Michel Barrette (born April 26, 1957 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a
television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up
comedian. He has played various roles in Quebec movies and television
shows since 1982.After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, Barrette
started his movie acting career in 1982 and appeared in nearly a dozen
movies, including Les Boys in the first part of the series in 1997 (as
Roger, a defenceman for a garage league team), Aurore, and The Rocket
(Maurice Richard), a tribute to life of the former Montreal Canadiens
superstar Maurice "Rocket" Richard. He also appeared in several
popular television series, including La Petite Vie in 1995, Scoop and
Paparazzi. His most important role in television and arguably in his
entire acting career was in KM/H, a TVA TV series in which he played
the main character for nearly eight years. His second main role was as
a detective in the series Un homme mort in 2006.Barrette has also been
one of the most notable stand-up comedians in Quebec since 1983 and
performed several one-man comedy shows province-wide, including En
spectacle avec Michel Barrette in 1989, 100% Barrette in 1997,
Quelques exces in 2000, 20 ans deja, je me souviens in 2004 and Michel
Barrette, 100% neuf in 2006. He was also part of a major show to aid
victims of the 1996 Saguenay Flood. He was a regular guest on Normand
Brathwaite's defunct-satirical television show Piment Fort during the
1990s. His first famous role was his stand-up character named Roland
"Hi-Ha" Tremblay, which became a hit around 1988, and was the basis
for Serge Gaboury's comic strip of the same name, and also started the
career of comic/actor Vincent Bolduc, who became famous by playing the
same routine at age 9 or 10.He previously hosted, with Jean-Marc
Parent, Casse-Tête, a Télé-Metropole show for the 1987 and 1988
seasons while he also hosted the TVA show Planete en folie in 1998.
television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up
comedian. He has played various roles in Quebec movies and television
shows since 1982.After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, Barrette
started his movie acting career in 1982 and appeared in nearly a dozen
movies, including Les Boys in the first part of the series in 1997 (as
Roger, a defenceman for a garage league team), Aurore, and The Rocket
(Maurice Richard), a tribute to life of the former Montreal Canadiens
superstar Maurice "Rocket" Richard. He also appeared in several
popular television series, including La Petite Vie in 1995, Scoop and
Paparazzi. His most important role in television and arguably in his
entire acting career was in KM/H, a TVA TV series in which he played
the main character for nearly eight years. His second main role was as
a detective in the series Un homme mort in 2006.Barrette has also been
one of the most notable stand-up comedians in Quebec since 1983 and
performed several one-man comedy shows province-wide, including En
spectacle avec Michel Barrette in 1989, 100% Barrette in 1997,
Quelques exces in 2000, 20 ans deja, je me souviens in 2004 and Michel
Barrette, 100% neuf in 2006. He was also part of a major show to aid
victims of the 1996 Saguenay Flood. He was a regular guest on Normand
Brathwaite's defunct-satirical television show Piment Fort during the
1990s. His first famous role was his stand-up character named Roland
"Hi-Ha" Tremblay, which became a hit around 1988, and was the basis
for Serge Gaboury's comic strip of the same name, and also started the
career of comic/actor Vincent Bolduc, who became famous by playing the
same routine at age 9 or 10.He previously hosted, with Jean-Marc
Parent, Casse-Tête, a Télé-Metropole show for the 1987 and 1988
seasons while he also hosted the TVA show Planete en folie in 1998.
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