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Julien Poulin

Acting Born Apr 20, 1946 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 24 credits

Biography

Julien Poulin (April 20, 1946 – January 4, 2025) was an actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and composer in Quebec, Canada. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series.

His most memorable role was Elvis Gratton in which his character impersonates rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. The series of Elvis Gratton films appeared between 1981 and 2004. The most recent of these films were Elvis Gratton II: Miracle a Memphis, filmed in 1999, in which Elvis was resuscitated from the first film of the series, and Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong, which was filmed in 2004. He also co-directed some of the films along with Pierre Falardeau.

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Full filmography

  • La fureur (1998) as Self
  • Nuremberg (2000) as Dr. Robert Ley
  • In Lieu of Flowers (2012) as Self
  • Taking Lives (2004) as Québec City Inspector
  • La petite séduction (2006) as Self
  • Sucré salé (2002) as Self
  • Bunker (2014) as Guerard
  • Léo (2018) as Yvon
  • Karl & Max (2015) as Yvon Prince
  • Le retour (1996)
  • True North (2016) as François-Xavier Laloge
  • 100 Limite (1988) as Self - Guest
  • Les Intrépides (1992) as Thief
  • Tu m'aimes-tu? (2012) as Yvon (Fred's Father)
  • Doomsday Brothers (2020) as Père Manilla (voice)
  • Peut contenir des Rachid (2010) as Self
  • Minuit, le soir (2005) as Gaétan Langlois
  • Rock et Rolland (2010) as Rolland
  • Arsenault and Fils (2022) as Armard
  • Bob Gratton : Ma Vie, My Life (2007) as Bob Gratton
  • Pièce d'identité (2008) as Self
  • Les aventures de la courte échelle (1996) as Inspecteur Lauzier
  • Karmina 2 (2001) as Vincent Proulx
  • How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (1989) as Pusher #1