Hugo St-Cyr
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
Hugo St-Cyr (November 23, 1978 – September 24, 2015) was a Canadian actor and presenter. He became known for his role as Michel Couillard in the popular youth series Watatatow, which aired for fourteen years on Radio-Canada Television from 1991 to 2005. This role earned him five MetroStar prizes and Gemini Awards.
Biography
Saint-Cyr was born in Longueuil. Alongside Vincent Bolduc (Alexis) in 1993, he played the prominent role of Clément Fortin, a teenager who commits suicide in the dramatic TVA series Ent'Cadieux, written by Guy Fournier.[http://archives.emissions.ca/372-9418-493333.html archives description of the television series Ent'Cadieux www.emission.ca website]
He played the role of Paul Rose in the miniseries October 1970, tracing the tragic events that occurred in October 1970 in Quebec. It was broadcast on CBC Television and Télé-Québec.[http://www.telequebec.tv/emissions/octobre70/index.aspx website miniseries October 70 on Télé-Québec] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927062948/http://www.telequebec.tv/emissions/octobre70/index.aspx |date=2008-09-27 }}
Since 2007, he hosted the show Podium Xtrême on Ztélé,[https://archive.today/20130628203300/http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/tele-medias/nouvelles/2007/08/23/4440924-jdm.html Pascale Lévesque article in the Journal de Montreal from August 23, 2007] dealing with emission technology in extreme sports. In the winter, he hosted The Car Guide on the channel Vox in Montreal.[http://www.videotron.com/services/static/fr/pdf/ Videotron com_vox_hugostcyr_16jan07.pdf press release January 16, 2007]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
On September 25, 2014, Echos Vedettes magazine revealed that he was suffering from cancer of the bone and undergoing chemotherapy.{{Cite web | url = http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/09/25/hugo-st-cyr-se-bat-contre-un-cancer | title = Cancer Hugo St-Cyr: Large wave of sympathy | website = journaldemontreal.com | author = Cédric Bélanger | date = 25 September 2014}} He died from this on September 24, 2015.{{Cite web | url = http://blogues.lapresse.ca/therrien/2015/09/24/deces-du-comedien-dhugo-st-cyr/ | title = Death of actor Hugo St-Cyr | publisher= lapresse.ca | author = Richard Therrien | date = 28 September 2014}} He had two daughters with actress Isabelle Guérard.
Honours
- 1992 winner Gemini Awards, best dramatic interpretation Youth Program or Series for 'Watatatow'
- 1997 winner Price MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow' {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130628050430/http://tva.canoe.ca/evenements/metrostar/nommes_1986.html List of MetroStar nominees and winners from 1986 to 2003]}}
- 1998: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow'
- 1999: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow'
- 2000: Award-winning MetroStar, best artist for Youth 'Watatatow'
- 2001: Price MetroStar winner, for best young artist 'Watatatow' [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Index/nouvelles/200103/25/011-METROSTAR.asp news of March 26, 2001 CBC site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011220153507/http://radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Index/nouvelles/200103/25/011-METROSTAR.asp |date=December 20, 2001 }}
Filmography
= Actor =
- 1991-2005: Watatatow, Michel Couillard
- 1993-1994: Ent'Cadieux, Clément Fortin
- 1998: Une voix en or, drummer
- 1998: Un gars, une fille, François-Xavier
- 1999: Operation Tango, the Soldier Dalpé
- 2003: Harmonium (miniseries), Yves Ladouceur
- 2004: Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise: Les nuits de Montréal), Dan Langlais
- 2007: October 1970, Paul Rose
- 2008: Transit, the butcher
= Moderator =
References
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External links
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Category:People from Longueuil
Category:Deaths from bone cancer
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male film actors