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Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role of Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to a Korean mother and French-Russian father, who was working there as a consul with the French government. Her grandfather was painter Eugène Klementieff. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for both "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff lived in Canada for one year before her family traveled extensively due to her father's job. They lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France.
Klementieff's father died of cancer when she was 5, and her mother had schizophrenia and was unable to care for children, so Klementieff was raised by her paternal uncle and aunt. Her uncle, whom she described as "like [her] second father", died on her 18th birthday, and her older brother committed suicide just seven years later, this time on her 25th birthday. Klementieff briefly attended law school after her uncle's death to appease her aunt but did not find the career path appealing. She also worked as a waitress and saleswoman in France. She started acting at age 19 at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris. A few months into her education, she won a theater competition that awarded her free classes for two years with the school's top teachers.
Klementieff's first professional acting job was the French independent film Après lui (2007), portraying the stepdaughter of the protagonist played by Catherine Deneuve. Filming for her scenes took three days. During one scene, Klementieff was supposed to push someone down a set of stairs but accidentally fell down the stairs herself, and director Gaël Morel kept that shot in the final film. Her first leading role was in Loup (2009), a French film about a tribe of reindeer herders in the Siberian mountains. During filming, Klementieff stayed in a camp, hours from the nearest village, where temperatures dropped well below zero. During filming she befriended nomads who lived there, worked with real wolves, rode reindeer, and swam with a horse in a lake.
Klementieff made her Hollywood debut in Spike Lee's Oldboy (2013), a remake of the South Korean film of the same name. She portrayed Haeng-Bok, the bodyguard of the antagonist played by Sharlto Copley. A fan of the original film, Klementieff heard about the part through Roy Lee, a producer with the remake, and took boxing lessons after learning the role involved martial arts. After showcasing her boxing skills during her audition, Lee asked her to go home and come back wearing a more feminine outfit and make-up, like her character in the film. She contributed some of her own clothes to the character's wardrobe, and trained three hours a day for two months for an on-screen fight with star Josh Brolin. Klementieff came up with the name Haeng-Bok, Korean for "happiness", herself after Lee asked her to research possible names for the character.
Klementieff moved to Los Angeles after Oldboy was filmed and began pursuing more Hollywood auditions. She continued taekwondo after the film, and has a purple belt as of the summer of 2014. Her next acting role was the film Hacker's Game (2015), in which she plays a hacker she compared to Lisbeth Salander from the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Klementieff used her boxing skills again in the film, and due to the movie's low budget, she had to do her own make-up and choose her own wardrobe. It was her idea to dye her hair purple for the role, to which the directors first objected but later acquiesced. She joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the role of Mantis in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and appeared in the same role in the film Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).- Actor
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Michael Mando has had an international upbringing. Initially born in Quebec City, he found himself growing up all over the world, from Canada to Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and finally the United States. He speaks four languages: French, English, Arabic, and Spanish. Despite excelling in competitive sports such as hockey, football, and soccer, he opted for an academic scholarship instead.
Everything changed when he was caught in a crossfire and took a bullet to the knee. During his years of rehabilitation, he discovered a deep love of acting. This passion led him to study contemporary and classical theatre, which provided him with the foundation to make the leap into video games, co-creating the character Vaas in the international success Far Cry 3.
He was later nominated twice in the same year for Best Supporting Actor at the Canadian Screen Awards for his performances in TV dramas Rookie Blue and Orphan Black. Michael broke into TV mainstream during his six-season run with Better Call Saul, earning him multiple award nominations for his performance as Nacho Varga.
He's been teased as the super-villain The Scorpion in Marvel's Spiderman franchise, with upcoming roles including a lead in "King Ivory" (2024).- Actor
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Macdonald was born Norman Gene Macdonald in Quebec City, Quebec. He began his career in stand-up comedy. Macdonald's first job was writing for The Dennis Miller Show (1992) and then Roseanne (1988). While writing for Roseanne (1988), he was noticed by Lorne Michaels, who liked Norm's stand up, and gave him his job on Saturday Night Live (1975).
