Claude Meunier (born September 4, 1951) is a
Canadian
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actor,
dramaturge
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,
comedian
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and
film director
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.
Meunier was born September 4, 1951 in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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and studied law at the
Université de Montréal
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.
Career
Writer
He was the co-writer of two successful plays: ''Broue and Appelez-moi, Stéphane'' (1978), and ''Les Voisins'' (1979).
and was the creator of Canadian sitcom television series ''
La Petite Vie''.
Actor
He has starred in ''
La Petite Vie'' for 30 years, from 1993 to 2023. Other credits include ''
Bye Bye (TV series)
''Bye Bye'' is a Quebecois sketch comedy special, broadcast annually by Ici Radio-Canada Télé on New Year's Eve. The yearly program features sketches satirizing the past year's events, followed by a countdown to the next year itself. Originall ...
'' ''
Les Lundis des Ha! Ha!'', ''
Ding et Dong'', ''
Détect.inc.'', ''
La petite séduction''.
Filmography
Author
Television
* 1976 - ''
La Fricassée''
* 1976 - ''
Bye Bye 76''
* 1981 - ''
Bonne année Roger''
* 1982 - ''
Le Bye Bye''
* 1983 - ''
Les Lundis des Ha! Ha!''
* 1987 - ''
Les Voisins
LES or Les may refer to:
People
* Les (given name)
* Les (surname)
* L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer
Space flight
* Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews
* Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies
* Lincoln Experimen ...
''
* 1992 - ''
Le monde merveilleux de Ding et Dong''
* 1993 to 1998 - ''
La Petite Vie''
* 1999 - ''
La Petite Vie : Le Bogue de l'an 2000''
* 2002 - ''
La Petite Vie : Noël chez les Paré''
* 2005 - ''
Détect.inc.''
* 2009 - ''
La Petite Vie : Noël Story''
* 2012 - ''
Adam & Ève (TV series)''
Cinema
* 1981 - ''
Voyage de nuit''
* 1990 - ''
Ding et Dong, le film'' d'
Alain Chartrand
* 2008 - ''
Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand Départ)'' de Claude Meunier
Actor
Television
* 1981 - ''
Bonne année Roger'' : multiple roles
* 1982 - ''
Le Bye Bye'' : multiple roles
* 1983 - ''
Les Lundis des Ha! Ha!'' : Dong
* 1992 - ''
Le monde merveilleux de Ding et Dong'' : Dong
* 1993 to 1998 - ''
La Petite Vie'' : Aimé (or « Ti-Mé ») ''Popa'' Paré
* 1995 - ''
Bye Bye 95'' : multiple roles
* 1999 - ''
La Petite Vie : Le Bogue de l'an 2000'' : Aimé (ou « Ti-Mé ») ''Popa'' Paré
* 2002 - ''
La Petite Vie : Noël chez les Paré'' : Aimé (ou « Ti-Mé ») ''Popa'' Paré
* 2005 - ''
Détect.inc.'' : Bob Marlow
* 2009 - ''
La Petite Vie : Noël Story'' : Aimé (ou « Ti-Mé ») ''Popa'' Paré
* 2011 - ''
La petite séduction'' : invited artist (visit of
Sainte-Flore in
Shawinigan
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)
Cinema
* 1990 - ''
Ding et Dong, le film'' d'
Alain Chartrand : Dong
* 2008 - ''
Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand Départ)'' de Claude Meunier : le voisin senteux
Film director
Cinéma
* 2008 - ''
Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand Départ)''
Theatre (author)
* 1974 - Les Nerfs à l'air
* 1979 - Broue
* 1981 - Appelez-moi Stéphane
* 1982 - Les Voisins
* 1982 - Monogamy
* 2003 - Les Noces de tôle
Bibliography
* 1982 - ''Les Voisins'',
Leméac
* 1998 - ''Le Monde de La Petite Vie'',
Leméac
* 2000 - ''Journal d'un Ti-Mé : propos et réflexions'',
Leméac
* 2003 - ''Les Noces de tôle'',
Leméac
* 2009 - ''La bande à Ti-Paul'',
Glénat Québec (comic book)
* 2011 - ''Les aventures de Fonck et Ponck : Les Voyageurs du Graal'' de
Luca Jalbert,
Cabro* Productions (comic book) (cameo of characters from the ''
La Petite Vie'' television series)
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meunier, Claude
Living people
1951 births
Male actors from Montreal
Université de Montréal alumni
Comedians from Montreal
Film directors from Montreal
Canadian male film actors
20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Montreal
Dramaturges
Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French
Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Canadian male writers
21st-century Canadian male writers
Officers of the Order of Canada