Steve Laplante

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]

  1. ^ Maxime Demers, "Rôles importants au cinéma et à la télé: Steve Laplante garde les pieds sur terre". Le Journal de Montréal, October 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Justine Smith, "The Quebec film Viking imagines a world of constant rehearsals". Cult MTL, October 1, 2022.
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ Maxime Demers, "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, December 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Vanessa Hébert, "Voici les nominations du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". 7 Jours, November 14, 2023.
  6. ^ Emmanuelle LeBlond, "Les multiples facettes de Steve Laplante". Journal Express, October 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Marc-André Lussier, "Les belles coïncidences de Steve Laplante". La Presse, September 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "Les finalistes pour les prix littéraires du gouverneur général sont connus...". Le Devoir, October 17, 2007.
  9. ^ Kamal Al-Solaylee, "A play with a joie de mort". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 2004.