Jean Lapointe

Acting Dec 6, 1935 Nov 18, 2022 (aged 87) Price, comté de Matane, Québec, Canada

Jean Lapointe (December 6, 1935 - November 18, 2022) was a Quebecois-Canadian actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.

Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris. He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums have been produced by Yves Lapierre. He was also a social activist who has campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 and was named to the Senate by Jean Chrétien in 2001 where he sat as a Liberal until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of Canada Post. In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards held in Montreal. Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter Diapason whose wins included the 1984 Nearctic Stakes and who was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion Sprint Horse.

40 Acting Credits

Jean Lapointe

Acting

Orders

The Last Tunnel

Looking for Alexander

J.A. Martin Photographer

Les Beaux Malaises

Crying Out

Once Upon a Time in the East

Two Women In Gold

The Saracen Woman

My Very Own Circus

Champs-Elysées

An Imaginary Tale

YUL 871

A Pacemaker and a Sidecar

Angela

Truffle

The Canadiens, Forever

The Bottle

Ding et Dong : Le film

Snow and Ashes

Hot Dogs

Never Too Late

The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds

Les Immortels