Christian Laurin

Christian Laurin (born June 1, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor from Toronto, Ontario, who performs in both English and French productions.

He received his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse school of theatre in New York City, where he was taught acting by the renowned Sanford Meisner. He has had numerous leading roles in a variety of American and Canadian productions including The Sopranos,^[1]^[2] Covert One: The Hades Factor,^[3] The Pacifier,^[4] Murdoch Mysteries and recurring leading roles in the TV series Météo+, Les Bleus de Ramville and Hard Rock Medical on TVOntario .

On stage he was seen in numerous theatre productions such as Melissa James Gibson's "This",^[5] Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage",^[6] Michel Tremblay's Fragments of Useless Lies, directed by Diana Leblanc,^[7]^[8] The Hollow at the Canadian Stage in the role of Drasiw,^[9] and in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid directed by Dean Gilmour.^[10] He also performs solo shows as Rutabagan, a bouffon-style clown.^[11]

He has also toured extensively across the United States and Europe with theatre companies such as Mump and Smoot in the production of Something Else with Zug, directed by Karen Hines,^[12] and also with Theatre Smith-Gilmour.

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