VIP Panel Guest - Roy Dupuis

We are happy to announce our SECOND Recon 2017 VIP Panel Guest: Roy Dupuis! Roy, who played the incomparable Michael Samuelle on "La Femme Nikita" has agreed to attend Recon Toronto 2017 as our guest! We are VERY excited to have Roy join us!

Biography: Roy Dupuis was born in New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada, to French-Canadian parents. Growing up, he lived in Amos, Kapuskasing and Laval, Québec. He graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada (L'École nationale de théâtre du Canada).

Since “La Femme Nikita” ended in 2001, Roy has appeared in more than 35 acting projects including many films, several TV series, and a stage production. He has also participated in the making of several documentary films. Roy has won multiple acting awards, both Québécois and Canadian. Most of Roy's work has been in French, although he has played several notable English or bilingal roles. His roles have ranged from broad comedy to disturbing drama.

Roy played an iconic French-Canadian in “Maurice Richard (The Rocket)” in which he starred as ice hockey legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard. His experience playing hockey and his ability to perform on the ice in authentic period hockey skates were useful for this film in which several professional hockey players were cast in supporting roles. He also performed the principal role of another iconic Canadian, Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, in the feature film “Shake Hands with the Devil”, set during the Rwandan Genocide. The film is based on Dallaire's autobiographical book “Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda”. In recent years, Roy has encouraged young film-makers by accepting roles in their innovative and interesting projects.

Roy is co-founder of Fondation Rivières (Rivers Foundation), a Québécois not-for-profit ecological organization, whose mission is to protect rivers and the quality of their waters. The organization is important to him, and he remains very involved with the cause.