Robert Charlebois

Biography

Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor.

Charlebois was born in Montreal, Quebec. Among his best known songs are Lindberg (the duo with Louise Forestier in particular), Ordinaire, Les Ailes d'un Ange and Je reviendrai à Montréal. His lyrics, often written in joual, are funny, relying upon plays on words. He won the Sopot International Song Festival in 1970.

In 1970 he sang with Italian singer Patty Pravo the Italian song La solitudine. In the same year, he performed at the Festival Express train tour in Canada, but did not appear on the documentary film.

In 1968, he had an acting role in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's film Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur). He co-starred with Terence Hill, Miou-Miou and Patrick McGoohan in the western Un genio, due compari, un pollo (A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe, 1975) as Steamengine Bill. Thirty-eight years later, Charlebois had a cameo as Jean-Seb Bigstone, the French-Canadian Broadway producer, in the 2012 Gad Elmaleh/Sophie Marceau film Happiness Never Comes Alone.

The Quebec-based microbrewery Unibroue was owned, in part, by Charlebois until it was purchased by Sleeman Breweries in 2004 which in turn was bought by Japanese beer brewing giant Sapporo in 2006.

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Known For

Curieuse rentrée 2021
Curieuse rentrée 2021
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Émilie Jolie
Émilie Jolie
L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho!
L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho!
Robert en CharleboisScope
Robert en CharleboisScope
Les longs manteaux
Les longs manteaux
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Gabrielle
Gabrielle

Filmography

2024 Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
as Self - Guest
2024 At the End of Nothing at All
as Self
2023 L'osstidquoi ? L'osstidcho!
as Himself
2022 Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Canadiens Nordiques - La rivalité
as Self
2022 Janette et filles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 Yvon Deschamps - Intemporel
as
2022 Robert en CharleboisScope
as Robert Charlebois
2021 Curieuse rentrée 2021
as Self - Guest
2021 Charlebois à Ducharme
as Self
2021 Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale du Québec 2021
as Self - Guest
2021 Star Académie
as Self - Guest Artist
2020 Les Rose
as Self (archive footage)
2020 La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self
2018 The Devil's Share
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Alain Choquette de Sainte-Adèle à Paris
as Himself
2016 Amanda
as Self
2013 En mode Salvail
as Self
2013 Gabrielle
as Robert Charlebois
2013 La Voix
as Self