Macdonald became widely popular when he became the Weekend Update anchor with his trademark line, "And now the fake news". He lasted from September 24, 1994 until December 13, 1997, when he was fired by Don Ohlmeyer, president of NBC on the west coast. His last weekend update was December 13, 1997 and he officially left the show in March 1998. His movie, Dirty Work (1998), which he began working on in the summer of 1997, came out 2 months later. In March 1999, his show, called Norm (1999), came out on ABC and had a 3-season run. During that time, he also starred in the movie Screwed (2000), opposite Dave Chappelle.- Owning a pair of the most incredibly soulful and searching eyes you'll ever find, Michael Sarrazin's poetic drifters crept into Hollywood unobtrusively on little cat's feet, but it didn't take long for him to make his mark. Quiet yet uninhibited, the lean, laconic, fleshy-lipped actor with the intriguingly faraway look and curiously sunken features enhanced a number of quality offbeat fare without ever creating too much of a fuss. While Hollywood couldn't quite pigeonhole him, they also weren't sure what to do with him. Out-and-out stardom would prove elusive.
He was born Jacques Michel Andre Sarrazin on May 22, 1940 in Quebec, Canada, and drifted through eight different schools before eventually dropping out. He worked at a Toronto theatre, on TV, and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during his teen years. He also studied acting at the Actors Studio in New York. While playing parts for the National Film Board of Canada in a handful of their historical documentary shorts, he was noticed by Universal and signed in 1965. Following insignificant roles in such series as The Virginian (1962) and in the mini-movie The Doomsday Flight (1966), the actor made his film debut in the post-Civil War drama Gunfight in Abilene (1967) starring an equally offbeat Bobby Darin. One scene had him being flogged shirtless. It was Sarrazin's second film, however, that created the initial stir playing grifter George C. Scott's young apprentice in The Flim-Flam Man (1967). Sarrazin's hesitant con artist more than held its own against the freewheeling Scott while also engaging in romantic clinches with Lolita (1962) sexpot Sue Lyon.
A number of other Sarrazin characters found their way as a result. He played a guileless tenderfoot again, this time taken under the wing of cowboy Anthony Franciosa, in A Man Called Gannon (1968) which takes an unexpected twist at the end; he shared the screen with fellow up-and-comers Harrison Ford and Jan-Michael Vincent as a green Confederate soldier in Journey to Shiloh (1968); earned a Golden Globe "best promising newcomer" nomination portraying an aimless surfer in The Sweet Ride (1968) opposite the spectacularly beautiful Jacqueline Bisset (they lived together for several years); and supposedly turned down the role of Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy (1969) in order to appear in the kinky love triangle In Search of Gregory (1969) as, yet again, another be charming young stranger, but that film was not successful.
This all culminated in the portrayal of his career as a wanderlust Depression-era floater plucked from the beach shore to participate in a grueling dance marathon. As Robert, the unassuming partner to feisty, cynical Jane Fonda's Gloria, in the bleak, fascinatingly depressing They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Sarrazin was both soft and spellbinding. His pairing with Fonda is an eerie and ultimately doomed one resulting in a shattering climax. Remote and wordless, Sarrazin's strength lies in both his ease and passive defiance. His peaceful body language and the few calm utterances he allows himself seems to illicit a strange, neutralizing power. It's not the kind of movie persona, however, that wins awards - as it did for his more flamboyant co-stars Ms. Fonda, Susannah York and Gig Young.
Another glum, ostracized outsider role came in the showier form of Paul Newman's hippie half-brother in Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) and Sarrazin continued to show a flair for the unconventional with the non-mainstream Believe in Me (1971), as a medical student who shares a drug needle with (again) Ms. Bissett, and in The Pursuit of Happiness (1971) as a collegiate fighting the system. In Harry in Your Pocket (1973) Sarrazin again plays the naive square who falls in with a bad crowd (this time, pickpockets). He capped this radical run with a mesmerizing, intelligent and, of course, sympathetic portrayal of the monster in the mini-movie Frankenstein: The True Story (1973). As assurance of his offbeat popularity, he hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) twice.
