Patrick Huard (born January 2, 1969) is a Canadian actor, writer and comedian from Quebec.
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Career
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. He had his first film role in the 1997 film Heads or Tails (J’en suis!), attaining greater success the following year with a recurring role as a hockey player in the Les Boys franchise.
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.
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.
In 2007 he made his debut as a director with The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 P’tits cochons), which was a hit in Quebec and won the Golden Reel Award for the top-grossing Canadian film of the year. He followed up in 2010 with File 13 (Filière 13), 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. He hosted the show for two seasons until leaving in 2022.
In 2023 he hosted LOL: Qui rira le dernier?, the Quebec adaptation of the international Documental franchise.
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.
Personal life
He was married to singer Lynda Lemay in the 1990s, having one daughter with her before their divorce.
He remarried in 2011 to singer Anik Jean. 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.
Filmography
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
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?
2026: Bon Cop, Bad Cop