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{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Michel Barrette 2023.png
| caption = Michel Barrette during an interview
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|04|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chicoutimi]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| occupation = Actor, comedian, humorist
| yearsactive = 1982–present
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'''Michel Barrette''' (born April 26, 1957) is a Canadian television and movie [[actor]], television and radio [[Television presenter|host]] and [[stand-up comedian]]. He has played various roles in Quebec movies and television shows since 1982.
==Profile==
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 (2005 film)|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 (Canadian TV network)|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|date=February 2024}}
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 {{lang|fr|En spectacle avec Michel Barrette}} in 1989, ''100% Barrette'' in 1997, {{lang|fr|Quelques exces}} in 2000, {{lang|fr|20 ans deja, je me souviens}} in 2004 and ''Michel Barrette, 100% neuf'' in 2006.  He was also part of a major show to aid victims of the 1996 [[Saguenay Flood]]. He was a regular guest on [[Normand Brathwaite]]'s defunct-satirical television show ''[[Piment Fort]]'' during the 1990s. His first famous role was his stand-up character named Roland "Hi-Ha" Tremblay, which became a hit around 1988, and was the basis for [[Serge Gaboury]]'s comic strip of the same name, and also started the career of comic/actor [[Vincent Bolduc]], who became famous by playing the same routine at age 9 or 10.
He previously hosted, with [[Jean-Marc Parent]], ''Casse-Tête'', a Télé-Metropole show for the 1987 and 1988 seasons while he also hosted the TVA show ''Planete en folie'' in 1998.
He hosted several radio shows, including morning shows on [[Montreal]] radio stations [[CKOI-FM|CKOI]], [[CKMF-FM|CKMF]] and more recently [[CHMP-FM]].
In 2005, he traded one snowmobile to Kyle MacDonald of the book ''[[One Red Paperclip]]'' for a "party in a keg" invention (a beer keg and a neon sign). The trade was a part of multiple consecutive bartering deals that allowed MacDonald to trade in a red paperclip for a house.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5167388.stm Snowmobile trade with Kyle MacDonald]</ref>
In 2022, Barrette played in [[Martin Villeneuve]]'s ''[[The 12 Tasks of Imelda]] (Les 12 travaux d'Imelda)'', co-starring playwright [[Robert Lepage]] and actress-singer [[Ginette Reno]], in which he plays Martin and [[Denis Villeneuve]]'s uncle André.<ref>Jean Siag, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2022-10-28/les-12-travaux-d-imelda/etonnante-comedie.php "Les 12 travaux d’Imelda : Étonnante comédie"] ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', October 28, 2022.</ref>
==Filmography==
===Cinema===
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* ''The Emperor of Peru'' - 1982
* ''[[Angel Square]]'' - 1990
* ''[[Montreal Stories]] (Montréal vu par...)'' - 1991
* ''Coyote'' - 1992
* ''The Postmistress'' - 1992
* ''[[Les Boys]]'' - 1997
* ''[[Alice's Odyssey]] (L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay)'' - 2002
* ''[[Father and Sons]] (Père et fils)'' - 2003
* ''[[Bittersweet Memories (film)|Bittersweet Memories]] (Ma vie en cinémascope)'' - 2004
* ''[[How to Conquer America in One Night]] (Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit)'' - 2004
* ''[[The Rocket (2005 film)|The Rocket]] (Maurice Richard)'' - 2005
* ''[[Je me souviens (2009 film)|Je me souviens]]'' - 2009
* ''[[The Hair of the Beast]] (Le poil de la bête)'' - 2010
* ''[[Crying Out (film)|Crying Out]] (À l'origine d'un cri)'' - 2010
* ''[[The Happiness of Others]] (Le Bonheur des autres)'' - 2011
* ''[[The 12 Tasks of Imelda]] (Les 12 travaux d'Imelda)'' - 2022
* ''[[Two Days Before Christmas]] (23 décembre)'' - 2022
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===Television===
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* ''[[Bye Bye (TV series)|Bye Bye]]'' (1990, 1996)
* ''[[La Petite Vie]]'' (1995)
* ''Scoop'' (1992–1995)
* ''10-07: L'affaire Zeus'' (1995)
* ''10-07: L'affaire Kalka'' (1996)
* ''Paparazzi'' (1997)
* ''[[km/h (TV series)|KM/H]]'' (1998–2006)
* ''Un homme mort'' (2006)
* ''Le Gentleman'' (2009)
* ''Rock et Rolland'' (2010)
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== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0057326}}
* [http://the1secondfilm.com/producer/5779 Michel Barrette Producer profile on The 1 Second Film website]
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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian male film actors]]
[[Category:Canadian stand-up comedians]]
[[Category:Canadian male television actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Saguenay, Quebec]]
[[Category:Comedians from Quebec]]