A performance as the haunted title role in the psychological thriller The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) proved to be one of his last hurrahs, as the film was a critical and box office failure. At this juncture his films (or his film roles) became underwhelming. He starred alongside Ursula Andress in the Italian film The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976), but the film was very poorly received. Utterly wasted even though second billed as Barbra Streisand's hubby in her slapstick vehicle For Pete's Sake (1974), he also headed up a so-so car chase film in The Gumball Rally (1976). He co-starred in the big budget escapist adventure Caravans (1978), but the film was a financial disaster. The 1980s signaled a significant down turn and strange pall in his films.
It started with his third-wheel participations in the excruciating bad and violent Morgan Fairchild/Andrew Stevens stalking thriller The Seduction (1982) and in the hard-edged vigilante film Fighting Back (1982) behind Tom Skerritt/Patti LuPone. When he did have a lead, the films themselves were flawed as in Keeping Track (1986) and the excessively sleazy Mascara (1987). Sarrazin has continued to work steadily, however, but the one great film that could put him into the top character ranks had yet to arrive. With age, the always-lean Sarrazin turned pale and haggard which lent itself toward rather eccentric casting.
Throughout the course of his career, Michael remained true to his homeland, appearing in many Canadian-based productions such as The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Double Negative (1980), Joshua Then and Now (1985), Captive Hearts (1987), The Phone Call (1989), La Florida (1993) and Crackerjack 2 (1997).
Sarrazin moved to Montreal many years back in order to be near family. He died there following a brief bout with cancer at age 70 on April 17, 2011, and was survived by daughters Michelle and Catherine, as well as producer/brother Pierre Sarrazin. While the fascination and appeal of Michael Sarrazin certainly cannot be denied, one wonders why Hollywood was not able to serve his talent better in later years. - Emilie Bierre was born on 12 May 2004 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for A Colony (2018), Les nôtres (2020) and The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021).
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Unsmiling character player Lucile Watson was one of Hollywood's most indomitable mothers of the 1930s and 1940s...and you can take that both ways. The archetypal matriarch who enhanced scores of plush, soapy, Victorian-styled drama, her prickly pears could be insufferable indeed and heaven help anyone who gathered up the courage to take them on. A fiercely protective mother usually to everyone's detriment, her narrow-minded characters were overt and opinionated, customarily equipped with a withering look and slivered tongue as weapons. Having no trouble whatsoever situating themselves into any and all's business, Lucile played imperious mother to filmdom's top stars including James Stewart and Robert Taylor, and often stole a bit of the thunder from under them.
She was born on May 27, 1879 in Quebec, Canada and trained at New York's Academy of Dramatic Arts, making her first professional stage appearance in "The Wisdom of the Wise" in 1902 at the age of 23. For the next three decades plus, she played, in stark contrast to her later stereotype, frothy ladies in witty, sparkling comedy. Her superlative performance on Broadway in "The City" in 1909 guaranteed her position as a stage star. Playwright Clyde Fitch went on to use her quite frequently in his productions. Other stage successes over the years included "Under Cover" (1913), "Heartbreak House" (1920), "Ghosts" (1926), The Importance of Being Earnest (1926), "No More Ladies" (1934), "Pride and Prejudice" (1935) and "Yes, My Darling Daughter" (1936). She blossomed in both chic lead and support roles.
It took her longer, however, to bloom on film... and it was not as a leading lady. She didn't make her film bow until age 55 in the Helen Hayes vehicle What Every Woman Knows (1934). She then slowly moved up the credits list after playing minor servile roles at first. Her first noticeable support was as Norma Shearer's advice-spouting mom in the classic Clare Boothe Luce film adaptation of The Women (1939) in which she expounds on the inescapable infidelities of husbands and the importance of saving face in high society. Better yet was her thorny, smothering mother to James Stewart in Made for Each Other (1939) in which she squares off with Carole Lombard who poses a threat as a possible daughter-in-law. So too was her cool-as-ice matriarch in Waterloo Bridge (1940) as she tries to separate son Robert Taylor from Vivien Leigh's fiancé with a sordid past.
