Patrick Huard

Patrick Huard is an actor comedian filmmaker author emcee director and producer He has appeared in 15 feature films including La Vie après lAmour Nez Rouge Sur le Seuil Maman Last Call Monica la Mitraille Cadavres Bon Cop Bad Cop for which he cowrote the screenplay and which became one of biggest box office successes of all time in Canada Funkytown Starbuck Quebecs most popular film in 2011 distributed in more than 20 countries and Omertà from screenwriter and director Luc Dionne This film revisits the cult TV series 11 years after the end of its third season In March 2012 he made an eagerly anticipated return to the stage with his third oneman show entitled Le Bonheur nearly 12 years after his last solo effort Patrick is currently touring the province with this show Previously he presented two highly successful two comedy shows 18 ans et plus and Face à Face As well he appeared in several Juste pour rire galas and in Eric Bogosians play Talk Radio doing some 1200 shows and selling hundreds of thousands of tickets across Quebec On television Patrick has played all kinds of charactersguy guys bad guys and even a drag queenin such series as Music Hall Cover Girl Fortier Au Nom de la Loi and Taxi 022 where he spent four seasons as Rogatien his famous irascible taxi driver For this role he was honoured with the Artis trophy in 2008 and 2009 in the actor in a comedy program category The public also showed their affection for Patrick twice selecting him for the Male Personality of the Year trophy in 2009 and 2010 In 2012 after his return to the stage Patrick took part in TVAs hit show Star Académie After making his mark in the 2009 edition for his amazing ability to share his knowledge he was pleased to reprise his role as a performance teacher on the popular program Patrick Huard has also hosted several Juste pour rire galas the Gala de lADISQ the Soirée des Jutra a comedy series on RadioCanada as well as several daily radio shows Increasingly Patrick Huard can also be found behind the camera He produced and directed Taxi 022 four seasons on TVA in addition to videos commercials a documentary for Canal D his first feature film Les 3 Ptits Cochons The Three Little Pigs the biggest box office hit in Quebec in 2007 and Filière 13