Jean-Robert Bourdage

Birth : 1964-07-15, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

History

Bilingual French speaking actor Jean Robert Bourdage started his career in English in 2005. On television, he was a regular in the first season of The Tournament and The Foundation. He also played in the movies Wargames 2 : the Dead Code, Burning Mussolini and 40 is the new 20. In French, Jean Robert has more than 20 professional theatre productions since 1995, from creations to repertoire and of course, several classics. On the screen, he was cast in several movies (Magique!, Vendus, Histoire de Pen, Quand je serai partie vous vivrez encore) and was a serie regular on television in various shows (Bar Ouvert, Le Gentleman, Les Poupées Russes, Grande Ourse, 450 Chemin du Golf, Nos étés, Il était une fois dans le trouble). He is renowned for his improvisational skills, his broad range of characters and his voice work.

Profile

Movies

The Walk

Dental Patient

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

The Salesman

Politician (voice)

With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most profound level.

1981

Lawyer

Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.

40 is the New 20

When he learns that a co-worker is friends with his old high-school girlfriend, Jennifer, stockbroker Gary helps his former flame get a job at his company in order to pursue her affections all over again. But when Jennifer rejects his advances and dates other men, Gary becomes increasingly obsessed with winning her back.

Magique !

Le propriétaire

Tommy, un petit garçon qui vit seul avec sa mère, voit un cirque s'installer près de chez lui. Il part à la découverte de ce nouveau monde.

Truffle

Le client affamé

Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles.

WarGames: The Dead Code

Hot Dog Vendor

Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.

Next Floor

Voice

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events destabilizes the endless symphony of abundance.

Roméo et Juliette

Journaliste

Juliette, 15, is the only child of an eminent judge and has had the best of education in the best of schools. Her father is in the limelight because he’s been chosen to preside over one of the most important trials of the past 10 years: the case of Réal Lamontagne, a notorious criminal accused of killing a child. Roméo, 17, is the son of the accused. Even though they come from diametrically opposed universes, Juliette and Roméo fall for each other.

Vendus

Vito Valiquette

An adulterous man married to a wealthy Realtor plans on killing his wife with the assistance of his young lover. Little does the cheating husband know that his young lover is planning to blackmail him.

Ma voisine danse le ska

le frère d'Auguste

Inside

Voix du trou (voice)

A teenage inmate's boxing skills land him in the middle of a turf war within prison walls.

The Long Winter

Geôlier Saint-Ours

In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.

Heads or Tails

Antiquaire

A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.

Doublures