Lucile reached the apex of her adult career with Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist war drama "Watch on the Rhine" (1941) starring Paul Lukas on Broadway. Two years later she and Lukas preserved their brilliance on film. Co-starring Bette Davis, Watch on the Rhine (1943) won Lukas the Academy Award for "best actor" and Lucile was acknowledged for her matriarchal supporting turn, but lost to Katina Paxinou for her work in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).
Lucile continued to set a pattern of excellence in the post-war years with arch supports in such films as My Reputation (1946) as Barbara Stanwyck iron-willed mom, the class Disney film Song of the South (1946) and cranky Aunt March in the MGM remake of Little Women (1949). She wound up her film career wreaking havoc in the musical Let's Dance (1950) as Betty Hutton's maligning mother-in-law and in the overly melodramatic My Forbidden Past (1951) as newly-rich Ava Gardner's scheming great aunt. Following a return to the stage and some scattered work in television anthologies, Lucile retired in 1954 at the age of 75 to live out her last years in New York.
Lucile's first marriage somewhere around 1910 to actor Rockliffe Fellowes was brief. She subsequently married playwright Louis Evan Shipman in 1928, a union that lasted until his death in 1933. The character veteran passed away on June 25, 1962, after suffering a heart attack at age 83.- Actor
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The son of a newspaperman, Canadian-born Pierre Jalbert graduated from Ouellet College and attended Laval University. A champion skier, he went to study art appreciation at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1949 he visited Hollywood and later that year returned to Paris and joined a French film company as a production assistant. A stint as a ski instructor at Sun Valley in the early 1950s whetted his acting ambitions, and in 1952 he headed to Hollywood. In the beginning he worked at a variety of jobs before eventually finding steady employment as a film cutter and editor at MGM. He had been employed there for nearly ten years before signing to play the French-speaking Caje (short for Cajun) LeMay in ABC-TV's hit war series, Combat! (1962). Pierre's post-"Combat!" acting career included appearances in made-for-television movies and several hit series. Primarily though, he earned his reputation--and living--as a film editor.- Actress
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Haji was a Cando-American actress renowned for starring in Russ Meyer's sexploitation classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), in which she made her theatrical film debut. Barbarella Catton was born in Quebec City, Quebec on January 24, 1946, and at the age of 14, began dancing topless. The renamed Haji caught the eye of cinema's "King Leer" while performing as an exotic dancer.
He also cast her as one of three go-go dancers who turn into avenging furies in "Pussycat" Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) after her theatrical film debut in Motorpsycho! (1965) technically released before Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965). She also appeared in Meyer's potboiler Good Morning... and Goodbye! (1967), his big budget Hollywood sextravaganza Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), and his cartoonish amalgamation of sex and violence, Supervixens (1975).
Haji died on August 10, 2013 at the age of 67.- Actress
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Chantal Perron was born in June 1971 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Young Drunk Punk (2015), Fargo (2014) and In Plainview (2018). She has been married to Kirk Heuser since 3 April 1993.- Marc Menard embarked on his professional screen career in 2002 and since that time has established his face and talent across numerous television series and TV-made films. Canadian-bred, Menard was born on March 2, 1975 in Quebec City, Quebec and realized his love for acting during his high school years at a Jesuit academy. The teenage Menard found acting useful as a means to expand his social horizons, thus encouraging his interest in the field. After completing his collegiate studies in Quebec, Marc Menard found himself presented with a fortunate opportunity by a music video director seeking to cast a lead in his production. This experience led Menard's path into modeling beginning with a national ad campaign for Nautilus fitness. While as a model, Menard worked with a top agency in Milan and appeared on the stages of Paris, Milan and New York. By the time he arrived in Florida, it was there where the young model settled on directing his focus towards acting. His first major screen role came with the television series Ocean Ave. (2002). Next he found work on All My Children (1970) from 2002-2004 and House (2004) and CSI: NY (2004) in 2007. In 2008, Menard had a take-charge role in the creature/horror film Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon (2008). He also recently shot episodes on Gossip Girl (2007) in 2011 and 2012.
