Daniel Brochu (born February 28, 1970) is a Canadian actor.

Early life

Brochu came from a single parent family, like his character

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Career

Brochu is best known for voicing

in the

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Postcards from Buster ''Postcards from Buster'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS. It is a spin-off of the ''Arthur'' TV series. The show stars Arthur's best friend, 8-year-old anthropomorphic rabbit Buster Baxter. ...

'', as well as Danny Pickett in later seasons of ''

What's with Andy? ''What's with Andy?'' (''Sacré Andy !'' in French) is an animated children's television series loosely based on the semi-autobiographical ''Just!'' book series by Australian author Andy Griffiths. The animated series was primarily produced by Can ...

''.

Personal life

On July 2, 2005, Brochu married Sara Bradeen. He has 2 children.

Filmography

Film

*'' The Legend of the North Wind'' (1992) - Watuna (voice, English dub) *''The Return of the North Wind'' (1993) - Watuna (voice) *''

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'' (1995) - Tiger Leader *''The Drive'' (1996) - Jim *''The Kid'' (1997) - Trey *'' Provocateur'' (1997) - Kurt Spears *''Sublet'' (1998) - The Janitor, The Source *''

The Bone Collector ''The Bone Collector'' is a 1999 American crime thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. It was produced by Martin Bregman. The film is based on the 1997 crime novel of the same name written b ...

'' (1999) - N.Y.U. Student *'' Arthur's Perfect Christmas'' (2000) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''

The Sign of Four ''The Sign of the Four'' (1890), also called ''The Sign of Four'', is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective. Pl ...

'' (2001) - Wiggins *''Pain Relief'' (2001) - *''

The Royal Scandal ''The Royal Scandal'' is a Sherlock Holmes film which is an amalgam of "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans".Dead Awake'' (2001) - Pit Bull Owner *''Arthur: It's only Rock 'N Roll'' (2002) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''Redeemer'' (2002) - Joey *''The Book of Eve'' (2002) - Denis Plante *''

The Favourite Game ''The Favourite Game'' is the first novel by Leonard Cohen. It was first published by Secker and Warburg in the fall of 1963. In 1959, Cohen was awarded a $2,000 Canada Council grant, which he used to live cheaply in London and on the Greek isla ...

'' (2003) - Krantz *''

See Jane Date ''See Jane Date'' is a 2003 romantic comedy television film directed by Robert Berlinger and starring Charisma Carpenter and Holly Marie Combs. It is based on Melissa Senate's book of the same name, and premiered on ABC Family on August 16, 200 ...

'' (2003) - Rick *'' See This Movie'' (2004) - Festival HQ Staffer *''

Arthur's Missing Pal This is a list of episodes for the television series ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur''. During the course of the series, ''Arthur'' has aired a total of 253 episodes and 7 specials. The series began airing on October 7, 1996, and ended on February ...

'' (2006) (credited as “Conway Bruce”) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''Tripping the Rift: The Movie'' (2008) - *''Out of Control'' (2009) - Danny *''

The True History of Puss 'N Boots ''The True History of Puss 'N Boots'' () is a 2009 French-Belgian-Swiss-American animated film directed by Jérôme Deschamps, Pascal Herold and Macha Makeïeff. It is based on Charles Perrault's story "Puss in Boots" about a cat who talks and ...

'' (2009) - Peter (voice, English dub) *'' Mr. Nobody'' (2009) - Peter *''Ring of Deceit'' (2009) - Head Usher *''Winx Club 3D: Magica avventura'' (2010) - Additional voices *''Do No Harm'' (2012) - Detective Gennaro *''

Edmond Was a Donkey ''Edmond Was a Donkey'' (french: Edmond était un âne) is a Canadian- French animated short film, directed by Franck Dion and released in 2012. The film tells the story of Edmond, an unhappy office worker who discovers his true nature after his ...

'' (2012) - Edmond's Second Colleague (voice) *''Exploding Sun'' (2013) - Ivan Zhukov *''The Fantastic Bus'' (2013) - Dan *''Beauty'' (2014) - *''Goldfish'' (2015) - Kyle *''

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'' (2017) - Pitt (voice, English dub) *''Arthur: D.W. and the Beastly Birthday'' (2017) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''Arthur and the Haunted Tree House'' (2017) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''Sleeper'' (2018) - Doctor *''

On the Basis of Sex ''On the Basis of Sex'' is a 2018 American biographical legal drama film based on the life and early cases of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was the second woman to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Directed by Mimi Lede ...

'' (2018) - Young Professor *''

Appiness ''Appiness'' is a Canadian comedy film written, directed and produced by Eli Batalion. The film stars Eli Batalion as Eric Newman, who, upon being laid off from his stuffy corporate job, starts to pursue tech entrepreneurial start-up dreams wit ...

