Martin Drainville

Martin Drainville

Born: August 21, 1964
in Repentigny, Québec, Canada
Martin Drainville (born August 21, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor and comedian from Quebec. He is best known for his role in the film Louis 19, le roi des ondes, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994.

Movies for Martin Drainville...

Title: In Memoriam
Released: March 28, 2024
Type: TV
Following the death of their father, a businessman's heirs must go through a series of troubling tests that bring back the wounds of their childhood, in order to get their hands on $84 million. But their memories of an abusive childhood put their family bond in jeopardy.
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Title: Martin Matte en direct
Character: Le détective (Le dernier lien)
Released: September 28, 2023
Type: TV
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Title: L'air d'aller
Character: Robert Fleury
Released: March 23, 2023
Type: TV
The touching story of four friends in their 20s who need some air, literally. They have all been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. With their urgency to live, they make every day memorable, for better and for worse!
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Katak: The Brave Beluga
Title: Katak: The Brave Beluga
Character: Scoop / Phoque 2 (voice)
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
While his peers have all turned white, Katak is still small and grey. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma, Katak departs on a perilous journey to the Great North.
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Les Hardings
Title: Les Hardings
Released: February 19, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Entre deux draps
Character: Jean-Pierre
Released: January 13, 2021
Type: TV
A sketch comedy presenting the daily life of four couples and two roommates of different ages and backgrounds. In a realistic tone, it explores in a raw and disarming way all facets of the couple, unfiltered in the privacy of the bedroom, one of the only places where one can truly be oneself.
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Title: Doomsday Brothers
Character: Maurice (voice)
Released: September 19, 2020
Type: TV
The post-apocalyptic misadventures of Rafe and Gabe Burns, two brothers who are hired to become protectors of their rural hometown. Unbeknownst to them, their long-lost mother Judith is locked in a secret military super bunker. As Judith tries to outwit the super bunker’s sentient computer system and get back to her sons, Rafe and Gabe discover the wonders, horrors, and temptations of the wasteland.
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Title: Fragile
Character: Patrick 'Bazou' Provencher
Released: November 21, 2019
Type: TV
Fragile tells the story of two diametrically opposite families: the wealthy, influential Bachands, and the salt-of-the-earth Coutures. It’s also the story of an unlikely friendship, that of Dominic Couture (Pier-Luc Funk) and Félix Bachand (Marc-André Grondin). The pair’s mysterious death sends shock waves through their families and community, exposing jealously guarded secrets, dangerous liaisons, and hidden agendas.
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Three Pages
Title: Three Pages
Character: Martin
Released: March 14, 2018
Type: Movie
An unassuming middle-aged accountant learns he has only weeks to live. Rather than tell everyone, Martin determines to learn the three pages of a Bach adagio for piano he'd abandoned as a child. That accomplished, he performs the piece for his wife and friends, completing his life and thanking those who brightened it along the way.
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Title: Ménage à trois
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2014
Type: TV
Annie-Soleil Proteau and Patrick Langlois spend an hour with a beloved and well-known figure to find out as much about them as possible and discover new aspects of their personality, in an entertaining mix of interviews and wackiness!
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Title: Série Noire
Released: January 13, 2014
Type: TV
Two writers whose critically savaged crime show is a surprise hit decide that they need real criminal experiences to spice up their second season.
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Title: On passe à l'Histoire
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: In Lieu of Flowers
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: TV
A variety show with a twist: a celebrity guest get to attend their own memorial service – an entertaining send-off filled with eulogies and some gentle ribbing.
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Title: Le Tricheur
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
This daily quiz show puts strategy front and centre, as five celebrities answer general-knowledge questions to win money for their favourite charity. But here’s the catch: one of the five participants is cheating, because they’re secretly being fed the answers. The cheater’s mission is to play it smart so they can fool the other players and win the game without getting caught.
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Title: Bar ouvert
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: Lol:-)
Released: February 27, 2011
Type: TV
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Les Parlementeries 2010
Title: Les Parlementeries 2010
Character: Martin Drainville
Released: December 6, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: Les enfants de la télé
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Les Appendices
