Marc Labreche Biography

Marc Labreche Despite the fact that he's not (yet) very publicly recognized in the U.S. or other parts of the world as a high-profile actor, Qu b cois actor, comedian, and animator Marc Labreche is quite well-known in French-Canadian circles.Labreche was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 20, 1960, the son of the late comedic actor Gaetean Labreche who died in 1990 and was allegedly responsible for some of Labreche's acting inspiration. Labreche also lost another close family member, but more recently: his wife Fabienne D Or, with whom he has two children, passed away in early June of 2005 from cancer. In the few years before his wife's death, Labreche took a much-needed break from show biz to care for her.Labreche's most recent international claim to fame was his starring role in Denys Arcand's 2007 film L ge des t n bres, which translated means Days of Darkness, an ironically lighthearted and comedic film that was granted the honor of being featured at the recent 2007 Cannes Film Festival held in France. L ge des t n bres was not involved in the competition but was featured as the closer film at the festival; the opener was My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Rachel Weisz. Labreche starred in L ge des t n bres as Jean-Marc Leblanc, a bored, underappreciated suburbanite with an active imagination and fantasy life in which he sees himself as some kind of hero and in which he's somewhat obsessed by an actress played by Diane Kruger.After studying philosophy at the University of Montreal when he was finished high school, Labreche left to pursue acting as a career, starting out in 1980, at the age of twenty, with a role as Clovis Jobin in the short-lived TV series Boogie-woogie 47, followed by roles on the TV series Chop Suey and the films If Only, Dans le ventre du dragon, and Ding et Dong le film.Into the 1990s, Labreche garnered more recognition, particular through his recurring role as R nald Par on the series La Petite Vie, from 1993 to 1995. His next big television role wouldn t come for another ten years, when he took the role of Brad Montgomery on the soap-opera parody Le Coeur a ses raisons (The Heart Has its Reasons), which parodies American soaps such as The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, from 2005 to 2006.In between, however, Labreche enjoyed a wide variety of roles in many French-Canadian films, including L Odyss e d Alice Tremblay in 2002, Les Bougon: c est aussi ca la vie in 2004, Monica la Mitraille in 2004, and Les tats-Unis d Albert in 2005. Those who watch the French-Canadian version of The Simpsons may know that Labreche is actually the voice of Krusty the Clown as well as doped-out school-bus driver Otto.In addition to acting roles on TV and on the big screen, Labreche was quite heavily involved with the stage, appearing in a number of theatrical plays and musicals throughout his career.Labreche has also made quite a name for himself as a talented animator, and has been honored with many awards for his work.