Emmanuel Bilodeau (born August 29, 1964) is a Canadian actor from Quebec.
[1] He is most noted for his performances in the 2000 film Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête), for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Jutra Awards in 2002,[2] and the 2006 television miniseries René Lévesque, for which he won the Gémeaux Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2007.
[6] In addition to his film and television performances, he has also toured two one-man comedy stage shows, One Manu Show in 2014[7] and Manu Bilodeux dans le pétrin in 2021.
[9] In 2021 they starred in the television documentary series C'est plus qu'un jardin [fr], which centred on their process of expanding the gardens at their home to move toward an agricultural lifestyle to become more self-sufficient and reduce their ecological footprint.
[11] Their daughter Philomène is an actress, who appeared alongside her father in Curling and starred in the television series Toute la vie.