Patrick Huard

Huard broke into the Quebec show business scene in 1989 as a comedian, actor and television personality, with success as a stand-up comedian in the early 1990s.^[2] He had his first film role in the 1997 film Heads or Tails (J’en suis!),^[3] attaining greater success the following year with a recurring role as a hockey player in the Les Boys franchise.^[4]

With François Flamand, he launched the theatre troupe Le Nouveau Theatre Insolite, which debuted with a French-language adaptation of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio in 1997, with Huard in the lead role.^[5]

He cemented his credentials as the co-star and co-writer of Bon Cop, Bad Cop, now the most successful domestic film at the box office in the history of Canadian cinema.^[6]

In 2007 he made his debut as a director with The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 P’tits cochons),^[7] which was a hit in Quebec and won the Golden Reel Award for the top-grossing Canadian film of the year.^[8] He followed up in 2010 with File 13 (Filière 13),^[9] and has also directed short films and episodes of the television series Taxi 0-22 and Escouade 99.

In 2020 he launched a talk show, La Tour, on TVA.^[10] He hosted the show for two seasons until leaving in 2022.^[11]

In 2023 he hosted LOL: Qui rira le dernier?, the Quebec adaptation of the international Documental franchise.^[12]

In 2024, he was named the recipient of the Earle Grey Award, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's lifetime achievement award for acting, at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards.^[13]

He was married to singer Lynda Lemay in the 1990s, having one daughter with her before their divorce.^[14]

He remarried in 2011 to singer Anik Jean.^[15] Their son, Nathan Jean-Huard, had an acting role in his mother's directorial debut film My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère) in 2023.^[16]

Feature films

• 1997: Heads or Tails (J’en suis!)
• 1997: Les Boys – T-Guy
• 1998: Les Boys II
• 2000: Life After Love (La vie après l’amour)
• 2000: Stardom – Montreal Talk-Show Host
• 2001: Les Boys III
• 2003: How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)
• 2003: Red Nose (Nez rouge)
• 2003: Evil Words (Sur le seuil)
• 2004: Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)
• 2005: Maman Last Call
• 2006: Bon Cop, Bad Cop – David Bouchard
• 2007: The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)
• 2009: Cadavres
• 2010: Funkytown – Bastien Lavallée
• 2011: Starbuck – David Wozniak
• 2012: Le Projet Omerta – Steve Bélanger
• 2014: Mommy - Paul Béliveau
• 2015: Ego Trip - Marc Morin
• 2015: My Internship in Canada - Steve Guibord
• 2017: Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 - David Bouchard
• 2020: My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi) - Bill
• 2023: My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère) - Paul

Television

• 1993-1994: Là tu parles
• 1998: Réseaux
• 2006: Au nom de la loi
• 2006: Cover Girl
• 2006: Le Cœur a ses raisons
• 2006: Music Hall
• 2007: Taxi 0-22
• 2023: LOL: Qui rira le dernier?