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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1935–2022)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{more footnotes needed|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =[[The Honourable]]
| name=Jean Lapointe
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OQ|size=100%}}
| image =   |
| term_start=June 13, 2001
| term_end=December 6, 2010
| office= [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] from [[Quebec]]<br>([[Canadian Senate divisions#Quebec regional division|Sorel]])
| predecessor      = [[Fernand Roberge]]
| successor        = [[Larry Smith (Canadian football)|Larry Smith]]
| birth_date={{birth date|1935|12|6}}
| birth_place=[[Price, Quebec|Price]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| death_date={{death date and age|2022|11|18|1935|12|6}}
| death_place=[[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
| profession= Actor, comedian, singer
| party=[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| portfolio=
| footnotes=
| spouse=
|}}

'''Jean Lapointe''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OQ}} (December 6, 1935 – November 18, 2022) was a Canadian actor, comedian and singer, as well as a [[Senate of Canada|Canadian Senator]].

Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo ''[[Les Jérolas]]'' with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' and at the Olympia in Paris.

He launched his solo career in 1974 and performed on stage, albums and in two feature films. Most of his albums were produced by [[Yves Lapierre (composer)|Yves Lapierre]].<ref name="CE">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001956 |title=Yves Lapierre |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=April 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523090946/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001956 |archive-date=May 23, 2011 }}</ref>

He was also a social activist who campaigned against alcoholism and drug abuse through his Jean Lapointe Foundation. Named an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1984, he was appointed to the Senate by [[Jean Chrétien]] in 2001, where he served as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 6, 2010. In 2006, he was appointed an Officer of the [[National Order of Quebec]].

Lapointe was also a life member of the Royal [[Philatelic]] Society of Canada and a member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of [[Canada Post]].

In 2005, Lapointe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Francophone [[SOCAN]] Awards held in Montreal.<ref>[http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2005-socan-awards "2005 SOCAN AWARDS"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105181912/http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2005-socan-awards |date=January 5, 2018 }} Retrieved 19 March 2018.</ref>

Lapointe died on November 18, 2022, at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2022/11/18/jean-lapointe-seteint-a-86-ans-1 |title=Jean Lapointe s'éteint à 86 ans |publisher=[[TVA Nouvelles]] |access-date=18 November 2022 | date=18 November 2022 |language=fr }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/singer-comedian-and-former-quebec-senator-jean-lapointe-has-died-1.6159201|title=
Singer, comedian and former Quebec senator Jean Lapointe has died|website=[[CTV News]]|date=18 November 2022|access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref>

==Thoroughbred racing==
Jean Lapointe owned the sprinter [[Diapason (horse)|Diapason]] whose wins included the 1984 [[Nearctic Stakes]] and who was voted the [[Sovereign Award]] as that year's [[Canadian Champion Sprint Horse]].<ref>[https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2018-Revised.pdf ''2018 Woodbine Media Guide''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015231420/https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2018-Revised.pdf |date= October 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://jockeyclubcanada.com/past-award-winners/ ''jockeyclubcanada.com'' Past Award Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904120526/http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf |date=September 4, 2012}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1970
|''[[Two Women in Gold]] (Deux femmes en or)''
|Det. Poivrot
|
|-
|1971
|data-sort-value="Master Cats, The" | ''The Master Cats (Les Chats bottés)''
|
|
|-
|1973
|''[[O.K. ... Laliberté]]''
|Louis
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Once Upon a Time in the East (1974 film)|Once Upon a Time in the East]] (Il était une fois dans l'est)''
|
|
|-
|1974
|data-sort-value="Apple, the Stem and the Seeds, The" | ''[[The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds]] (La pomme, la queue et les pépins)''
|
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Orders (1974 film)|Orders]] (Les Ordres)''
|Clermont Boudreau
|
|-
|1975
|data-sort-value="Woman Inflamed, A" | ''A Woman Inflamed (Tout feu, tout femme)''
|François Chartrand
|
|-
|1975
|data-sort-value="Winner, The" | ''The Winner''
|
|
|-
|1976
|data-sort-value="Pacemaker and a Sidecar, A" | ''[[A Pacemaker and a Sidecar]] (L'Eau chaud, l'eau frette)''
|Polo
|
|-
|1977
|''[[Bernie and the Gang]] (Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang)''
|Bernie
|
|-
|1977
|''[[J.A. Martin Photographer]] (J.A. Martin photographe)''
|Adhémar
|
|-
|1977
|''[[One Man (film)|One Man]]''
|Ben Legault
|Winner for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[28th Canadian Film Awards]]
|-
|1977 
|''Angela''
|M. Lebrecque
|
|-
|1978
|''[[Duplessis (TV series)|Duplessis]]''
|[[Maurice Duplessis]]
|TV miniseries, 7 episodes
|-
|1980
|''[[Hot Dogs (film)|Hot Dogs]] (Les chiens chauds)''
|Lawyer
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Ding et Dong]]''
|Euclide
|
|-
|1990
|''[[An Imaginary Tale]] (Une histoire inventée)''
|Gaston
|
|-
|1992
|''[[The Saracen Woman]] (La Sarrasine)''
|Alphonse Lamoureux
|
|-
|1992
|''Montréal ville ouverte''
|Judge Caron
|TV miniseries, 13 episodes
|-
|1994
|''[[René Lévesque (TV series)|René Lévesque]]''
|Clochard
|TV series
|-
|1996
|''[[Never Too Late (1996 film)|Never Too Late]]''
|Woody
|
|-
|1998
|''Bouscotte''
|Magloire St-Jean
|TV series
|-
|2000
|data-sort-value="Bottle, The" | ''[[The Bottle (2000 film)|The Bottle]] (La bouteille)''
|Antoine
|
|-
|2001
|data-sort-value="Girl at the Window, A" | ''[[A Girl at the Window]] (Une jeune fille à la fenêtre)''
|Taxi driver
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Un gars, une fille]]''
|Jean, uncle of Sylvie
|TV series, 2 episodes
|-
|2003
|''Les Immortels''
|Adélard Major
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Clearing Skies]] (Une éclaircie sur le fleuve)''
|The Father
|Short film
|-
|2004
|''[[Looking for Alexander]] (Mémoires affectives)''
|Wilbrod Gadouas
|
|-
|2004
|''[[He Shoots, He Scores|Lance et compte: La reconquête]]''
|Himself
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|2004
|data-sort-value="Last Tunnel, The" | ''[[The Last Tunnel (2004 film)|The Last Tunnel]] (Le dernier tunnel)''
|Fred Giguère
|Winner for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[25th Genie Awards]]
|-
|2008
|''[[Truffles (film)|Truffles]] (Truffe)''
|
|
|-
|2009
|data-sort-value="Canadiens, Forever, The" | ''[[The Canadiens, Forever]] (Pour toujours, les Canadiens!)''
|Gerry Thibodeau
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Crying Out (film)|Crying Out]] (À l'origine d'un cri)''
|Grandfather
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Snow & Ashes]]''
|Thomas
|
|-
|2014
|''Les beaux malaises''
|Marcel Coiteau
|TV series, 2 episodes
|-
|2020
|''[[My Very Own Circus]] (Mon cirque à moi)''
|Guédille
|
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=1379}}
* {{IMDb name|0487668}}
* {{discogs artist|Jean Lapointe}}

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