François Barbeau Wiki Biography
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor.He has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. Fierstein was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.
| Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 5, 1985 |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Height | 6′ 1½” (1.87 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm3017776 |
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| 1 | I didn’t act professionally before going to drama school. I don’t know if I had the confidence. I didn’t think I’d get in when I first auditioned for drama school, and then I did. |
| 2 | Today, the Pope is only a religious figure. At the time of ‘The Borgias,’ he was also a political leader, a financial leader, and the head of an army. I think popes are much less relevant today than they were then. |
| 3 | I watched ‘E.T.’ when I was a kid every day. Well, not all of it every day; I’d pause it and start over again. But I’ve watched ‘E.T.’ about 400 times in my life. |
| 4 | I started studying theater in school, and then I got into drama school at, like, 19, and it was a national drama school in Montreal, and so it was just you and nine other students for three years, and it was really intense. |
| 5 | I just go wherever work brings me. I share a house with friends in L.A., and I share a house with friends in Montreal when I’m there. |
| 6 | I think there comes a point in probably most father-son relationships where the son kind of starts becoming the parent. |
| 7 | As an actor, as much as I’m interested in how you make movies and TV shows, even as a kid, I’ve always hated making of featurettes and special features on DVDs. I think it breaks the spell. |
| 8 | The first play that I saw was ‘Cyrano,’ and I remember going home – I was like nine years old – and trying to learn the monologues. |
| 9 | I’m not sure I’ll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it’s great – if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything. |
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| 1 | Real last name is Barbeau, but changed it to Arnaud to avoid confusion with the theatre and costume creator, Francois Barbeau. |
| 2 | Has an arts degree from Brebeuf College. |
| 3 | Attended Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, a Boys Choir School, where he learned to sing and play the piano. |
| 4 | Grew up Outremont, a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| 5 | Has a younger sister. |
| 6 | His father is a lawyer and real estate developer. |
| 7 | Speaks English, French and Spanish fluently. |
| 8 | Was raised in both Canada and France. |
| 9 | Graduated from Conservatoire d’art dramatique in Montreal, Canada. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Eye Movement | 2017 | post-production | Rick Weider |
| Butterfly in the Typewriter | pre-production | Dave Kubach | |
| Origami | 2017/I | David | |
| Permission | 2017 | Dane | |
| Schitt’s Creek | 2017 | TV Series | Sebastien Raine |
| High School Lover | 2017 | Christian Booth | |
| Midnight, Texas | 2017 | TV Series | Manfred Bernardo |
| The Man Who Was Thursday | 2016 | Thursday | |
| Blindspot | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Oscar |
| The People Garden | 2016 | Jamie | |
| Jean of the Joneses | 2016 | Jeremiah Rosen | |
| X Company | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Rene |
| The Girl King | 2015 | Karl Gustav Kasimir | |
| Big Sky | 2015 | Clete | |
| Enragés | 2015 | Vincent | |
| Amapola | 2014 | Luke | |
| Hamelin | 2013 | Short | The Piper |
| Moroccan Gigolos | 2013 | Nicholas | |
| Copperhead | 2013 | Warner Pitts | |
| The Borgias | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Cesare Borgia |
| Yamaska | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Théo Carpentier |
| Missing | 2009/V | Short | Derek |
| Les grandes chaleurs | 2009 | Yannick Ménard | |
| I Killed My Mother | 2009 | Antonin Rimbaud | |
| Mistaken | 2008 | TV Movie | Stefan |
| Taxi 0-22 | 2008 | TV Series | Marc-André |
| C.A. | 2007 | TV Series | Serveur resto Maude |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apocalypse: World War I | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Narrator |
| World of Borgias | 2013 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Canada A.M. | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| J’me voyais déj | 2008 | Documentary |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film | J’ai tué ma mère (2009) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Canadian Screen Award | Canadian Screen Awards, CA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role | The Borgias (2011) |