Biography
Lothaire Bluteau is a Canadian actor born on 14 April 1957 in Montreal, Quebec. He trained at the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec after initially studying medicine and works in both French and English across film, theatre and television.
Bluteau first gained notice for his stage work, including the lead in Being at Home with Claude. His breakthrough film role came as Daniel Coulombe in Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal (1989), for which he won the Genie Award for Best Actor. He later appeared as Father Laforgue in Black Robe (1991) and as The Khan in Orlando (1992).
His other credits include The Confessional (1995) and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). On television he has had recurring roles in 24 (as Marcus Alvers), The Tudors and Vikings (as Emperor Charles).