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Sébastien Ricard was born in 1972 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and editor, known for Through the Mist (2009), The Barbarian Invasions (2003) and Before My Heart Falls (2012).- Director
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Yves Simoneau was born on 28 October 1955 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for Dans le ventre du dragon (1989), Napoléon (2002) and The 4400 (2004).- Actor
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Patrice Robitaille was born in 1974 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Québec-Montréal (2002), Cheech (2006) and Les beaux malaises (2014).- Émile Genest was born on 27 July 1921 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Plouffe Family (1981) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He was married to Anita Gwendolyn Kugel and Suzanne Begin. He died on 19 March 2003 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
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A son of Quebec, Canada, Jean can be seen on NBC's season 4 and 7 of The Blacklist opposite James Spader, Hulu's hit comedy show RAMY, on Showtime's acclaimed Escape at Dannemora directed by Ben Stiller as well as in Season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and in Lydia Dean Pilcher's WWII movie A Call To Spy. Watch for him in the upcoming season 5 of CBS hit show MacGyver. He also featured in Person of Interest and HBO's The Wizard of Lies (opposite Michelle Pfeiffer.) He can be seen in Josh Boone's box office hit The Fault In Our Stars, based on John Green's highly acclaimed novel with Shailene Woodley's and Ansel Elgort. Other movies include The Caller, Death in Love, Ten Stories Tall, Mango Bajito and J.C. Khoury's romantic cult comedy The Pill. He received critical praise from the New York Times among others for his role as Ambassador in Film Chinois at Pan Asian Rep and in Theater Pizzaz in The Lears.
Jean recently returned from London where he performed his homage to Charles Aznavour "I Have Lived," to great reviews and popular acclaim. He is a Bistro and AGGIE awards recipient for his tribute show "The Kid From Paris - Jean Brassard Sings Yves Montand" for which he also garnered a MAC nomination. Co-written with and directed by David Krueger, the show has traveled in the States, Canada and Europe. In New York he has performed at New York's Birdland's, Laurie Beechman Theater, Metropolitan Room, The Triad, Helen's Hideaway and The Café at the Pierre Hotel; he has been the guest of Steve Ross at the Metropolitan Museum on his "Dietz and Schwartz" and "Americans in Paris" programs. With the group Kabarett Kollektif, Jean was also awarded a NightLife Award. He was seen at Symphony Space's Wall To Wall Cabaret alongside Uteh Lemper and many cabaret greats. He also represented Quebec at the first Manhattan International Cabaret Festival in 2016. With Le Gamin de Paris CD, his homage to Montand, his album DIX, a collection of his own compositions, has been praised by the press. Bigmondemusique.com.
Well known to French-speaking wrestling fans around the world for his commentary on the WWE Network, Jean has also appeared on: House of Cards, Zero Hour, 30 Rock and Believe, HBO mini-series John Adams, opposite Laura Linney, Law and Order, Law and Order: CSI, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos. He can also be seen on the webseries Horrible People.
His voice over career spans over two decades for the US, Canadian and European markets for which he has voiced hundreds of projects for commercials, documentaries and more. Jean is also the narrator of more than 60 titles for Audible.com, Hachette and others. Along with the cast of Muriel Barbery's Gourmet Rhapsody, he was honored by AudioFile Magazine with an Earphones Award given for excellence in audiobooks.- Director
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Philippe Gagnon is a Montreal based director working in both French and English. He has directed twenty four television features in english, including the multi-nominated and award winning The Good Sister, Amber Alert (Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Direction ) and First Response (Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best TV Movie). In French, he has directed three theatrical features ; Premier Juillet (Moving) , Dans une Galaxie Près de chez vous 2 and Le Poil de la bête. He also directed the french tv show Campus (Crave and Vrak) and tv episodes for Jérémie V, Chambre 13, Yamaska and Nos Étés. As an editor, Philippe has cut feature films; Robert Lepage's Far Side of the Moon, Yan England's 1:54 and his own Premier Juillet (Moving). He has also cut several short films including the Academy Award Nominated Short Henry. His latest directorial credits are Swept up by Christmas for Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel and the horror movies Terror Train 1 & 2 for Tubi and Crave.- Director
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Charles-Olivier grew up in Quebec City. He traveled around the world discovering cultures, people and also working in international business in Europe, Singapore and Canada. His passion for the world, captured on film in his feature film Snow & Ashes, is expressed through his fluency in 6 foreign languages (French, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin).- Director
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Chloé Robichaud was born on 31 January 1988 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is a director and writer, known for Sarah Prefers to Run (2013), Boundaries (2016) and Féminin/Féminin (2014).- Actor
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Robert Lepage is one of the foremost stage directors today and a leading figure in the Canadian avant garde, attracting particular attention for his multimedia-rich theatrical presentations as well as his innovative work with Shakespearian drama and opera.- Jean-Nicolas Verreault was born in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is known for Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin (2006), Je voudrais qu'on m'efface (2021) and Maelstrom (2000).
