Canadian playwright and actor

René-Daniel Dubois (born July 20, 1955 in Montreal) is a Québécois playwright and actor.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Movie career
  • 1.2 Theatrical career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

Movie career

He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way. He was also a winner of the Governor General's Award for French language drama in 1984 for Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins.

Theatrical career

Dubois' other plays have included Panique à Longueuil, 2 contes parmi tant d’autres pour une tribu perdue, 26 bis, imp*e du colonel Foisy, Le printemps, monsieur Deslauriers and Le Troisième fils du professeur Yourolov, as well as the French translation of Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex (Elizabeth, roi d'Angleterre) and the French-Canadian adaptation of Mary Jones's Stones in His Pockets (Des roches dans ses poches).

Personal life

He is openly gay.

References

External links

• Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)
• Biography on the Canadian Encyclopedia