Acting
Marcel Sabourin
Born 1935-03-25
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Department: Acting
Biography
Marcel Sabourin (born March 25, 1935) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Abel Gagné, the central character in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's trilogy of Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça), The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) and Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) and his performance as Professor Mandibule in the children's television series Les Croquignoles and La ribouldingue.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Marcel Sabourin
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The Sum of All Fears
2002
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Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019
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Heritage Minutes
1991
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Jesus of Montreal
1989
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Les Enfants de la télé
2010
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The Hitman
1991
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Freefall
2017
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Lilies
1997
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Viens voir les comédiens
2002
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The Parents
2008
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (114 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Beaupré the Giant | Gérard Picard | Movie | 2025 |
 | À la lumière du soir | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Chef d'orchestre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2025 |
 | At the End of Nothing at All | Self | Movie | 2024 |
 | Dans un cinéma près de chez vous | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Testament | Monsieur Sylvestre | Movie | 2023 |
 | L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho! | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | Victoire | Jo Milo | Movie | 2023 |
 | Niagara | Léopold Lamothe | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dying Alive | Luc | Movie | 2021 |
 | F*ckin' Coffin! | Father | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Sticky Side of Baklava | Guy | Movie | 2021 |
 | Charlebois à Ducharme | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | I, Barnabé | Barnabé (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Wall | Frère Gabriel | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Bonsoir bonsoir! | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Ange & Ovni | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | YUL | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | LNI : 40 ans d'improvisation | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Freefall | Maurice Legault | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Sigismond Imageless | Dr. Thévenin | Movie | 2016 |
 | Mathieu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 |
 | Ego Trip | Daniel Valiquette | Movie | 2015 |
| Goldfish | Serge | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Henri Henri | Monsieur Binot | Movie | 2014 |
 | Broken Face | Morlaix (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Un après-midi avec Paolo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 |
 | Another House | Henri | Movie | 2013 |
 | Amsterdam | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | Mars and April | Capucin | Movie | 2012 |
 | Les Enfants de la télé | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Toute la vérité | Sylvain Junior Régimbald | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Clouds Over the City | Maurice | Movie | 2009 |
 | J'ai la mémoire qui tourne | Narrateur | TV Series | 2009 |
| Messmer : le fascinateur | Self | Movie | 2009 | |
 | Les Appendices | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Magique | Dr. Klebs | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Parents | Bernard | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Truffle | Monsieur Trottier | Movie | 2008 |
 | My Aunt Aline | Claude Longevin | Movie | 2007 |
| Les p'tites vues | Self | TV Series | 2007 | |
 | Roméo et Juliette | Monsieur Leclerc | Movie | 2006 |
 | Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making | Maurice Duplessis | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Shooting Star | Séverin | Movie | 2005 |
 | White Skin | Dr. Paul-Émile Gagnon | Movie | 2004 |
 | Viens voir les comédiens | Self | TV Series | 2002 |
 | The Sum of All Fears | Monsieur Monceau | Movie | 2002 |
 | Ne dis rien | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | Preludes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
| Willie | Creator | TV Series | 2000 | |
 | See You in Toronto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | Memories Unlocked | Docteur Patenaude | Movie | 1999 |
 | Julie and Me | Monsieur Provencher | Movie | 1998 |
 | Now or Never | Abel Gagné | Movie | 1998 |
| Now or Never | Writer | Movie | 1998 |
 | Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale dans la Capitale | Self | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Lilies | The Bishop | Movie | 1997 |
 | L'oreille d'un sourd | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 |
| Les aventures de la courte échelle | Jocelyn Bluteau | TV Series | 1996 | |
| L'homme perché | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 | |
 | Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau | Papineau | Movie | 1995 |
 | Wind from Wyoming | Father Lachaise | Movie | 1994 |
 | Trial at Fortitude Bay | Judge Jean Lamberts | Movie | 1994 |
 | La fête des rois | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
| Meurtre en musique | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 | |
 | The Hitman | Andre Lacombe | Movie | 1991 |
 | Heritage Minutes | Louis-Joseph Papineau | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Berlin Lady | Marquis d'Abrantes | TV Series | 1991 |
 | The Horse Trader’s Daughter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
| Sous les draps, les étoiles | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 | |
 | Lessons on Life | Bertrand | Movie | 1989 |
 | Jesus of Montreal | Eccentric | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Revolving Doors | Homme du train | Movie | 1988 |
 | La nuit avec Hortense | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | Avec un grand A | François | TV Series | 1986 |
| The Cuckoo Bird | Jake | Movie | 1985 | |
 | S As in... | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 |
 | Sweet Lies and Tender Oaths | Clovis Lavallée | Movie | 1982 |
| Château de cartes | Janvier Pastel | Movie | 1980 | |
 | The Handyman | Georges Poitras, chauffeur | Movie | 1980 |
 | Cordélia | Sheriff Lapointe | Movie | 1980 |
| Cordélia | Writer | Movie | 1980 |
 | Riel | Joseph-Noël Ritchot | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died | Abel | Movie | 1977 |
 | J.A. Martin Photographer | J. A. Martin | Movie | 1977 |
| J.A. Martin Photographer | Writer | Movie | 1977 |
 | Québec fête juin '75 | Assistant Editor | Movie | 1976 |
 | Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… | Ti-Mine | Movie | 1976 |
 | Mustang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Gina | Actor | Movie | 1975 |
 | Eliza's Horoscope | Pervert Doctor | Movie | 1975 |
 | Bingo | Pierre Lemoyne | Movie | 1974 |
| Par une belle nuit d'hiver | Bijou | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Les « troubbes » de Johnny | Le voisin | Movie | 1974 |
| Les « troubbes » de Johnny | Writer | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Last Betrothal | Le docteur | Movie | 1973 |
 | L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) | Religious (uncredited) | Movie | 1973 |
 | Taureau | Serge Beaudoin | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Death of a Lumberjack | Ti-Noir L'Esperance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Des armes et les hommes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Time of the Hunt | Richard | Movie | 1972 |
 | Dirty Money | Ernest | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Wise Guys | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Far from the Sun | Robert Bessette | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Christmas Martian | The Visitor | Movie | 1971 |
 | Those Damned Savages | Steward Jean Talon | Movie | 1971 |
 | Two Women In Gold | Yvon-T. Turcot | Movie | 1970 |
 | The House of Light | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Don't Let It Kill You | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
| Don't Let It Kill You | Writer | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Mission of Fear | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Smaragdin | Narrator | Movie | 1960 |
 | Radio-Canada Fifty Years of Great Children Television | Professeur Mandibule | TV Series | 1954 |