- Mostly known as an actress, Dorothée always had a strong passion for Jazz. She participated at "elles chantent" project in 2000, a project were many people were invited to sing their favorite songs.
Dorothée is mostly known for her acting in movies Les invasions barbares, Le violon rouge and Jack Paradise. She also participated in many Quebeker TV shows such as Les dames de coeur, Terre humaine, La vie la vie, Tribu.com and Cauchemar d'amour.
While traveling in New York in the 90's, she felt in love with Jazz. Back in Montréal, she gave many concerts in de club "au sofa". She event gave concert at the Festival de jazz de Montréal in 1999.
Her first album was in 2000. - Sandrine Bisson was born on 22 June 1975 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Year I Became a Liar (2009), 1987 (2014) and 1991 (2018).
- Annie Dufresne was born on 12 March 1973 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Silent Hunter (1995), Recon 2022: The Mezzo Incident (2007) and Press Run (2000).
- Marie-Thérèse Fortin was born in 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin (2006), Boomerang (2015) and Heat Wave (2009).
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Pierre-François Legendre was born in Quebec City, Canada. He started acting at high school and then joined Quebec's Conservatory. He began his professional career in theatre. His acting capacity allow him to play a diverse selection of characters from comedy to classic plays. This talent was immediately recognized by Quebec City's theatre community rewarding him as one of their best young actors.
He moved to Montreal, where he his acting career has been propelled by popular films such as Quebec-Montreal and in television playing one of the main characters at highly rewarded series Les Invencibles, that got him a nomination at the 24th Edition of Les Prix Gémeaux (equivalent as Emmy Award) as best actor in 2009.
He is considered one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation. This is why he is has been working recently with Quebec's most prestigious films and television actors and actresses, and selected at plays by famous theatre directors like Michele Tremblay.- Filmmaker and producer with a career spanning 25 years, from early days of producing 700 music videos, to Canadian features and now American films like WOMAN OF THE HOUR (Anna Kendrick), PIECES OF A WOMAN (Vanessa Kirby), NOVOCAINE (Jack Quaid), ARRIVAL (Amy Adams), TO CATCH A KILLER (Shailene Woodley), THE LODGE (Riley Keough), SMALL CRIMES (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)
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Francis Leclerc was born in 1971 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Mémoires affectives (2004), Le plongeur (2023) and Les beaux malaises (2014).- Actor
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Bruno Pelletier was born on 7 August 1962 in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Notre-Dame de Paris (1998), Les 30 ans du TOP 50 (2014) and Omertà, la loi du silence (1996). He has been married to Melanie Bergeron since 8 August 2010.- Actor
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David Laferri is a Canadian actor, musician, and singer who hails from Québec and currently resides in Barcelona, Spain.
He received his training in arts and theatre at institutions such as the experimental Spanish theatre Laboratorio Escuela in Barcelona and Moveo, a school specializing in Physical Theatre. Over the years, David has taken on numerous roles in theatre productions.
In 2019, he co-founded the music band The Magic Carpet with Santiago Krahn in Sitges. The band combines sounds and rhythms from Shamanic, Indian, and African traditions.
