Martin Drainville

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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]

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Career

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).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
1994King of the AirwavesLouis Jobin
1996Angelo, Frédo et RoméoFrédo / 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)ScoopFrench version

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992ScoopRichard Fortin13 episodes
1993Scoop II
1994Scoop III
1994 Million Dollar Babies Clovis Dionne2 episodes
1995Scoop IVRichard Fortin13 episodes
1995, 1996 La Petite Vie Un astrophysicien / Gérard-Marie2 episodes
2006–2008 Caméra Café Guy Bérard15 episodes
2007 Dieu merci! Employeur dans une quincaillerieEpisode #1.1
2008 Les Boys Jack the BatEpisode #1.14
2011 Lol:-) Various12 episodes
2014–2016 Série noire Bruno / Yvan9 episodes
2019FragilePatrick Provencher / Bazou10 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "Exotica tops Genie nominations". Halifax Daily News , October 20, 1994.
  2. ↑ "Scoop star Drainville flattered by first film lead; `I made people laugh and I enjoyed it'". Montreal Gazette , March 26, 1994.
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