Roy Dupuis (born April 21, 1963 in Amos, Quebec) is a Canadian actor. He is best-known for his role as Michael Samuelle in the television series Nikita.

Dupuis spent part of his childhood in Kapuskasing, a small town in Northern Ontario before moving to Montreal with his family. He studied at the National Theater School in Montreal where he graduated in 1986. As of 2004, he lives in Montreal in an 1840s farmhouse with his girlfriend, actress Céline Bonnier , his partner since 1994. They are unmarried and have no children. He has a brother and a sister called Rodrick and Roxanne.

After becoming an accomplished actor on film and stage in Canada, Dupuis was introduced to the American public as Oliva Dionne in Million Dollar Babies (1994), followed by more screen appearances in films like Bleeders (1995) and Screamers (1997). In 1997 he started acting as Michael Samuelle in the television series Nikita, which is also known as The Femme: Nikita.

Roy Dupuis has starred in many theatre productions, movies, and television series.

Awards

Roy Dupuis has won various awards, including:

• FIPA d’Or (Filles de Caleb) [Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (Cannes)] (1991)
• Rose d’Or Actor of the Year (1991)
• Gémeaux Best Actor (Filles de Caleb) (1991)
• Metrostar Best Actor (1991, 1992, 2003)

Television Series

• Le Parc des Braves (1987)
• L'Héritage (1987)
• Avec un grand A (1988)
• Le Grand jour (1988)
• La Maison Deschênes (1989)
• Lance et compte (He Shoots, He Scores) - Tous Pour Un (1990)
• Les filles de Caleb (1990)
• Scoop (1991)
• Emilie (1992)
• Blanche (1993)
• Million Dollar Babies (Les jumelles Dionne) (1994)
• Dark Eyes (Pilot) (1994)
• Urgence (1995)
• La Femme Nikita (1997)
• Heritage Minutes / Minutes du partimoine - Louis Riel & Maurice Richard (1997)
• Les Beaux Dimanches - Maurice Richard: Histoire d'un Canadien (1999)
• Le Dernier Chapitre/The Last Chapter (2002)
• Le Dernier Chapitre/The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (2003)

Filmography

• Anémique Cinéma (1987)
• Les enfants de la rue (1987)
• Gaspard et Fil$ (Gaspard & $on) (1988)
• Sortie 234 (Exit 234) (1988)
• Comment faire l'amour avec un noir sans se fatiguer (How to make love to a negro without getting tired) (1989)
• Dans la ventre du dragon (In The Belly of the Dragon) (1989)
• Jésus de Montréal (1989)
• Le Marche du Couple (The Singles Game) (1990)
• Being At Home With Claude (1991)
• Entangled (1992)
• Cap Tourmente (1993)
• C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues (Chili's Blues) (1993)
• Screamers (1995)
• Aire Libre/Passage des Hommes Libres (1995)
• Waiting for Michelangelo (1996)
• J'en Suis (1996)
• L'Homme Idéal (The Ideal Man) (1997)
• Hemoglobin (1997)
• Free Money (1997)
• Un homme et son péché (2002)
• Les Invasions barbares (2003)
• Jack Paradise (2004)
• Monica-la-Mitraille (Machine-Gun Molly) (2004)
• Manners of Dying (2004)
• Mémoires affectives (2004)
• C'est pas moi ... c'est l'autre (2004)
• Les Etats Unis d'Albert (2005)