Guy A. Lepage (; born Guy Antoine Lepage, August 30, 1960) is a

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comedian, actor, talk-show host, and producer.

Career

Lepage was one of the five founding members of the Quebec comedy group ''

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'' (which also included Yves Pelletier,

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and

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), and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995. Lepage became a popular

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and TV series director in Quebec in the early 2000s. He created and starred alongside Sylvie Léonard in the popular sitcom ''

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'' ("A guy, a girl"), and in the comedy films '' Happy Camper (Camping sauvage)'' and '' The Bossé Empire (L'Empire Bo$$é)''. He then followed up with the talk show '' Tout le monde en parle'' ("Everybody's Talking About It"), which is closely related to the popular show of the same name in France; most members of the show's panel were stand-up comics or talk-show hosts. In 2014,

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magazine ranked him sixth in the list of the 50 most important people in Canada.

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* 1960 births Canadian television directors Canadian television talk show hosts French Quebecers Living people Male actors from Montreal Comedians from Montreal Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Canadian sketch comedians {{Canada-comedian-stub