'' (2018) - Chet *'' The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur'' (2020) - Buster Baxter (voice) *'' An Arthur Thanksgiving'' (2020) - Buster Baxter (voice) * ''Arthur's First Day'' (2021) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''

Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa ''Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa'' (french: Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) is a Canadian computer-animated adventure family film, directed by Nicola Lemay and released in 2021. The film centres on Felix, a 12-year-old boy who has been livin ...

(Félix et le trésor de Morgäa)'' (2021) - Felix (English version)

Television

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The Little Flying Bears ''The Little Flying Bears'' ( hr, Leteći medvjedići) is an animated television series produced by Zagreb Film and CinéGroupe. It was a Canadian production which originally aired in 1990. This cartoon helps children realize the importance of ...

'' (1990) - Additional voices *''Gulliver's Travals'' (1992) - Rafael (voice) *''

The Little Lulu Show ''The Little Lulu Show'' is an animated series based on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic book character ''Little Lulu''. The series first aired in 1995 after the cartoonist's death in 1993. The series was produced by the CINAR Corporation, in a ...

'' (1995-1999)- Additional Voices *''

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'' (1995) - Jason *''

The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo ''The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo'' is an animated television series based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel ''Notre Dame de Paris''. The show was produced by Ares Films, CinéGroupe, Télé-Images, and Astral Media. It aired in 1996. The series ...

'' (1996) - Quasimodo (voice) *''

'' (1996–2022) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''Les exploits d'Arsène Lupin'' (1996) - Max Leblanc *''

Are You Afraid of the Dark? ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' is a horror anthology television series. The original series aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1996; the pilot episode aired respectively on YTV and Nickelodeon in 1990 and 1991. It led to two revival series, w ...

'' (1996) - Joshua *'' The Hunger'' (1997–2000) - Kyle, Harry *''

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures ''The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures'' is an animated television series co-produced by CINAR Films and France Animation, produced in association with Ravensburger Film & TV, WIC Entertainment, Reader's Digest (Season 1), TVOntario ...

'' (1998) - Bongo (voice) *''Kit & Kaboodle'' (1998) - Additional Voices *''

Rotten Ralph ''Rotten Ralph'' is a series of children's picture books written by Jack Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel. About twenty ''Rotten Ralph'' books have been published from 1976 to 2011. ''Rotten Ralph'' is also the first book in the series, ...

'' (1999) - Cousin Percy (voice) *''

Mumble Bumble ''Mumble Bumble'' is a children's animated television serieshttp://tv.msn.com/tv/series/mumble-bumble/ , Mumble Bumble at the MSN TV Database. created by Christian Skjøtt and produced by Egmont Imagination and the CINAR Corporation (now WildBrain ...

'' (1999) - Roc (voice) *''

Mona the Vampire ''Mona the Vampire'' is an animated children's television series that is based on a children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, as well as a series of novels illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hiawyn Oram. ...

'' (1999-2002) - Additional Voices *''

Tommy & Oscar ''Tommy & Oscar'' ( it, Tommy e Oscar) is an Italian animated television series co-created by Max Alessandrini and Iginio Straffi, with graphic creation by Pietro Dichiara and Carlo Rambaldi. It was the first major project from Rainbow, which late ...

'' (1999) - Additional Voices *''

Mega Babies ''Mega Babies'' is an animated children's television series created by the Tremblay brothers, Christian and Yvon, who previously had made the Hanna-Barbera show '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''. It is produced by CinéGroupe and Landmark Enter ...

'' (1999-2000) - Additional Voices * ''

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat ''Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat'', or simply ''Sagwa'', is a children's animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids, co-produced by Canada-based animation studio CinéGroupe and ' ...

'' (2001-2002) - Cha-Siu Miao (voice) * ''

Caillou ''Caillou'' () is a Canadian educational children's television series which aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997; it later moved to Treehouse TV, with i ...

'' (2000-2003) - Caillette Singer (voice) * ''

Daft Planet Daft Planet is a Canadian cartoon, first airing on Teletoon. The first episode ran on September 2, 2002 and the show continued to run for almost two years even though only 13 episodes were produced. Its main claim to fame is that it was the first c ...

'' (2002) - Additional Voices *''

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings ''Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'' is a British children's animated series about the adventures of a young boy named Simon, who has a magic blackboard. Things that Simon draws on the chalkboard become real in the Land of Chalk Drawings, whic ...

'' (2002) - Additional Voices *''

Wunschpunsch ''Wunschpunsch'' (french: Wounchpounch, german: Der Wunschpunsch) is a children's animated fantasy television series, co-produced by Saban International Paris, CinéGroupe and TF1, with the participation of Ventura Film Distributors B.V. and A ...

'' (2001) - Additional Voices *''

X-DuckX ''X-DuckX'' (French: ''Canards extrêmes'') is a French animated television series, lasting for four seasons and 78 episodes, created by Jan Van Rijsselberge, directed by François Reczulski, and produced in 2001 by Alphanim, France 3 and Europo ...

'' (2001–2005) - *''

Spaced Out ''Spaced Out'' (known in French as ''Allô la Terre, ici les Martin'') is an animated series, co-produced by Alphanim Productions, Tooncan Productions and Cartoon Network Europe, in association with several other companies and television networ ...

