A 2001 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Patrick Drolet won the Léopard d’or award for Best Actor at the Locarno Film Festival (2005) with his part of François in La neuvaine (B. Émond). The newspaper La Presse recognized his talent and the public’s appreciation of his performance with the prestigious “Personnalité de la semaine” mention. His other film credits include L’ange de goudron (D. Chouinard), 20 h 17, rue Darling (B. Émond), Le Génie du crime (L. Bélanger), more recently, Le Grand Départ (C. Meunier). Soon he will be André Mathieu (L. Dionne) in the film relating the life of this prodigious pianist. His television work includes parts in the following series: La galère, Sous les vents de Neptune, Les Bougon, c’est aussi ça la vie, Fortier III, Rumeurs and, from 2001 to 2003, the daily series Ayoye!, which got him a Gémeaux Award nomination for Best actor in a youth series. Since 2005, he’s Richard in Les invincibles. On stage, he performed in Salon international du théâtre and Bureaux (A. Martin), Phèdre et autres labyrinthes (A. Ronfard) and Ze Bouddha’s show (P. Contamine). He founded a theatre company, Les Trois Tristes Tigres, with Olivier Kemeid; for the company, he wrote and staged Rabelais, Tout ce qui est debout se couchera and Cabaret C.L.I.M.


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