Jean LeClerc (actor)

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Jean LeClerc
Born (1948-07-07) July 7, 1948 (age 75)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActor

Jean LeClerc (born July 7, 1948) is a Canadian actor best known for his work in the United States as Jeremy Hunter on the American daytime soap operas All My Children and Loving in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Career

LeClerc first started his career in Quebec on the television series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut . Roles in Québécois movies followed, culminating in his first English-speaking role in the 1976 Canadian film, Strange Shadows in an Empty Room . That same year, he acted in a television miniseries about the life of Sarah Bernhardt, playing the role of Bernhardt's husband Jacques Damala, and the following year he played a film director in the horror anthology film The Uncanny . LeClerc moved to the United States in 1982, playing the part of a French doctor on the soap opera The Doctors . He played similar roles on The Edge of Night and As the World Turns before being offered the role of American Jeremy Hunter in 1985.

In 1991, LeClerc and his All My Children costar Genie Francis made an extended appearance on another ABC soap opera Loving for the November sweeps period in an effort to boost the show's ratings. LeClerc left All My Children in 1992 to join Loving full-time until his character was killed off in 1995. In 2001, LeClerc briefly reappeared on All My Children, with his character Jeremy appearing as a ghost. [1] [2]

LeClerc most recently appeared in a Patty Duke Show television reunion special and in the 2005 film Idole instantanée. He also appeared on Broadway as the title character in a production of Dracula . [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 Hold on to Daddy's Ears (Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa)
1976 Strange Shadows in an Empty Room Robert Tracer
1977 The Uncanny Barrington
1983 The Wars Captain Taffler
1990 Whispers Bruno
1996 L'Homme idéal Gilbert
2005Idole instantanéeVictor Victor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut Raphaël LacourEpisode: "L'autre péché"
1970Les enquêteurs associésLawrence FilsEpisode: "Hold-up à Montréal"
1975 La Petite Patrie Gaétan LamêcheEpisode: "La partie de cartes annuelle du collège"
1976Qui perd gagneChristian LajoieTelevision film
1976Faits diverAmi boîte de nuitEpisode: "Western limitée"
1980 A Time for Miracles Father BruteTelevision film
1981 The Great Detective Dr. LarocqueEpisode: "If Looks Could Kill"
1982 The Greatest American Hero AzzizEpisode: "Train of Thought"
1982 The Doctors Dr. Jean-Marc Gautier3 episodes
1983 T. J. Hooker Jake HendricksEpisode: "Payday Pirates"
1983 As the World Turns AntoineEpisode dated 28 October 1983
1983 The Edge of Night Gui Tavernier10 episodes
1984 The Jerk, Too Count MarcoTelevision film
1985–1992 All My Children Jeremy Hunter 237 episodes
1987Shades of Love: The Garnet PrincessPrince Alexander / Jonathan TannerTelevision film
1989Piège infernalFrançois GermainMiniseries
1991 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd HenriEpisode: "Here's One Way to Fill Every Waking Moment"
1991–1995 Loving Jeremy Hunter / Gilbert Nostrand461 episodes
1993 Blown Away CyTelevision film
1999 Time at the Top Cyrus Sweeney
1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn HeightsHank Elway
2000 Law & Order Dr. Martin AlvarezEpisode: "Trade This"
2000 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Mr. DoyleEpisode: "The Tale of the Reanimator"
2000 Canada: A People's History Miles Macdonell Television film
2001 All Souls Dr. Dante Ambrosius5 episodes
2005 Les Bougon Comédien 'Papa'Episode: "TV"
2022 Great Performances Jacques Damala Episode: "Sarah"

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