Michel Barrette

Canadian actor Michel Barrette (born April 26, 1957) is a Canadian 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. Life Barrette was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, he 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.[citation needed] 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 1