Marc Labrèche (born November 20, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a
Canadian actor, comedian and host.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 (Monica la mitraille), L'Odysée d'Alice
Tremblay and Les Bougon. Labrèche had a leading role in Days of
Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) 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.
Canadian actor, comedian and host.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 (Monica la mitraille), L'Odysée d'Alice
Tremblay and Les Bougon. Labrèche had a leading role in Days of
Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) 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.
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