Dan Bigras is a francophone

Francophone

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 singer and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 from Canada

Canada

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. He was discovered by Gerry Boulet

Gerry Boulet

Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald Boulet was a Canadian rock singer. Most famous as vocalist for the Quebec rock band Offenbach, he also released two solo albums...

 in 1983, and his first album Ange Animal was released in 1990.

He is the spokesman of Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal (meaning Refuge of Montreal's young people), an agency to help homeless and at-risk youth. The organisation produces le show du Refuge each year.

He has appeared as a film actor since 1997's J'en suis. Bigras was seen nationally in a pair of CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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 miniseries dramas about Canadian biker gangs called The Last Chapter (2000), and The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (2002), as Roots Racine, the impetuous leader of the Montreal chapter of the Triple Sixers, a fictional group loosely based on the Hells Angels

Hells Angels

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. These series were produced in English and French. He was nominated for a Genie Award

Genie Award

Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...

 for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song, "L'Astronaute", for the movie La Rage de l'ange

La Rage de l'ange

La Rage de l'ange is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Dan Bigras. The film earned two Genie Award nominations in the categories of Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and Best Achievement in Music - Original Song for the song L'Astronaute....

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Discography

• Ange Animal (1990)
• Tue-moi (1992)
• Les Immortels (1993)
• Le Fou du diable (1995)
• Le Chien (1998)
• 2000 et un enfants (1999)
• Bigras 1992/2002 Tout (2003)
• Fou (2005)
• Fan (2009)

Filmography

• J'en suis (1997)
• Rivière-des-Jérémie (2001) - TV series
• Le ring intérieur (2002)
• Tag - Épilogue (2002) - TV series
• The Last Chapter (2002) - TV miniseries
• The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (2003) - TV miniseries
• Les guerriers (TV-2004)
• Idole instantanée (2005)
• La Rage de l'ange (2006)
• 3 saisons (2009)
• 30 vies (2010)

External links

Dan Bigras official site Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal information Quebec Info Musique: Dan Bigras Esprits Nomades: Dan Bigras