Louis Champagne is a Canadian actor from Quebec, most noted for his regular television roles in Minuit, le soir[1] and Escouade 99.[2]
Louis Champagne | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | actor, film director |
| Years active | 1990s-present |
He has also had stage roles, including as Edna Turnblad in a 2013 production of Hairspray for Montreal's Théâtre Saint-Denis,[3] and has appeared in supporting roles in film and television. In 2007 he directed the independent film Les Cavaliers de la canette.[4]
He is married to television writer Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | L'Oreille de Joé | Short film | |
| 1997 | Heads or Tails (J'en suis!) | Minister of Culture | |
| Les Boys | Rodrigue | ||
| 1998 | It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) | Bus driver | |
| 2000 | Riders | Sergeant-at-arms of the Devil's Soldiers | |
| The Bottle (La Bouteille) | |||
| 2001 | Karmina 2 | Norm | |
| 2003 | Quelques instants de la vie d'une fraise | Ben | |
| Les Immortels | Jean-Guy | ||
| 2004 | Happy Camper (Camping sauvage) | Brake | |
| TV Dinner...Burp! | Short film | ||
| Mammouth | Mario | Short film | |
| 2005 | La dernière incarnation | Bouncer | |
| 2007 | Les cavaliers de la canette | Louis | Also writer, director |
| Mon cœur | Short film | ||
| 2009 | Un homme de main | Jean-Louis | Short film |
| 2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | Concierge | |
| Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines) | |||
| Coteau rouge | Sgt. Bonneville | ||
| 2013 | Rock Paper Scissors (Roche papier ciseaux) | Bobby | |
| Amsterdam | Marc | ||
| 2015 | Blue Thunder (Bleu tonnerre) | Foreman | Short film |
| Ville-Marie | Benoit Tremblay | ||
| 2019 | Forgotten Flowers (Les fleurs oubliées) | Ulysse Caron | |
| 2023 | The Successor | Pierre-Luc |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Alys Robi | Paul Desmarteaux | Miniseries |
| Turtle Island | Splash | Voice role | |
| 1996 | Les cinq dernières minutes | Security chief | One episode |
| 1998–2002 | Un gars, une fille | Multiple roles | Five episodes |
| 1999 | km/h | Andrée's brother | One episode |
| 2000 | Dans une galaxie près de chez vous | Elvis | One episode |
| 2001 | Fortier | Molosse #2 | One episode |
| 2 frères | Raymond | Four episodes | |
| The Last Chapter | Six episodes | ||
| 2003 | Chartrand et Simonne | Credit union manager | One episode |
| 2004 | Les Bougon | One episode | |
| Temps dur | Jack Perron | Three episodes | |
| 2005 | Au nom de la loi | Scorpion | |
| Caméra Café | One episode | ||
| 2005–07 | Minuit, le soir | Louis Bergeron | |
| 2008 | Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire | Jean-Marie Daudelin | Six episodes |
| Bob Gratton: Ma Vie/My Life | Moving supervisor | One episode | |
| 2009 | Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin | Réal Potvin | Two episodes |
| 2010 | 11 Règles | André | |
| 2011 | Mauvais karma | Lt.-Det. Amyot | Four episodes |
| 2013 | 30 vies | Stéphane Boudrias | Nine episodes |
| 2014 | Toute la vérité | Michel Dubois | One episode |
| 2015–16 | Camping de l'ours | Bert Bertrand | |
| 2016 | Les Beaux malaises | Colosse | One episode |
| Ça décolle! | Police officer | One episode | |
| 2017 | Faits divers | Rodrigue Rancourt | Three episodes |
| L'Imposteur | Right-hand man of Gandhi | Seven episodes | |
| Au secours de Béatrice | One episode | ||
| 2019 | Appelle-moi si tu meurs | Fabio Vietti | Eight episodes |
| 2020–present | Escouade 99 | Goudreau | |
| 2021 | Nous | François Vadeboncoeur | |
| 2023 | Virage: Double faute | Two episodes | |
| La Candidate | Jean-Robert Mailloux | Five episodes | |
| 2024 | Projet Innocence |
References
edit- ^ Jean-François Vandeuren, "Vous pourrez bientôt revoir la série Minuit, le soir sur cette plateforme". Showbizz, March 1, 2023.
- ^ Naman Ramachandran, "‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Canadian Version ‘Escouade 99’ Sets Season Two – Global Bulletin ". Variety, March 23, 2021.
- ^ Stéphanie Vallet, "Louis Champagne, le John Travolta de Hairspray". La Presse, April 17, 2013.
- ^ Odile Tremblay, "Entrevue avec Louis Champagne - Peines d'amitié à Saint-Tite". Le Devoir, March 31, 2007.
- ^ François Hamel, "15 ans d’amour pour Louis Champagne et sa conjointe". 7 Jours, October 12, 2020.