Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Born 1989-03-20 (age 37) Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Biography

Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program

Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination.

Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the End of the World. He has also won several Canadian Screen Awards and César Awards.

Outside of his own films, he has also starred in films from other directors, such as Elephant Song (2014), Boy Erased (2018), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), and It Chapter Two (2019).

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Known For

It Chapter Two
It Chapter Two

2019

as Adrian Mellon

Martyrs
Martyrs

2008

as Antoine

Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale

2018

as Buddy Sunday

The Great Arch
The Great Arch

2025

as Jean-Louis Subilon

Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions

2021

as Nathan d'Anastazio

Boy Erased
Boy Erased

2018

as Jon

Laurence Anyways
Laurence Anyways

2012

as Man at the Party (uncredited)

The Beast
The Beast

2024

as Système intelligence artificielle (voice)

Tom at the Farm
Tom at the Farm

2014

as Tom

Matthias & Maxime
Matthias & Maxime

2019

as Maxime

Miraculum
Miraculum

2014

as Étienne Simard

I Killed My Mother
I Killed My Mother

2009

as Hubert Minel

Elephant Song
Elephant Song

2015

as Michael Aleen

Good Neighbours
Good Neighbours

2011

as Jean-Marc

Boys On Film: Bad Romance
Boys On Film: Bad Romance

2011

as Julien (segment "Mirrors")

Heartbeats
Heartbeats

2010

as Francis

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

2001

as Michael

The Physics of Sorrow
The Physics of Sorrow

2019

as (voice)

Le cri du rhinocéros