Michel Courtemanche

Michel Courtemanche ( born December 11, 1964 in Laval, Quebec, Canada ) is a French-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor.

Life

Courtemanche began in 1989 with appearances in local Canadian cabarets, where he gained a small cult following, which grew and grew with time. In 1987 he appeared for the first time at the International Comedy Festival in Montreal, the Juste pour rire (also known as Just for Laughs known), on. Again, he was one of the most popular artists and entered into the following years to again and again.

Courtemanche uses during his performances to a large extent on facial and gestural comedy. Its success has with the very mobile face to do with big eyes and mouth. This affects the character which he represents, as a exaggerated caricature. Their language is usually an unintelligible gibberish that fits the typical dialect of the person it represents the sound of her. His best-known sketches are of U.S. golfers, the Russian weightlifter and the Asian kung fu acrobat, which hopes to break a board.

In Germany Courtemanche was known primarily Jürgen von der Lippe. When he reported for the WDR in the series Lippes Lachmix from the Just for Laughs festival, he and the audience 's attention to the French Canadians. Shortly afterwards, the first appearances in German TV shows, including the Lippes game show love or money. At RTL Saturday Night Courtemanche was recurring guest star and even got its own special with excerpts from his program.

After a nervous breakdown in front of audiences in 1997 and a then undiagnosed bipolar disorder Courtemanche ended his career as a comedian.

In the short-lived series The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne Phileas Fogg's valet Passepartout he embodied. For the sci-fi adventure Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, he was the first choice for the role of Jar Jar Binks, according to George Lucas.

Meanwhile, Michel Courtemanche is active and responsible for the production of French-Canadian sitcom Caméra café and behind the camera.

Filmography

  • 2000: The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
  • 2001: Karmina 2
  • 2005: Camera Café
  • 2007: nyffi in da house
German television comedy Olympic weightlifting
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