'' (2002) - Benjamin (voice) *''Sacred Ground'' (2002) - Jimmy *''

Kid Paddle ''Kid Paddle'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic series created by Michel Ledent (Midam) in 1993. It was first published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' before branching out into its own volume Franco-Belgian com ...

'' (2003) - Big Bang (voice) *''

'' (2003–2007) - Danny Pickett (voice) *''

Naked Josh ''Naked Josh'' is a Canadian comedy television series, which aired on Showcase from 2004 to 2006. It was created and written by Alex Epstein and Laura Kosterski. The show starred David Julian Hirsh as Josh Gould, a university professor in Mont ...

'' (2004) - Pretentious Video Artist *''

Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow S.p.A., Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. It was created by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other myth ...

'' (2004–2009) - Sky (voice) *''

'' (2004–2012) - Buster Baxter (voice) *''

The Tofus ''The Tofus'' (french: Les Tofou) is an animated sitcom produced by SIP Animation and CinéGroupe. The animated series is a satirical parody of the environmentalist lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Mom, Pop, Chichi, Lola ...

'' (2004–2007) - Additional voices *''

Franny's Feet ''Franny's Feet'' is a children's animated television series created by Cathy Moss and Susin Nielsen. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment (now WildBrain) with the participation of Family Channel and in association with Channel Five ...

'' (2005–2010) - Additional Voices *''

Yakari ''Yakari'' is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, aimed at a younger audience, originally written by Job, and illustrated by Derib, both from Switzerland. The series is now written by Frenchman Joris Chamblain. ''Yakari'' is one of the best-kno ...

'' (2005–2014) - *''

Monster Allergy ''Monster Allergy'' is an Italian comic book series created by Alessandro Barbucci, Katja Centomo, Francesco Artibani and Barbara Canepa of Sky Doll. Barbucci and Canepa had previously co-created the ''W.I.T.C.H.'' comic series. ''Monster Allergy ...

'' (2006–2008) - *''

Tripping the Rift ''Tripping the Rift'' is an adult CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series was produced by CineGroupe in association with the Syfy n ...

'' (2007) - *''Les Enfants d'Okura'' (2007) - *''

SamSam ''SamSam'' is an animated television series based on a character created by Serge Bloch and directed by Tanguy de Kermel in association with Bayard Presse. His son inspired him to base the program's eponymous character on him. The series has g ...

'' (2007–2013) - SamDaddy (voice) *''

Fred's Head ''Fred's Head'' (''Blaise le blasé'', translated '' Blaise the jaded) is'' an animated series made by Spectra Animation (now Echo Media) and Galaxy 7, and featuring Fred, a sixteen-year-old and his not-so-normal life. It is co-produced by France ...

'' (2008) - *''

My Life Me ''My Life Me'' ( French: ''Trois et moi'') is a short-running animated television series created by JC Little, Cindy Filipenko and Svetlana Chmakova, co-directed by Mr. Niko. The teen slice-of-life comedy follows Birch Small, a manga and anime fa ...

'' (2010) - Additional voice *'' Blue Mountain State'' (2010) - Aaron Lavey *'' Supernatural: The Animation'' (2011) - Ryan, Michael McGregor (voices) *'' Being Human'' (2012) - Tommy *'' 19-2'' (2014) - Dispatcher, Operator, Clerk (voices) *''14 Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs'' (2014) - Ernst Jünger (voice) *''Hot Mom'' (2014) - Richard Birch *''

Mohawk Girls ''Mohawk Girls'' is a 2005 documentary film by Tracey Deer about the experiences of adolescent girls growing up on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, across the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal, Quebec. Deer, who was born and raised in Kahnawake, f ...

'' (2014) - White Party Guest *'' H₂O: Mermaid Adventures'' (2015) - Lewis (voice) *''Spookley and the Christmas Kittens'' (2019) - Mistletoe (voice) *''Tom Sawyer'' (2020) - Tom Sawyer

Video games

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Evolution Worlds ''Evolution Worlds'' (known as in Japan) is a role-playing video game developed by Sting Entertainment for the GameCube. It was first published in Japan in 2002 by Entertainment Software Publishing and later by Ubisoft in North America and Euro ...

'' (2002) - Yurka Shadenaught, Carcano's Followers #1 *'' TMNT'' (2007) - Additional voices *''Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington'' (2013) - Additional voices *''

Thief Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word ''theft'' is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some ...

'' - Watchman *'' Outlast: Whistleblower'' (2014) - Dennis, Scientists, Guards *''

Watch Dogs ''Watch Dogs'' (stylized as ''WATCH_DOGS'') is an action-adventure video game franchise published by Ubisoft, and developed primarily by its Montreal and Toronto studios using the Disrupt game engine. The series' eponymous first title was rele ...

'' (2014) - Additional voices *''Afterlife VR'' (2019) - Thom

References

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