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]

Career

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
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

References

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  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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