Jean LeClerc (; born July 7, 1945) is a Canadian actor best known for his work in the United States as Jeremy Hunter on the American daytime soap operas All My Children and Loving in the 1980s and 1990s.
Career LeClerc first started his career in Quebec on the television series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut. Roles in Québécois movies followed, culminating in his first English-speaking role in the 1976 Canadian film, Strange Shadows in an Empty Room. That same year, he acted in a television miniseries about the life of Sarah Bernhardt, playing the role of Bernhardt's husband Jacques Damala, and the following year he played a film director in the horror anthology film The Uncanny. LeClerc moved to the United States in 1982, playing the part of a French doctor on the soap opera The Doctors. He played similar roles on The Edge of Night and As the World Turns before being offered the role of American Jeremy Hunter in 1985.
In 1991, LeClerc and his All My Children costar Genie Francis made an extended appearance on another ABC soap opera Loving for the November sweeps period in an effort to boost the show's ratings. LeClerc left All My Children in 1992 to join Loving full-time until his character was killed off in 1995. In 2001, LeClerc briefly reappeared on All My Children, with his character Jeremy appearing as a ghost.
LeClerc most recently appeared in a Patty Duke Show television reunion special and in the 2005 film Idole instantanée. He also appeared on Broadway as the title character in a production of Dracula.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1972Hold on to Daddy's Ears (Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa)1976Strange Shadows in an Empty RoomFred1977The UncannyBarrington1983The WarsCaptain Taffler1990WhispersBruno1996L'Homme idéalGilbert2005Idole instantanéeVictor Victor
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1968Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en hautRaphaël LacourEpisode: "L'autre péché"1970Les enquêteurs associésLawrence FilsEpisode: "Hold-up à Montréal"1975La Petite PatrieGaétan LamêcheEpisode: "La partie de cartes annuelle du collège"1976Qui perd gagneChristian LajoieTelevision film1976Faits diverAmi boîte de nuitEpisode: "Western limitée"1980A Time for MiraclesFather BruteTelevision film1981The Great DetectiveDr. LarocqueEpisode: "If Looks Could Kill"1982The Greatest American HeroAzzizEpisode: "Train of Thought"1982The DoctorsDr. Jean-Marc Gautier3 episodes1983T. J. HookerJake HendricksEpisode: "Payday Pirates"1983As the World TurnsAntoineEpisode dated 28 October 19831983The Edge of NightGui Tavernier10 episodes1984The Jerk, TooCount MarcoTelevision film1985–1992All My ChildrenJeremy Hunter237 episodes1987Shades of Love: The Garnet PrincessPrince Alexander / Jonathan TannerTelevision film1989Piège infernalFrançois GermainMiniseries1991The Days and Nights of Molly DoddHenriEpisode: "Here's One Way to Fill Every Waking Moment"1991–1995LovingJeremy Hunter / Gilbert Nostrand461 episodes1993Blown AwayCyTelevision film1999Time at the TopCyrus Sweeney1999The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn HeightsHank Elway2000Law & OrderDr. Martin AlvarezEpisode: "Trade This"2000Are You Afraid of the Dark?Mr. DoyleEpisode: "The Tale of the Reanimator"2000Canada: A People's HistoryMiles MacdonellTelevision film2001All SoulsDr. Dante Ambrosius5 episodes2005Les BougonComédien 'Papa'Episode: "TV"2022Great PerformancesJacques DamalaEpisode: "Sarah"
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