| Michel Barrette | |
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Michel Barrette on a film set at Sept-Îles |
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| Born | 26 April 1957 Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian, humorist |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Michel Barrette (born April 26, 1957 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up comedian. He played in various roles in Quebec movies and television shows since 1982.
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After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, Barrette started his movie acting career in 1982 and appeared on nearly a dozen movies including Les Boys in the first part of the series in 1997 (as Roger a defencemen for a garage league team), Aurore, Maurice Richard, a tribute movie on the 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 television and arguably his entire acting career was in KM/H a TVA TV series in which he played the main character of the series for nearly eight years. His second main role was in 2006 when he played a detective in the series Un homme mort in 2006.
In addition to his movie and television acting career, Barrette was 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 1989, 100% Barrette in 1997, Quelques exces in 2000, 20 ans deja, je me souviens in 2004 and Michel Barrette, 100% neuf in 2006. He was also part of a major show in aid for victims of the 1996 Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean floods. He was a regular guest on Normand Brathwaite's defunct-satirical television show Piment Fort during the 1990s.
He also previously hosted along with Jean-Marc Parent Casse-Tête, a Télé-Metropole show for the 1987 and 1988 seasons while he also hosted TVA show Planete en folie in 1998.
He also hosted several radio shows including morning shows on Montreal radio stations CKOI, CKMF and more recently CHMP-FM.
In 2005, he traded two snow-mobiles to Kyle MacDonald of the book One Red Paperclip for a "party in a keg" invention. The trade was a part of multiple consecutive bartering deals that allowed MacDonald to trade in a red paperclip for a house.