Jean LeClerc (born July 7, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Québécois
actor. In the original French, his name is spelled Jean Leclerc. He is
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.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.
actor. In the original French, his name is spelled Jean Leclerc. He is
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.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.
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