Marc Labrèche


Marc Labrèche is a Canadian actor, comedian and host.
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Background

The son of Quebec comedian Gaetan Labrèche, Marc Labrèche had an interest in stage acting from his childhood. His career began in live theatre, but Labrèche's television career started in 1980 when he performed in several television shows and soap-operas including his first TV role in Claude Jasmin's Boogie-woogie 47. His first appearance in a movie was in 1987 when he appeared in If Only.
In total, Labrèche has appeared in more than 30 movies and TV series, including Matusalem, Ding et Dong, La Petite Vie, Machine Gun Molly , Alice's Odyssey and Les Bougon. Labrèche had a leading role in [Days of Darkness (2007 Canadians|Canadian film)|Days of Darkness] directed by Denys Arcand. Labrèche has also performed in the French versions of Toy Story and Toy Story II as Slinky, and on The Simpsons as Krusty the Clown since 1994. Labrèche also hosted the TQS humor show, La Fin du monde est à 7 heures from 1997 to 2000, and wrote and hosted the talk show Le Grand Blond avec un show sournois that aired from 2000 until 2003 on TVA. Since 2006, he has hosted Le Fric Show, a late-night consumer show on SRC.
In 2005 Labrèche's wife Fabienne Dor, daughter of the singer George Dor and mother of his two children, died of cancer. Labrèche was deeply shaken by her death, having taken a brief hiatus from his career to care for her, and has worked with the Canadian Cancer Society several times to help raise awareness of the disease.
In February 2015, Labrèche revealed that he was in a relationship with Jennifer Tremblay, a costume designer for the shows 30 vies and Ruptures.
In autumn 2016 Labrèche returned to television after a three-year hiatus with the show Info, sexe et mensonges, and will also be appearing in the Bye Bye for 2016. In the same year, he directed a segment of the collective film 9 .

Awards

Labrèche has received several Gemini Awards nominations and awards including for best supporting male interpreter/actor in La Petite Vie in 1993, best host for humour and variety shows in 2000 and 2001, and best male comedy lead in 2006. He also won a Metro Star award in 2002 for best male personality.

Filmography

Movies

If Only - 1997In the Belly of the Dragon - 1989Ding et Dong - 1990Four Stiffs and a Trombone - 1991Matusalem - 1993Streetheart - 1996Matusalem II - 1997The Revenge of the Woman in Black - 1997Slippery Ice - 1999The Little Story of a Man Without a Story - 1999Alice's Odyssey - 2002Machine Gun Molly - 2004The United States of Albert - 2006Days of Darkness - 2007The Child Prodigy - 2010Whitewash - 2013The Voice - 20159 - 2016The Other Side of November - 2016Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa - 2021

Voice roles (TV and movies)

Histoire de Jouets - Slinky La Petite Sirene - Hippocampe Les Simpson - Krusty the Clown Détestable Moi - Gru Toupie et Binou - Toopy Le Grincheux - Grinch

Television series

Boogie-woogie 47 Chop Suey Qui a tiré sur nos histoires d'amour? Le grand remous La Petite Vie Les Intrépides Les Bougon Le coeur a ses raisons
  • ''Les Bobos''

Host

La fin du monde est à 7 heures Le Grand Blond avec un show sournois Le Fric Show 3600 secondes d'extase
  • ''1800 secondes d'extase''