Jean Duceppe

Jean Hotte-Duceppe[a] CQ (25 October 1923 – 7 December 1990) was a Canadian stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec.

Born on 25 October 1923 to a family of local shopkeepers in working-class Montreal, Jean Duceppe came to the theatre with no formal training and was completely self-taught.

[2] Some of his greatest successes included his portrayals of Willy Loman in La Mort d'un commis-voyageur (Death of a Salesman) and Premier Maurice Duplessis in Charbonneau et le chef (Charbonneau and the Chief).

[2] In 1973, he founded the Compagnie de théâtre Jean Duceppe (Jean-Duceppe Company).

One of his sons is Canadian politician Gilles Duceppe, a supporter of the independence of Quebec from Canada and a former leader of the Bloc Québécois.