Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor. He gained world fame after the release of the film "Her Name was Nikita", in which he played the role of operative Michael Samuel. In addition to this series, the actor embodied a large number of images - both main and episodic in films and television series of various genres.
Childhood
Roy Dupuis was born on April 21, 1963 in the northern French-speaking Canadian province, in the village of Amos. All three children in the family were the weather, Roy is average. His father, a traveling salesman, spent a lot of time traveling around the country. Mother taught piano. Roy has been seriously involved in sports since childhood, especially hockey. At the age of seven, he began learning to play the cello.
When Roy was 11 years old, the family moved to the small town of Kapuskasin. It was the English-speaking territory of Canada, so he learned English.
At age 14, after the divorce of his parents, Roy Dupuis moved to Montreal. Here he seriously engaged in the study of physics and astronomy. His idol was Einstein.
Passion for the theater
At the age of 15, after watching the movie "Moliere," Dupuis unexpectedly became interested in theater. He began to attend a theater studio, actively participated in the productions of various plays. However, he did not connect his future with an acting career.
Once a friend asked him to play along in the entrance exam of the National Theater School of Montreal, replacing a partner who refused at the last moment. Roy agreed to play under a false name. With his play, he made a huge impression on the examination committee, and he was offered training at the Theater School. The fraud was uncovered, but he was forgiven of this misconduct and was enrolled as a student. Roy Dupuis graduated from it in 1986. After that, he played in the theater, and also acted in films, playing small roles in episodes.
First successes
The first acting success came to him in 1990 after showing on the Canadian television series "Daughters of Caleb" (another name - "Emily"), in which he played the role of Ovil, Emily's husband. The development of the events of this series was monitored by a Canadian audience of television viewers. Therefore, after his release on television, Roy Dupuis received great fame. For the performed role of Ovil, the actor first received an award.
Two years later, the next successful acting work was the film "Home with Claude", in which Roy Dupuis played the role of gay Yves. She is considered one of the best works of the actor. After the film was awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, Roy began to receive a huge number of offers from European and American directors. For several years he starred in films and TV shows, which brought him a varying degree of success. Among them stand out “Chile's Blues”, “Cape of Despair”. In the series "Sensation" he played the role of a journalist. One of the most striking roles of this period was the role of an art critic, who pretended to be gay in the comedy Eagle and Tails to get a well-paid job.
Star role
In 1997, Roy Dupuis began acting in the TV series “Her Name was Nikita,” a role in which brought him worldwide fame. This series is a drama, an action movie, a fantasy, and a melodrama at the same time. It is possible that it was this genre mixture that brought him overwhelming success. It has become popular in 52 countries.
Hero Roy is Michael's secret agent, cold and prudent. A tragedy recently occurred in his life - he lost his wife. Therefore, his soul is closed to a new feeling. In addition, the agent has a secret - he carefully hides a little son from his colleagues. In the series, the French-speaking actor had to speak English, which was not easy for him. But, at the request of Dupuis, the scriptwriters made his hero a Belgian by origin, which made life easier for the actor, as it enabled him to speak English with a French accent. The shooting of the series took place in Toronto. They lasted more than four years.
Family nest
Work during this period took Roy a tremendous amount of time and energy. Nevertheless, he was looking for a home away from the noisy city, dreamed of housing in which he could start a family. Finally, after a six-year search, he bought an old 19th-century farmhouse in the suburbs of Montreal. Together with a longtime friend, Canadian actress Celine Bonnet, they are engaged in home improvement, dreaming of children. Roy Dupuis's personal life is stable. He has only one happy marriage.
After filming the TV series “Her Name was Nikita,” Roy decided to take a vacation. Over the course of the year, he finished building a house, planted trees in the garden. The actor likes life in his native Quebec, so he does not plan to work away from home.
Charity
Roy is actively involved in charity work. He collaborates with two charitable foundations, one of which is engaged in the social adaptation of the blind, raising guide dogs, and the other is in the struggle for the purity of water bodies in Canada, which are distinguished by their unusual beauty and originality. Every year, wherever he is, the actor comes to meetings-presentations of these charitable organizations. A large number of Dupuis fans who come from all over the world gather at these meetings. They dream of getting a photo of Roy Dupuis with a personal autograph. At such meetings, the actor gladly gives out his photographs and things.
Roy Dupuis is seriously concerned about the state of the rivers in Canada. Industrial production, power plants, numerous construction sites near water bodies cause them enormous harm, disrupting the flora and fauna, poisoning the water with emissions. In 2003, the actor wrote an angry appeal to the head of the country about the plight of the rivers of Canada. For this, he was secretly deprived of another bonus for a supporting role in the film "Seraphin." However, the artist never received a response from the government.
Actor today
Having played Michael, Roy risked becoming an actor of one role. But that did not happen. Dupuis continues to actively act in films, including supporting roles, documentaries. Despite this, the actor leads a fairly secluded lifestyle. He loves traveling, during which, according to him, he learns the world. He was never seen in scandals. This man is a respectable family man. When communicating with the press, the actor never says anything superfluous, does not like much public attention to himself. Roy Dupuis about his personal life says almost nothing, hiding all family events from prying eyes. Roy's closest friends, as well as his family - sister, brother, parents speak of him as a person who is always ready to help. Roy Dupuis has not yet acquired his children.
The actor does a lot of psychoanalysis. According to him, the role of Michael in the star series had an impact on his peace of mind, because his hero killed so many people. Still, the idol of Roy is the great Albert Einstein, whose role he wants to play. Whatever the roles - main or supporting, in the films Roy Dupuis constantly attracts the attention of acting talent. And an actor’s career is fate, a minion of fate.