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Guy A. Lepage

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Guy A. Lepage
close-up of Guy A. Lepage wearing a black t-shirt, looking up and left of camera
Lepage in 2015
Born
Guy Antoine Lepage

(1960-08-30)30 August 1960(age 63)
Montreal,Canada
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
  • talk show host
  • producer
Notable workIn 2014,Maclean'smagazine ranked him sixth in the list of the 50 most important people in Canada.

Guy A. Lepage(French:[ləpaʒ];bornGuy Antoine Lepage,30 August 1960) is a Canadian comedian, actor, talk show host, and producer.

Career

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Lepage was one of the five founding members of the Quebec comedy groupRock et Belles Oreilles(which also includedYves Pelletier,Bruno LandryandAndré Ducharme), and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995.[1]

Lepage became a popularmedia moguland TV series director in Quebec in the early 2000s. He created and starred alongsideSylvie Léonardin the popular sitcomUn gars, une fille( "A guy, a girl" ),[2]and appeared in the comedy filmsHappy Camper(Camping sauvage),The Bait(L'Appât)andThe Bossé Empire(L'Empire Bo$$é).He then followed up with the talk showTout le monde en parle( "Everybody's Talking About It" ), which is closely related to thepopular show of the same namein France; most members of the show's panel were stand-up comics or talk-show hosts. In 2014,Maclean'smagazine ranked him sixth in the list of the 50 most important people in Canada.[3]

References

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  1. ^"Rock et Belles Oreilles".Discogs.
  2. ^"Guy A. Lepage".
  3. ^"The Maclean's Power List: The 50 most important people in Canada".
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