David has also been active in the audiovisual scene in Barcelona. He appeared in several independent films directed by Hector Faver, including "Noche de Espejos," "Las Luces," and "Psicodrama." He portrayed a police chief officer in the Prime Video series "Los Farad" directed by Mariano Barroso, and appeared in "A Man of Action" directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and the biographical film "Miro" directed by Oriol Ferrer. Additionally, David performed with the theatre and circus company CircOliva at Barcelona's annual art festival, La Mercè. He also voiced Adrien Favre in the fiction podcast series "Blum."- Actor
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Frédérick De Grandpré was born on 18 May 1972 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Source Code (2011), Snake Eyes (1998) and Le négociateur (2005).- Director
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Stéphane Lapointe was born on 20 February 1971 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for La vie secrète des gens heureux (2006), Tout sur moi (2006) and Let Go (2017).- Producer
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Mike Ward was born on 14 September 1973 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is a producer and actor, known for Mike Ward vous écoute (2019), L'Gros Show (2005) and Mike Ward: Infamous (2018).- Richard Vigneault is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Championships held by Martel over the course of his career include the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Television Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship.
- Patrick Roy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and the former head coach and vice-president of hockey operations for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the general manager and head coach of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He is regarded as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time. In 2017 Roy was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his playing career in the NHL between the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he played for 11 years, and the Avalanche, with whom he played for eight years. Roy won four Stanley Cups during his career, two with each franchise. In 2004, Roy was selected as the greatest goaltender in NHL history by a panel of 41 writers, coupled with a simultaneous fan poll. On November 13, 2006, Roy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (the award given to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs) three times, the only one to do so in different decades, and the only one to do so for two teams.
Roy had been the head coach of the Avalanche since the 2013-14 season, during which he won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's best coach. - Rene Goulet was born on 12 July 1932 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Ring Roasts 1 (2008) and Spectrum Wrestling (1977). He was married to Pierrette Emile Cote. He died on 25 May 2019.
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Émilie Bibeau was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is known for Unité 9 (2012), L'Imposteur (2016) and Coeur vintage (2023).- Editor
- Director
- Producer
Michel Cordey was born on 15 September 1985 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is an editor and director, known for The Center of the World (2017), Je t'aime (2012) and La pente (2020).- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Marc S. Grenier has made his mark directing commercials over the past 15 years. His spots for Le Cirque du Soleil, Loto-Québec, McDonald's Restaurants and Le Chateau Boutiques have earned critical acclaim, both in the U.S. (Mobius, Batchi, Monitor Awards, Communication Arts Magazine Award, Art Directors Club Award), and in Canada alike (Marketing, TVB Awards, Publicity Club of Montreal).
Marc S. Grenier founded Barøque, a Film and Television production company in 2011.
Subsequent to directing the 1997 short, Souleyad (1997), Marc directed two features - Fatal Affair (1998) and Revenge (2000) - along with two made-for-TV series - 'The Happy Castle' and 'Misguided Angels'. He co-produced Xchange (2001) _XChange (2000), a feature film for the HBO network, and he directed two other features: Dead Awake (2001), starring Stephen Baldwin, and Hidden Agenda (2001), starring Dolph Lundgren.- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Writer
Benjamin Arcand was born on 22 December 1981 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is a writer, known for SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), Wackatdooo (2014) and The Cuphead Show! (2022).- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Louis-David Morasse was born in 1973 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Manigances: Notice Rouge (2013), October 1970 (2006) and Bumrush (2011).- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Johnny Farago was born on 15 June 1944 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and composer, known for Vive les vacances! (2009), La loi de la ville (1979) and Bye-Bye (1968). He died on 29 July 1997.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Actor
Hugh Boswell was born on 30 October 1888 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Beverly of Graustark (1926), The Actress (1928) and The Human Jungle (1954). He was married to Maude Truax. He died on 14 January 1964 in South Pasadena, California, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Francine Ruel was born on 14 April 1948 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Scoop (1992), Scoop IV (1995) and Scoop III (1994).- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Jean Leloup was born on 14 May 1961 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and composer, known for Laurence Anyways (2012), Jouisseland (2002) and Noir destin que le mien (2004).- Visual Effects
Born in Quebec City, Quebec. Graduated from college in Graphic Design and work in the industry for several years before moving in Vancouver in 1996 to realize one of his child dream to work in the movie. He enrolled at The Art Institute of Vancouver - Burnaby and graduated in the Visual Effects Digital Animation Masters program.
