Gildor Roy

Acting

Gildor Roy

Born 1960-05-11 · Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada

Gildor Roy (born May 11, 1960) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of Québécois actors Luc Roy, Yvon Roy and Maxim Roy.

Acting credits

Blue Sky Jo poster
5.4

With the help of a gruff old neighbor, a little girl from Limoilou, blessed with a fertile imagination, sets out to make her father happier.

Blue Sky Jo

2024

Lydia and the Mist Rider poster
4.0

When her older brother Thaddeus is mysteriously kidnapped by the Spellbinder, 11-year-old Lydia sets off to find him in the Misty Sea. Picked up by the crew of a flying ship, the Dolphin, Lydia becomes the apprentice of Ambrosia, a Stargazer. Ambrosia is trying to find other children who have disappeared, including her own son. Determined to solve the mystery, Lydia must learn stargazing magic and ready herself to confront the Spellbinder.

Lydia and the Mist Rider

2026

Ville Neuve poster
5.5

Determined to stop drinking, Joseph moves into a friend's house and convinces his ex-wife Emma to join him. In the troubled times of Quebec independence referendum, this is the account of their stormy reunion.

Ville Neuve

2019

Return to Sender poster
4.9

Michel Beaulieu can't catch a break. He just lost his job as car courier after an encounter with a difficult client, his wife Lucy decided to take break from him and she threatened to take his visitation rights to their daughter away. In desperation, Michael agrees to fulfill the mission of a shady loan shark by kidnapping a gambler who owes him a large sum. Turns the man is the arrogant businessman because of whom he lost his job.

Return to Sender

2010

Racetime poster
5.5

A spectacular sled race through the village. Frankie-Four-Eyes and his team, including Sophie as the driver, take on the newcomers: the mysterious and conceited Zac and his athletic cousin Charlie.

Racetime

2018

Snowtime! poster
6.1

To amuse themselves during the winter school break, the kids in a small village decide to have a massive snowball fight. Luke and Sophie, both 11 years old, become the leaders of the opposing sides. Sophie and her cohort defend an elaborate snow fort against the assault of Luke’s horde. Whichever side occupies the fort at the end of the winter break, wins. But what starts out as pure youthful fun and enthusiasm deteriorates into a more serious conflict. Joy is restored when all the children decide to attack the fort rather than each other and happily destroy every last bit of the snow fort.

Snowtime!

2015

Hosanna poster
NR

Hosanna is a 1973 play by French-Canadian writer Michel Tremblay. The story takes place in the Montreal, Quebec apartment of Hosanna, a drag queen dressed as Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, and centres on the relationship between her and Cuirette, an aging "stud" and gay biker, after they have returned from a Halloween party. The play deals with several issues including gender identity, sexual identity, the ignorance and acceptance of ageing, and social expressions of homosexuality. Hosanna discusses her relationship with her mother and shows her anxieties over her knowledge of who she really is.

Hosanna

1991

The First Circle poster
5.0

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.

The First Circle

1992

Babine poster
6.4

The adventures of Babine, the son of a witch and a village pariah, as he ventures forth into the world and narrowly evades death.

Babine

2008

Summit Circle poster
6.6

Rejeanne and Gilles are a married couple whose devastating setbacks--she is laid off from her job and he suffers a debilitating stroke--only begin to fester in the face of corporate greed and personal struggles when they attempt to start over in a new neighborhood.

Summit Circle

2007

La Florida poster
5.8

Tired of rough winters, a Quebec family buys a motel in south Florida. But life is not easy down where motels grow faster than grass. Two bigger businessmen are out to get them for invading their turf. However, that is not even the beginning of their troubles...

La Florida

1993

The Boys IV poster
6.7

After four years of absence, the Boys are back on the ice! This time, the stake of the Canadian amateur tournament in which they participate is a game against the Legends of the National Hockey League.

The Boys IV

2005

The Party poster
6.3

At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. But not everyone is having fun. A man is sent to solitary, his wife has a nervous breakdown, and a convict prepares to make a daring escape.

The Party

1990

Ésimésac poster
5.6

With the villagers of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton barely having enough food to survive, Ésimésac convinces them to collaborate on a community garden. Each person will multiply his or her yield by cultivating the land together. At the same time, talk of a new railway line promises to connect Saint-Élie-de-Caxton to the rest of the world and brings the hope of abundance. Riopel, the hulking blacksmith, starts working on the railway track and convinces the locals to invest in his project rather than waste their time playing in the garden. Ésimésac’s big project flounders under the weight of metal. But can he really stop progress?

Ésimésac

2012

Survivre à la vasectomie poster
NR

Rémi-Pierre Paquin accompanies a brave man who has decided to undergo vasectomy.

Survivre à la vasectomie

2023

Stranger in a Cab poster
5.9

A lonely and embittered cab driver starts his own investigation in order to break the secret of a passenger he fell in love with.

Stranger in a Cab

2014

Ding et Dong : Le film poster
7.0

Two harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try alternatively the scene, a movie set and TV. They only succeed in making a fool of themselves

Ding et Dong : Le film

1990

The Morin's Method poster
NR

On September 11, 2004, filmmaker Robert Morin shot Que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique, set on September 11, 2001. For artistic reasons, he decided to shoot the feature in a single day. Philippe Falardeau witnessed this tumultuous day, which ended tragically. At the same time, filmmaker Louis Bélanger criticizes Robert Morin's working methods.

The Morin's Method

2005

The Mysterious Miss C. poster
6.7

An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.

The Mysterious Miss C.

2002

Mirror Lake poster
4.9

After his loved ones betray him, a man in his 30s goes to a lakeside cabin to hide from the world. But instead of finding peace, he has to deal with a kooky neighbour, a missing drowned man, a crook on the lam, a stripper who hides out with him, and the cop who’s madly in love with her and looking for her with murderous ardour.

Mirror Lake

2013

Requiem for a Handsome Bastard poster
7.4

Despite the fact that he is completely unrepentant about his crimes, when Regis Savoie's son asks to visit him, prison authorities grant permission for the boy to come. The thief and murderer (Gildor Roy) takes advantage of the moment of his son's arrival to steal a gun and take flight. He settles some old scores, gets together with his girlfriend, and heads for the hills, pursued by a detective who is not to be swayed in his efforts to follow and recapture him.

Requiem for a Handsome Bastard

1992

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves poster
5.7

Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves

1994

No artwork available
5.0

A garagist must take care of his sick mother and irresponsible brother.

...Comme un voleur

1990

Le grand jour poster
NR

A day in the life of two Québec families reunited for their children's wedding.

Le grand jour

1988