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Patrick Huard

Producer · Actor · Director · Writer

1969-01-02 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Male

27 series in the catalog

Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969) is a Canadian actor, writer and comedian from Quebec.

Career

Huard broke into the Quebec show business scene in 1989 as a comedian, actor and television personality, with success as a stand-up comedian in the early 1990s. He had his first film role in the 1997 film Heads or Tails (J’en suis!), attaining greater success the following year with a recurring role as a hockey player in the Les Boys franchise.

With François Flamand, he launched the theatre troupe Le Nouveau Theatre Insolite, which debuted with a French-language adaptation of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio in 1997, with Huard in the lead role.

He cemented his credentials as the co-star and co-writer of Bon Cop, Bad Cop, now the most successful domestic film at the box office in the history of Canadian cinema.

In 2007 he made his debut as a director with The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 P’tits cochons), which was a hit in Quebec and won the Golden Reel Award for the top-grossing Canadian film of the year. He followed up in 2010 with File 13 (Filière 13), and has also directed short films and episodes of the television series Taxi 0-22 and Escouade 99.

In 2020 he launched a talk show, La Tour, on TVA. He hosted the show for two seasons until leaving in 2022.

In 2023 he hosted LOL: Qui rira le dernier?, the Quebec adaptation of the international Documental franchise.

In 2024, he was named the recipient of the Earle Grey Award, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's lifetime achievement award for acting, at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards.

Personal life

He was married to singer Lynda Lemay in the 1990s, having one daughter with her before their divorce.

He remarried in 2011 to singer Anik Jean. Their son, Nathan Jean-Huard, had an acting role in his mother's directorial debut film My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère) in 2023.

Feature films

1997: Heads or Tails (J’en suis!)

1997: Les Boys – T-Guy

1998: Les Boys II

2000: Life After Love (La vie après l’amour)

2000: Stardom – Montreal Talk-Show Host

2001: Les Boys III

2003: How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)

2003: Red Nose (Nez rouge)

2003: Evil Words (Sur le seuil)

2004: Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)

2005: Maman Last Call

2006: Bon Cop, Bad Cop – David Bouchard

2007: The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)

2009: Cadavres

2010: Funkytown – Bastien Lavallée

2011: Starbuck – David Wozniak

2012: Le Projet Omerta – Steve Bélanger

2014: Mommy - Paul Béliveau

2015: Ego Trip - Marc Morin

2015: My Internship in Canada - Steve Guibord

2017: Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 - David Bouchard

2020: My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi) - Bill

2023: My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère) - Paul

Television

1993-1994: Là tu parles

1998: Réseaux

2006: Au nom de la loi

2006: Cover Girl

2006: Le Cœur a ses raisons

2006: Music Hall

2007: Taxi 0-22

2023: LOL: Qui rira le dernier?

2026: Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Filmography

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