Emmanuel Schwartz is a Canadian actor and playwright from Montreal, Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his performance as Étienne Maltais in the film Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes), for which he won the Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018.[2]
Emmanuel Schwartz | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | actor, writer |
| Years active | 2000s-present |
| Notable work | Hochelaga, Land of Souls, La Contemplation du mystère |
Early life and career
editThe fluently bilingual son of a Jewish father and a Québécois mother,[3] he performs in both English and French roles.[1] He has appeared in the films Without Her (Sans elle), Laurence Anyways, Laurentia (Laurentie), L'Affaire Dumont, Nelly, Sashinka, We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold), The Twentieth Century, Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu), La Contemplation du mystère[4] and The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur), and the television series Kif-Kif, Blue Moon, Sylvain le magnifique, L'Écrivain public and Lâcher prise.
In 2014, he was cowriter with Alexia Bürger of the theatrical play Alfred.[5] In 2017, his theatrical piece Exhibition/L’Exhibition, co-created with Benoît Gob and Francis La Haye, premiered at Montreal's Festival TransAmériques.[6] In 2020, he performed the role of the Librarian in a dual stage production of Glen Berger's play Underneath the Lintel, both in English for the Segal Centre for Performing Arts and in a French translation by Serge Lamothe for the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c J. Kelly Nestruck, "Bilingual actor Emmanuel Schwartz brings Montreal together, reopening stages in French and English". The Globe and Mail, September 23, 2020.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Les affamés sacré meilleur film". Le Journal de Montréal, June 3, 2018.
- ^ Marc Cassivi, "Emmanuel Schwartz: osmose identitaire". La Presse, May 9, 2016.
- ^ Alex Rose, "La contemplation du mystère: Finally, a film about hunting on psychedelic drugs". Cult MTL, October 21, 2021.
- ^ Natalia Wysocka, "Alfred d’Emmanuel Schwartz: état sauvage". Métro, April 16, 2014.
- ^ Tristan Malavoy, "Emmanuel Schwartz et la pensée pure". L'actualité, May 31, 2017.