Robert Charlebois

Robert Charlebois

Born 1944-06-25 (age 81) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Biography

Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor.

Charlebois was born in Montreal, Quebec. Among his best known songs are Lindberg (the duo with Louise Forestier in particular), Ordinaire, Les Ailes d'un Ange and Je reviendrai à Montréal. His lyrics, often written in joual, are funny, relying upon plays on words. He won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1970.

In 1970 he sang with Italian singer Patty Pravo the Italian song La solitudine. In the same year, he performed at the Festival Express train tour in Canada, but did not appear on the documentary film.

In 1968, he had an acting role in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's film Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur). He co-starred with Terence Hill, Miou-Miou and Patrick McGoohan in the western Un genio, due compari, un pollo (A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe, 1975) as Steamengine Bill. Thirty-eight years later, Charlebois had a cameo as Jean-Seb Bigstone, the French-Canadian Broadway producer, in the 2012 Gad Elmaleh/Sophie Marceau film Happiness Never Comes Alone.

The Quebec-based microbrewery Unibroue was owned, in part, by Charlebois until it was purchased by Sleeman Breweries in 2004 which in turn was bought by Japanese beer brewing giant Sapporo in 2006.

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Known For

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Act of Aggression
Act of Aggression

1975

as Justin

Happiness Never Comes Alone
Happiness Never Comes Alone

2012

as Jean-Seb Bigstone

Gabrielle
Gabrielle

2013

as Robert Charlebois

Between Sweet and Salt Water
French Immersion
French Immersion

2011

as Senator Tremblay

The Devil's Share
The Devil's Share

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Sauve-toi, Lola
Sauve-toi, Lola

1986

as Ferdinand

At the End of Nothing at All
Les longs manteaux
Les longs manteaux

1986

as Laville

Émilie Jolie
Émilie Jolie

1980

as Le lapin bleu

Les Rose
Les Rose

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Janette et filles
Janette et filles

2022

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Une journée avec Balavoine
Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
Charlebois à Ducharme
Curieuse rentrée 2021
Curieuse rentrée 2021

2021

as Self - Guest