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
editDrainville 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
editFilm
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Exotica tops Genie nominations". Halifax Daily News, October 20, 1994.
- ^ "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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