Jean-Robert Bourdage

Acting

Jean-Robert Bourdage

Born 1964-07-15 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Bilingual French speaking actor Jean Robert Bourdage started his career in English in 2005. On television, he was a regular in the first season of The Tournament and The Foundation. He also played in the movies Wargames 2 : the Dead Code, Burning Mussolini and 40 is the new 20.  In French, Jean Robert has more than 20 professional theatre productions since 1995, from creations to repertoire and of course, several classics. On the screen, he was cast in several movies (Magique!, Vendus, Histoire de Pen, Quand je serai partie vous vivrez encore) and was a serie regular on television in various shows (Bar Ouvert, Le Gentleman, Les Poupées Russes, Grande Ourse, 450 Chemin du Golf, Nos étés, Il était une fois dans le trouble). He is renowned for his improvisational skills, his broad range of characters and his voice work.

Acting credits

The Walk poster
7.0

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

The Walk

2015

WarGames: The Dead Code poster
5.0

Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.

WarGames: The Dead Code

2008

The Salesman poster
6.4

With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most profound level.

The Salesman

2011

Doublures poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Doublures

1993

Vendus poster
3.2

An adulterous man married to a wealthy Realtor plans on killing his wife with the assistance of his young lover. Little does the cheating husband know that his young lover is planning to blackmail him.

Vendus

2004

Heads or Tails poster
6.5

A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.

Heads or Tails

1997

1981 poster
6.8

Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls the events surrounding his family moving to a new neighborhood when he was 11 years old.

1981

2009

Next Floor poster
7.1

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events destabilizes the endless symphony of abundance.

Next Floor

2008

Inside poster
6.7

A teenage inmate's boxing skills land him in the middle of a turf war within prison walls.

Inside

2002

Burning Mussolini poster
5.7

Ex-boxer Paul Choquino decides to finance his upcoming wedding by robbing reputed drug lord Benito Mussolini Bonacci. But everything that can go wrong in the burn does and Paul is left running from the law, the mob and one of the members of his own posse.

Burning Mussolini

2009

The Long Winter poster
7.4

In 1838, François-Xavier Bouchard fights beside his Québec countrymen and the English minority.

The Long Winter

1999

Roméo et Juliette poster
4.7

Juliette, 15, is the only child of an eminent judge and has had the best of education in the best of schools. Her father is in the limelight because he’s been chosen to preside over one of the most important trials of the past 10 years: the case of Réal Lamontagne, a notorious criminal accused of killing a child. Roméo, 17, is the son of the accused. Even though they come from diametrically opposed universes, Juliette and Roméo fall for each other.

Roméo et Juliette

2006

Magique poster
4.0

Tommy, a little boy who lives alone with his mother, sees a circus set up near his home. He sets off to discover this new world.

Magique

2008

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ma voisine danse le ska

2003

Truffle poster
6.0

Chaos ensues after global warming transforms a working-class Montreal neighborhood into a world Mecca for truffles.

Truffle

2008

40 is the New 20 poster
5.0

When he learns that a co-worker is friends with his old high-school girlfriend, Jennifer, stockbroker Gary helps his former flame get a job at his company in order to pursue her affections all over again. But when Jennifer rejects his advances and dates other men, Gary becomes increasingly obsessed with winning her back.

40 is the New 20

2009