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."Exotica tops Genie nominations". Halifax Daily News, October 20, 1994.
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,"Scoop star Drainville flattered by first film lead; `I made people laugh and I enjoyed it'". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 1994. 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 +YearTitleRoleNotes1989Lessons on Life (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)Autostoppeur1990Ding et Dong (Ding et Dong, le film)Livreur Dong1991NelliganAlbert Ferland1991Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...)Desfossés1993La FloridaRheaume Lariviere1994Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes)Louis Jobin1996Angelo, Frédo et RoméoFrédo / Wonton1996L'Homme idéalGabor1998It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)Albert1999Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite)2001The ScoreJean-Claude2002Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay)Ludovic / Louis2023Katak: The Brave Beluga (Katak, le brave béluga)ScoopFrench version2025Compulsive Liar 2 (Menteuse)Paul
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1992ScoopRichard Fortin13 episodes1993Scoop II1994Scoop III1994Million Dollar BabiesClovis Dionne2 episodes1995Scoop IVRichard Fortin13 episodes1995, 1996La Petite VieUn astrophysicien / Gérard-Marie2 episodes2006–2008Caméra CaféGuy Bérard15 episodes2007Dieu merci!Employeur dans une quincaillerieEpisode #1.12008Les BoysJack the BatEpisode #1.142011Lol:-)Various12 episodes2014–2016Série noireBruno / Yvan9 episodes2019FragilePatrick Provencher / Bazou10 episodes
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