the play Broue at the theatre; the play was intended to have a one-month run, but ended up being staged in many cities across Canada, and Cote continued to perform in all of the more than 2,000 presentations as late as 2008.
Côté played the lead role in the film Cruising Bar, and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 1990. He also played the lead role in the film C.R.A.Z.Y., and won a Genie in the same category for this film in 2005. In 2008, he revived his Cruising Bar characters in the sequel film Cruising Bar 2, for which he received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 11th Jutra Awards,
In 2009, Côté played a lead role in the film De père en flic, which took in $10.5 million at the box office in Quebec. In 2010, he appeared as pilot Robert Piché in the film , and in 2011 he starred as Roger Gendron in A Sense of Humour .
He founded Broue with Marc Messier and Marcel Gauthier in 1979.
He is married to French actress Véronique Le Flaguais.