Martin Drainville (born August 21, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor and comedian from Quebec. He is best known for his role in the film Louis 19, le roi des ondes , for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994. [1]
Drainville appeared in the films Nelligan , The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal), It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux), The Score and Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay), and the television series Million Dollar Babies , Scoop, [2] Caméra Café , Lol:-) , Moi et l'autre , Série noire , Piment Fort and Entre deux draps .
From 1995 to 1998, he also hosted the French-Canadian version of the then-popular children's television game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? , playing the role of "ACME Special/Senior Agent in Charge of Training New Recruits" (played by Greg Lee in the American version).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Lessons on Life | Autostoppeur | |
1990 | Ding et Dong le film | Livreur Dong | |
1991 | Nelligan | Albert Ferland | |
1991 | Montreal Stories | Desfossés | |
1993 | La Florida | Rheaume Lariviere | |
1994 | King of the Airwaves | Louis Jobin | |
1996 | Angelo, Frédo et Roméo | Frédo / Wonton | |
1996 | L'Homme idéal | Gabor | |
1998 | It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux | Albert | |
1999 | Laura Cadieux II | ||
2001 | The Score | Jean-Claude | |
2002 | Alice's Odyssey | Ludovic / Louis | |
2023 | Katak: The Brave Beluga (Katak, le brave béluga) | Scoop | French version |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Scoop | Richard Fortin | 13 episodes |
1993 | Scoop II | ||
1994 | Scoop III | ||
1994 | Million Dollar Babies | Clovis Dionne | 2 episodes |
1995 | Scoop IV | Richard Fortin | 13 episodes |
1995, 1996 | La Petite Vie | Un astrophysicien / Gérard-Marie | 2 episodes |
2006–2008 | Caméra Café | Guy Bérard | 15 episodes |
2007 | Dieu merci! | Employeur dans une quincaillerie | Episode #1.1 |
2008 | Les Boys | Jack the Bat | Episode #1.14 |
2011 | Lol:-) | Various | 12 episodes |
2014–2016 | Série noire | Bruno / Yvan | 9 episodes |
2019 | Fragile | Patrick Provencher / Bazou | 10 episodes |
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