Christian LeBlanc

Christian LeBlanc
Christian LeBlanc at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Born	Christian Jules LeBlanc (1958-08-25) August 25, 1958 (age 65) Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Sid Montz ​ (m. 1993)​

Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958) is an American actor, best known for his role as Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless .

Career

LeBlanc currently plays Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and first played the role from 1991 to 1993, and then resumed the role in 1997. He has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role eight times, and won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series award in 2005, 2007, and 2009. He previously starred on another soap opera, As the World Turns , playing Kirk McColl from June 2, 1983, until the summer of 1985. In 1988, LeBlanc played a police officer in the NBC police drama In the Heat of the Night , a TV version of the acclaimed movie. LeBlanc was featured in eight episodes. Christian appeared on As The World Turns again as his Y&R character Michael Baldwin on April 4 and 5 of 2005, when the character was crossed over to assist Jack and Carly Snyder in a custody suit.

He also made a guest appearance on the Showtime late-night cable TV series Red Shoe Diaries , and reprised the role for a video movie.

LeBlanc also appeared alongside his The Young and the Restless wife Tracey E. Bregman in the video for I Keep On Loving You by Reba McEntire in 2010.

On May 20, 2005, June 15, 2007, and August 30, 2009, LeBlanc won the Daytime Emmy for "Outstanding Lead Actor" for his role on Y&R. He was previously nominated for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" in 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004.

Personal life

On June 20, 2021, he revealed on Maurice Benard's podcast State of Mind that he is gay and has been married to his husband for 28 years. ^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Seeds of Tragedy	Driver	Television film
1993	Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss	Deputy Sheriff Frank Bonner	Television film, credited as "Christian J. Le Blanc"
1998	The Disturbance at Dinner	Pat in the Box

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983–1985	As the World Turns	Kirk McColl	Contract role
2005		Michael Baldwin	Guest role
1988	In the Heat of the Night	Patrolman Junior Abernathy	8 episodes, credited as "Christian Le Blanc"
1995	Diagnosis: Murder	Coach Campbell	First episode of season 3, "An Innocent Murder"
1991–1993	The Young and the Restless	Michael Baldwin	Contract role
1997–present
2009	Guiding Light	Wedding guest	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
1999	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[3]
1999	Soap Opera Digest Award	Favorite Return	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
2000	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[4]
2003	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[5]
2004	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[6]
2005	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won	[7]
2005	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
2007	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won	[8]
2008	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[9]
2009	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won	[10]
2011	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[11]
2014	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[12]
2014	Indie Series Award	Best Guest Star — Comedy	Fumbling thru the Pieces	Nominated	[13]
2015	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[14]
2016	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated	[15]

Notes

• Christian LeBlanc is not related to television actor Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey Tribbiani on the sitcom Friends . ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Christian LeBlanc appears in the video clip "I Keep On Loving You" by Reba McEntire.

References

1. Mason, Charlie (June 23, 2021). "Young & Restless' Christian Jules LeBlanc Unpacks the Baggage of Homophobia: 'I Still Live With the Legacy of That as a Gay Man'". Soaps.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
2. Eades, Chris (June 24, 2021). "Christian LeBlanc Opens up About The Struggles of Living as a Gay Man". Soaps In Depth. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
3. "Daytime Emmy Nominees List 1". Variety . Los Angeles: Penske Business Media. March 11, 1999. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
4. Havens, Candace (May 12, 2000). "Lead actress Emmy race too close to call". The Union Democrat . Sonora: Western Communications. p. 55. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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7. Bauder, David (May 21, 2005). "Ellen DeGeneres wins big in Daytime Emmys". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Block Communications. Associated Press. p. 25. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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10. "Winners at 36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Toronto Star . Toronto: Star Media Group. August 31, 2009. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
11. "The 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 11, 2011. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
12. "The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. May 1, 2014. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
13. "5th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees". indieseriesawards.com. 2014. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
14. "The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
15. "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

External links

• Christian LeBlanc at IMDb