ABOUT

Laurent Pitre is a trilingual actor, coach and filmmaker who tells  stories about characters on the precipice—outsiders, antiheroes and complicated people fighting desperately for what matters to them.

A graduate of Dawson College’s Professional Theatre program and Concordia University’s Playwriting program, Laurent began his career in the Montreal theatre scene, working with companies including Centaur Theatre, La Licorne, Théâtre Prospero, Geordie Theatre and Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal. His work as a creator has always existed alongside his work as an actor. He has written, directed and produced plays and films, including the acclaimed solo show A Perfect Picture which was praised by the Montreal Gazette in 2019 as “poised for a breakout year”  and his multiple award-winning short film GIVE TIME. As a four-time champion & Community Leadership Award winner of the Canadian Monologue Slam, he not only works well alone, he thrives in & lives to uplift his creative collaborators.

On screen, Laurent has built a body of work spanning drama, thriller, horror, comedy and true crime. His credits include Future Man, Under the Banner of Heaven, Fargo, Murdoch Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, The Detectives, Something Undone, District 31, La Maison-Bleue, Peace by Chocolate and Soul’s Road. He also appeared in Jenn Wexler’s The Sacrifice Game, an AMC/Shudder feature that won the Audience Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

Laurent’s work frequently finds him in morally complicated territory: criminals, addicts, grieving men, outsiders and characters caught between who they have been and who they might become. Beneath that darkness, however, he is most interested in vulnerability—the moment the armour cracks and the human being underneath becomes visible. 

That duality reflects Laurent himself. An actor who can look dangerous while carrying tremendous warmth, he brings a combination of intensity, playfulness, emotional availability and curiosity to his work. His background in writing, directing, producing, improvisation, music and comedy has also shaped him into a film-minded collaborator who understands storytelling beyond the boundaries of his own performance.

Laurent is the recipient of an O-1 visa for extraordinary ability in acting and works across the Canadian and U.S. markets. Whether playing an outcast, an unlikely hero, or someone in between, he is ultimately drawn to the same question:

What does a person do when everything that matters to them is on the line?