Marcel Sabourin

Marcel Sabourin

Known for
Acting
Born
March 25, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Biography

Marcel Sabourin (born March 25, 1935) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Abel Gagné, the central character in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's trilogy of Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça), The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) and Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) and his performance as Professor Mandibule in the children's television series Les Croquignoles and La ribouldingue.

Known For

Photos

Marcel Sabourin photoMarcel Sabourin photo

Filmography

2025
Beaupré the Giant poster

Beaupré the Giant

Movie · as Gérard Picard

2025
À la lumière du soir poster

À la lumière du soir

Movie · as Self

2025
Chef d'orchestre poster

Chef d'orchestre

TV · 6 eps

2024
At the End of Nothing at All poster

At the End of Nothing at All

Movie · as Self

2024
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous poster

Dans un cinéma près de chez vous

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Victoire poster

Victoire

Movie · as Jo Milo

2023
L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho! poster

L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho!

Movie · as Self

2023
Testament poster

Testament

Movie · as Monsieur Sylvestre

2022
Niagara poster

Niagara

Movie · as Léopold Lamothe

2021
F*ckin' Coffin! poster

F*ckin' Coffin!

Movie · as Father

2021
Dying Alive poster

Dying Alive

Movie · as Luc

2021
The Sticky Side of Baklava poster

The Sticky Side of Baklava

Movie · as Guy

2021
Charlebois à Ducharme poster

Charlebois à Ducharme

Movie · as Self

2020
I, Barnabé poster

I, Barnabé

Movie · as Barnabé (voice)

2019
Bonsoir bonsoir! poster

Bonsoir bonsoir!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Wall poster

The Wall

TV · as Frère Gabriel · 3 eps

2018
Ange & Ovni poster

Ange & Ovni

Movie

2018
YUL poster

YUL

Movie

2017
LNI : 40 ans d'improvisation poster

LNI : 40 ans d'improvisation

Movie

2017
Freefall poster

Freefall

TV · as Maurice Legault · 4 eps

2016
Mathieu poster

Mathieu

Movie

2016
Sigismond Imageless poster

Sigismond Imageless

Movie · as Dr. Thévenin

2015
Ego Trip poster

Ego Trip

Movie · as Daniel Valiquette

2015
Goldfish

Goldfish

Movie · as Serge

2014
Henri Henri poster

Henri Henri

Movie · as Monsieur Binot

2014
Broken Face poster

Broken Face

Movie · as Morlaix (voice)

2014
Un après-midi avec Paolo poster

Un après-midi avec Paolo

Movie

2013
Another House poster

Another House

Movie · as Henri

2013
Amsterdam poster

Amsterdam

Movie

2012
Mars and April poster

Mars and April

Movie · as Capucin

2010
Les Enfants de la télé poster

Les Enfants de la télé

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Toute la vérité poster

Toute la vérité

TV · as Sylvain Junior Régimbald · 1 ep

2009
Clouds Over the City poster

Clouds Over the City

Movie · as Maurice

2009
Messmer : le fascinateur

Messmer : le fascinateur

Movie · as Self

2009
Les Appendices poster

Les Appendices

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
J'ai la mémoire qui tourne poster

J'ai la mémoire qui tourne

TV · as Narrateur · 12 eps

2008
Magique poster

Magique

Movie · as Dr. Klebs

2008
Truffle poster

Truffle

Movie · as Monsieur Trottier

2008
The Parents poster

The Parents

TV · as Bernard · 10 eps

2007
My Aunt Aline poster

My Aunt Aline

Movie · as Claude Longevin

2007
Les p'tites vues

Les p'tites vues

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2006
Roméo et Juliette poster

Roméo et Juliette

Movie · as Monsieur Leclerc

2005
Shooting Star poster

Shooting Star

Movie · as Séverin

2005
Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making poster

Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making

TV · as Maurice Duplessis · 2 eps

2004
White Skin poster

White Skin

Movie · as Dr. Paul-Émile Gagnon

2002
The Sum of All Fears poster

The Sum of All Fears

Movie · as Monsieur Monceau

2002
Viens voir les comédiens poster

Viens voir les comédiens

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Ne dis rien poster

Ne dis rien

Movie

2000
See You in Toronto poster

See You in Toronto

Movie

2000
Preludes poster

Preludes

Movie

1999
Memories Unlocked poster

Memories Unlocked

Movie · as Docteur Patenaude

1998
Julie and Me poster

Julie and Me

Movie · as Monsieur Provencher

1998
Now or Never poster

Now or Never

Movie · as Abel Gagné

1998
Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale dans la Capitale poster

Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale dans la Capitale

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Lilies poster

Lilies

Movie · as The Bishop

1996
L'oreille d'un sourd poster

L'oreille d'un sourd

Movie

1996
L'homme perché

L'homme perché

Movie

1996
Les aventures de la courte échelle poster

Les aventures de la courte échelle

TV · as Jocelyn Bluteau · 1 ep

1996
Omertà, la loi du silence poster

Omertà, la loi du silence

TV · as Premier ministre · 2 eps

1995
Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau poster

Heritage Minutes: Hart & Papineau

Movie · as Papineau

1994
Wind from Wyoming poster

Wind from Wyoming

Movie · as Father Lachaise

1994
Trial at Fortitude Bay poster

Trial at Fortitude Bay

Movie · as Judge Jean Lamberts

1994
La fête des rois poster

La fête des rois

Movie

1994
Meurtre en musique

Meurtre en musique

Movie

1993
Les grands procès poster

Les grands procès

TV · as Le procureur de la Couronne · 1 ep

1991
The Hitman poster

The Hitman

Movie · as Andre Lacombe

1991
Berlin Lady poster

Berlin Lady

TV · as Marquis d'Abrantes · 1 ep

1991
Heritage Minutes poster

Heritage Minutes

TV · as Louis-Joseph Papineau · 1 ep

1990
The Horse Trader’s Daughter poster

The Horse Trader’s Daughter

Movie

1989
Lessons on Life poster

Lessons on Life

Movie · as Bertrand

1989
Jesus of Montreal poster

Jesus of Montreal

Movie · as Eccentric

1989
Sous les draps, les étoiles

Sous les draps, les étoiles

Movie

1988
The Revolving Doors poster

The Revolving Doors

Movie · as Homme du train

1988
La nuit avec Hortense poster

La nuit avec Hortense

Movie

1988
Mount Royal

Mount Royal

TV · as Gilbert Valeur · 1 ep

1986
Avec un grand A poster

Avec un grand A

TV · as François · 1 ep

1985
The Cuckoo Bird

The Cuckoo Bird

Movie · as Jake

1984
S As in... poster

S As in...

Movie

1982
Sweet Lies and Tender Oaths poster

Sweet Lies and Tender Oaths

Movie · as Clovis Lavallée

1980
Cordélia poster

Cordélia

Movie · as Sheriff Lapointe

1980
Château de cartes

Château de cartes

Movie · as Janvier Pastel

1980
The Handyman poster

The Handyman

Movie · as Georges Poitras, chauffeur

1979
Riel poster

Riel

Movie · as Joseph-Noël Ritchot

1977
J.A. Martin Photographer poster

J.A. Martin Photographer

Movie · as J. A. Martin

1977
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died poster

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died

Movie · as Abel

1976
Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… poster

Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…

Movie · as Ti-Mine

1975
Mustang poster

Mustang

Movie

1975
Gina poster

Gina

Movie · as Actor

1975
Eliza's Horoscope poster

Eliza's Horoscope

Movie · as Pervert Doctor

1974
Bingo poster

Bingo

Movie · as Pierre Lemoyne

1974
Par une belle nuit d'hiver poster

Par une belle nuit d'hiver

Movie · as Bijou

1974
Les « troubbes » de Johnny poster

Les « troubbes » de Johnny

Movie · as Le voisin

1973
The Death of a Lumberjack poster

The Death of a Lumberjack

Movie · as Ti-Noir L'Esperance

1973
The Last Betrothal poster

The Last Betrothal

Movie · as Le docteur

1973
L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) poster

L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)

Movie · as Religious (uncredited)

1973
Taureau poster

Taureau

Movie · as Serge Beaudoin

1973
Des armes et les hommes poster

Des armes et les hommes

Movie

1972
The Time of the Hunt poster

The Time of the Hunt

Movie · as Richard

1972
The Wise Guys poster

The Wise Guys

Movie

1972
Dirty Money poster

Dirty Money

Movie · as Ernest

1971
The Christmas Martian poster

The Christmas Martian

Movie · as The Visitor

1971
Far from the Sun poster

Far from the Sun

Movie · as Robert Bessette

1971
Those Damned Savages poster

Those Damned Savages

Movie · as Steward Jean Talon

1970
Two Women In Gold poster

Two Women In Gold

Movie · as Yvon-T. Turcot

1969
The House of Light poster

The House of Light

Movie

1967
Don't Let It Kill You poster

Don't Let It Kill You

Movie

1965
The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan poster

The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan

Movie

1965
Mission of Fear poster

Mission of Fear

Movie

1960
Smaragdin poster

Smaragdin

Movie · as Narrator

1954
Radio-Canada Fifty Years of Great Children Television poster

Radio-Canada Fifty Years of Great Children Television

TV · as Professeur Mandibule · 1 ep