He later went to work at Stargate Digital Vancouver. Where he took the position of lead of the 3D department. Working on such projects as The Dead Zone, Jake 2.0, E.R., Las Vegas, C.S.I., Carrie, Helen of Troy, white noise, Treat Matrix, and more.
He moved on a few years later to start the 3D department at a new branch of Spin VFX in Vancouver. Working on more television series but also lots of commercials and a few features. Also getting to move on and work on set as an assistant supervisor on the film "Like Mike 2: streetball" and set supervisor on commercial for subway and others.
After a few years at spin, Martin moved on to become a freelancer working on many projects at a few different company. Starting with Blades of glory at Rainmaker, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean 3 at Industrial Light and Magic, and a few features for Technicolor. He also supervised on Set for a couple features for the Sci-Fy network. After that he went back to ILM to work on the last installment of Indiana Jones. His last completed project was for MPC Vancouver on the Watchmen.
In 2009, Martin Halle move to New Zealand and join Weta Digital to work on the effects of James Cameron Avatar. Followed by Harry Potter and the deadly hallows part 1. In September 2011, he moved on to the next project at Rhythm and Hues, doing water simulation for the dolphin stampede on Hang Lee "Life of Pi", using Naiad and Houdini. Moving on after that on destruction for the movie R.I.P.D. After Rhythm she Hues bankruptcy, Martin shortly return at Prime Focus to do effects on white house down. And then moved on to zoic studio to work on multiple TV shows.
In July 2014, he joined Scanline vfx team as a flowline artist. Creating simulation on movie like Exodus, San Andreas, The 5th Wave, Batman vs Superman and independence day 2, the Meg. Antman and the Wasp, Aquaman.
In 2018 he move back to Montreal as FX Lead at the new Scanline Montreal. Working on Captain Marvel, Terminator dark fate, Midway and Zack Snider justice league and more.- Actress
- Writer
Marie-Christine Lê Huu was born in 1969 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Jouliks (2019), Le polygraphe (1996) and Les mots gelés (2009).- Composer
- Music Department
Guy Bélanger was born on 24 November 1946 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is a composer, known for Gaz Bar Blues (2003), Route 132 (2010) and Post Mortem (1999).- Jean Brousseau was born on 8 September 1929 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Black Robe (1991), Les mains nettes (1958) and Friday the 13th: The Series (1987). He was married to Lise L'Heureux. He died on 17 June 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Kim Gaboury a.k.a AKIDO is a Canadian composer, guitarist and record producer creating music on the edges of rock, electronic and electro-acoustic genres.
From blasting guitar riffs to ethereal sound textures, he has developed a versatile and distinct cinematically influenced style. With 5 albums under his belt, AKIDO has received nominations at Adisq, Gamiq, CBC Bucky Awards and the Independent Music Awards.
Parallel to his work as AKIDO, Kim is a Canadian Screen Award-nominated film music composer who has gained a solid and varied background composing and producing music for film and TV.
In 2013 he created the score for director Julian Jone's award-winning documentary-drama hybrid Inside the Mind of Leonardo starring Peter Capaldi. Other credits include Lea Pool's Et au pire on se mariera, Andre Forcier's Coteau Rouge, Cedric Kahn's Une Vie Meilleure and the animated series Au pays des tetes a claques (Knuckleheads). Over the years he has also collaborated with recording artists as diverse as Millimetrik, Pawa Up First and Will Driving West.
An autodidact, Kim began playing guitar around age 12, and played in indie rock bands (Magma Dogma, Zolof) throughout his teenage years until his mid twenties, developing a strong interest in composition and cutting-edge production techniques. When a series of music projects fell apart, he took a 4-year break to focus on a graphic design career.
Aching to get back to making music full-time, he released his first solo record Playtime in 2004 under the moniker AKIDO. Around the same time he began working on film music, growing under the mentorship of celebrated Canadian composer Michel Cusson. Over the years the pair has collaborated on dozens of projects such a Cavalia, The Rocket, Dinosaurs Alive IMAX. Their most recent collaborations includes the hit TV series Unité 9.- Make-Up Department
- Actress
Nathalie Trépanier was born on 30 June 1963 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) and 300 (2006).