With his gaunt, angular features and piercing gaze, this charismatic French-Canadian leading actor won considerable acclaim onstage in the early and mid-1980s and began starring in well-received art-house films near the end of the decade. An award-winning actor for his work in French-speaking theater in Montreal, Lothaire Bluteau enjoyed a major breakthrough with his role as the theater director obsessed with a modernized staging of the Passion and his performance as Jesus in Denys Arcand's striking satirical drama, "Jesus of Montreal" (1989).Bluteau later made an acclaimed debut upon the
Served as assistant director to Paul Buissoneau and also performed at the Quat'Sous Theater in Montreal; also worked as an assistant to theater director Andre Brassard
1982
Awarded use of a studio in New York City owned by the government of Quebec; was based in NYC for about five years (dates approximate)
1986
Acted on US TV in an episode of "Miami Vice" entitled "One-Way Ticket"; played hired killer Phillipe Sagot
1986
First film role of note in "Les Fous de bassan"
1989
Breakthrough performance in the leading role of Daniel in Denys Arcand's "Jesus of Montreal"