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2009
Type: TV
A frenzied series of wacky sketches, surprising and unexpected.
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Title: Le match des étoiles
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2005
Type: TV
A dance-off where stars learn, prepare and present dance routines that they must show to a select panel of judges.
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Alice's Odyssey
Title: Alice's Odyssey
Character: Ludovic / Louis
Released: June 28, 2002
Type: Movie
After reading a bedtime story to her daughter, Alice Tremblay leaves her daughter's room and enters her own fairytale.
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Title: Sucré salé
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2002
Type: TV
Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight.
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The Score
Title: The Score
Character: Jean-Claude
Released: July 13, 2001
Type: Movie
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
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Laura Cadieux II
Title: Laura Cadieux II
Character: Albert
Released: December 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Laura Cadieux and her friends are taking a cruise on the St. Lawrence River to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday.
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It's Your Turn, Laura
Title: It's Your Turn, Laura
Character: Albert
Released: October 9, 1998
Type: Movie
Large women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections.
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L'homme idéal
Title: L'homme idéal
Character: Gabor
Released: May 29, 1996
Type: Movie
Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet. Far from being hostile, Stéphane, Fabrice and Paul console each other....
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Angelo, Fredo, and Romeo
Title: Angelo, Fredo, and Romeo
Character: Frédo
Released: May 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Fredo just inherited his uncle's company but it bores him. Then he meets Angelo, a French movie director that introduces to the magical world of feature films. Suddenly, Fredo sees himself in different films. Soon, Fredo discovers that Angelo has a hidden agenda...
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Title: Million Dollar Babies
Character: Clovis Dionne
Released: November 20, 1994
Type: TV
When Oliva and Elzire Dionne have quintuplets in rural 1930s Canada, news of their uncommon family spreads like wildfire and steps up local tourism, thanks in part to an opportunistic town doctor who uses the children to enhance his own celebrity.
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Title: Mais où se cache Carmen Sandiego ?
Character: Himself - Host
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: TV
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Louis 19, King of the Airwaves
Title: Louis 19, King of the Airwaves
Character: Louis Jobin
Released: April 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.
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La Florida
Title: La Florida
Character: Rheaume Lariviere
Released: March 4, 1993
Type: Movie
Tired of rough winters, a Quebec family buys a motel in south Florida. But life is not easy down where motels grow faster than grass. Two bigger businessmen are out to get them for invading their turf. However, that is not even the beginning of their troubles...
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Title: Scoop
Character: Richard 'Tintin' Fortin
Released: January 8, 1992
Type: TV
Follow both the professional and personal lives of reporters working for The Express, a daily Montréal Newspaper.
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Montreal Stories
Title: Montreal Stories
Character: Desfossés
Released: November 8, 1991
Type: Movie
Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a hockey game, Madeleine tries to tell Roger she wants a divorce after forty years of marriage. 4: A visitor to a conference on pictographs arrives at the airport, where the female customs officer steals a momento from each person. 5: As she is being driven to the hospital in an ambulance after an auto accident, Sarah recalls her life. 6: At a diplomatic reception, an older woman reminisces about her grand love in Montreal.
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Nelligan
Title: Nelligan
Character: Albert Ferland
Released: September 27, 1991
Type: Movie
This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major Canadian poets of the 19th century who struggled through a difficult childhood with the help of his loving mother, only to see his career cut short by tragic circumstances.
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Ding et Dong : Le film
Title: Ding et Dong : Le film
Character: Livreur Dong
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Two harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try alternatively the scene, a movie set and TV. They only succeed in making a fool of themselves
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Lessons on Life
Title: Lessons on Life
Character: Hitchhiker
Released: August 24, 1989
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a Quebec magazine writer - his fortieth birthday - from his dream before waking to his last act before sleeping. He looks back over his life, his thoughts, and his loves.
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Menteuse
Title: Menteuse
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Les ailes
Title: Les ailes
Character: Jacques
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie