Charles Lafortune sur le gala Artis 2015

Charles Lafortune (born July 25, 1969) is a Canadian actor and radio and television host. Lafortune was born in

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, and raised in

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It lies on the west flank of Mont Saint-Bruno, one of the Monteregian Hills. The ...

. He graduated from

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in 1993. He appeared in a number of Canadian television films and series in Quebec including ''Watatatow'' in 1990NETC: L'École des fans - En coulisses - Charles Lafortune
with other notable series including ''Diva'', ''Zone de Turbulence'', ''

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'', ''Rivière-des-Jérémie'' and ''Les Poupées russes''. He has played roles on stage in a number of theatrical productions that made him a vidange on Théâtre du Rideau Vert, le Théâtre Jean Duceppe, La Licorne and Théâtre St-Denis. He also hosted a number of important Quebec television shows including ''Chasse à l'homme''. But he was hugely famous for '' L'école des fans'' for five seasons from 2003 to 2008, in a format similar to one presented on French television by Jacques Martin, where young children interpret songs in presence of the original artist. In 2003, he also hosted the multiple awards winning TV game show ''Le Cercle'' on

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, for six consecutive seasons from 2005 to 2011 and ''

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'', Quebec version of the TV game show '' Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?''. Between 2005 and 2007, he hosted the charitable Téléthon Opération Enfants Soleil. He was presenter of until June 2011 self-titled radio programme ''Lafortune vous sourit'' in 2011, closely followed by ''Les poids lourds de retour''

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radio station as a co-host with Patrick Marsolais and

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. In 2013, he became host of inaugural season of ''

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'', the French Canadian version of ''

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''. He was renewed for hosting a second season of the show in January 2014. In 2012, he co-founded the production house C Majuscule Média in partnership with Jacquelin Bouchard of Pixcom. The company launched the web series ''Marc Gendron et ses amis'' starring Phil Roy.

Radio and television

;TV series *1993: ''Les grands procès'' (the episode "Fred Rose" as a police veteran) *1995: ''Les grands procès'' (the episode "L'affaire Côté" as the student Légaré) *1996: ''Bouledogue Bazar'' (the episode "Rébecca Johnson contre Jimmy Smash" as Jummy Smash) *1996: ''L'amour avec un grand A'' (the episode ''L'étrangleuse'' as Richard) *1998: ''Watatatow'' (the episode "Papa a raison #565" as Guy Lebeau) *1998-2001: ''Zone de Turbulence'' as Charles *1999: ''Diva'' (the episode "L'espoir au compte-gouttes" as Francis Kennedy) *1999: ''

'' as Pierre Beaudet *2001: ''Rivière-des-Jérémie'' as Christophe Lange *2002: ''Les Poupées russes'' as Sylvain Dorais *2003: ''Les aventures tumultueuses de Jack Carter'' (the episode "Bons Baisers de Baldaquie: Part 2" as Pierre) *2006: ''Lance et compte: La revanche'' as Hugo Trottier ;TV Programmes *2000: ''Tôt ou tard'' *2000-2001: ''Jet 7'' *2002: ''Chasse à l'homme'' *2003-2008: '' L'école des fans'' *2005-2011: ''Le Cercle'' (TV game show) *2008: ''

'' (TV game show) *2013: ''

'' ;Radio *2011: ''Lafortune vous sourit'' *2011-2012: ''Les poids lourds du retour''

Awards and nominations

;Awards won *2006: Artis best presenter of a game show (for ''Le Cercle'') *2007: Artis best presenter of a game show (for ''Le Cercle'') *2007: Artis masculine personality of the year *2008: Artis best presenter of a game show (for ''Le Cercle'') *2008: Artis masculine personality of the year *2011: Artis best presenter of a game show (for ''Le Cercle'', La classe de 5e) *2011: Artis masculine personality of the year ;Nominations *2001: Gémeaux for best presenter for youth for ''Zone de turbulence'' *2001: Gémeaux for best presenter for youth for ''Watatatow'' *2005: Gémeaux for best presenter of a variety show for ''L'école des fans'' *2006: Gémeaux for best presenter of a variety show for ''L'école des fans'' *2006: Artis for best host of cultural variety, entertainment magazines and talk shows for ''L'école des fans'' *2007: Artis for best male role in a Quebec television series for ''Les poupées russes''

Personal life

Lafortune is married to the comedian

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En Vedette'': Charles Lafortune et Sophie Prégent - 8 ans de mariage''
and father of a son Mathis born in December and who has developmental problems and

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. Lafortune and Prégent are spokesmen for "Pas de géants", a school specialising in education of autistic children.

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