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Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Director · Born 1989-03-20 · Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Xavier Dolan-Tadros CQ CM (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère), which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program Since 2009, he has written and directed eight feature films, all of which have premiered at Cannes, with the exception of Tom at the Farm—which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013—and his first English-language film, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Dolan has also directed music videos, notably with Adele for her singles "Hello" (2015), and "Easy on Me" (2021), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination. Dolan has won many accolades for his work, including the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Mommy and the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for It's Only the E…

Directed

  1. Mommy (2014) — Director
  2. It's Only the End of the World (2016) — Director
  3. I Killed My Mother (2009) — Director
  4. Heartbeats (2010) — Director
  5. Laurence Anyways (2012) — Director
  6. Tom at the Farm (2014) — Director
  7. The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019) — Director
  8. Matthias & Maxime (2019) — Director
  9. The Night Logan Woke Up (2022) — Director
  10. Untitled Xavier Dolan Project — Director
  11. Lean On Me (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. It Chapter Two (2019) — Adrian Mellon
  2. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) — Buddy Sunday
  3. Martyrs (2008) — Antoine
  4. Boy Erased (2018) — Jon
  5. I Killed My Mother (2009) — Hubert Minel
  6. Heartbeats (2010) — Francis
  7. Laurence Anyways (2012) — Man at the Party (uncredited)
  8. Tom at the Farm (2014) — Tom
  9. Lost Illusions (2021) — Nathan d'Anastazio
  10. Matthias & Maxime (2019) — Maxime
  11. The Beast (2024) — Système intelligence artificielle (voice)
  12. Elephant Song (2015) — Michael Aleen
  13. Good Neighbours (2011) — Jean-Marc
  14. The Great Arch (2025) — Jean-Louis Subilon
  15. The Night Logan Woke Up (2022) — Elliot Larouche
  16. Miraculum (2014) — Étienne Simard
  17. Heads or Tails (1997) — Edouard
  18. Mirrors (2007) — Julien
  19. The Hidden Fortress (2001) — Michael
  20. Happily Married (2020) — Sexiste #3
  21. Tout le monde en parle (2004) — Self
  22. Lipsett Diaries (2010) — Narrator (voice)
  23. The Physics of Sorrow (2019) — (voice)
  24. Omertà, la loi du silence (1996) — Nicholas Favara
  25. Boys On Film: Bad Romance (2011) — Julien (segment "Mirrors")
  26. Bye Bye (1968)
  27. Il était une fois... « Mommy » (2017) — Self
  28. Suzie (2009) — Punk
  29. Star Académie (2021) — Self - Academy Teacher
  30. En mode Salvail (2013) — Self
  31. Les recettes pompettes (2015) — Self
  32. Toopy and Binoo The Movie (2023) — Jacques-Henri (voice)
  33. Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016) — Self
  34. Le cri du rhinocéros (2018) — Self
  35. Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous (2023) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  36. En audition avec Simon (2010) — Xavier Dolan
  37. Les bobos (2012) — Xavier Dolan
  38. Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura (2018) — Anatane
  39. Hot Ones Québec (2024) — Self
  40. Des hommes stylés (2018) — Self