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Fayolle Jean
Fayolle Jean | |
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| Born | July 17, 1956 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Children | Fayolle Jean Jr. |
Fayolle Jean (born July 17, 1953) is a Haitian Canadian actor from Montreal, Quebec, best known for his starring role in the television series Lakay Nou.[1]
Originally from Les Cayes, Haiti, he had a career as an actor and radio broadcaster in Haiti before emigrating to Canada in 1979, where he was a founder of the Théâtre Libre d'Haïti au Québec theatre company.[2]
He has been most prominently a stage actor, although he has also had film and television roles beginning with a small bit part in How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) in 1989. His most noted roles have included Victor in A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali),[3] Joseph Louboutin in the third season of Durham County, writer Joseph in Of Ink and Blood (D'encre et de sang), [4] and an alternate reality version of Denzel Washington in There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier).[5]
His son, Fayolle Jean Jr., is also an actor.[6] The two have acted together in the films Scratch[7] and Première vague.[8]
- ^ Hugo Dumas, "De l’humour noir sans gants blancs !". La Presse, January 22, 2025.
- ^ Natalie Slight, "Fayolle Jean Jr: son père lui a transmis l’amour des arts". 7 Jours, February 7, 2021.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Un dimanche à Kigali – Film de Robert Favreau". Films du Québec, July 19, 2009.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "D’encre et de sang – Film de Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Maxim Rheault et Francis Fortin". Films du Québec, December 4, 2016.
- ^ "WEEK ONE: Five films to watch at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2020". Cult MTL, October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Tel père, tel fils : la culture chez Fayolle Jean et Fayolle Jean Jr". Ici Radio-Canada Première, December 5, 2022.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Scratch – Film de Sébastien Godron". Films du Québec, September 19, 2015.
- ^ "Fayolle Jean Junior et Senior en vedette du film Première vague sur la COVID-19". HollywoodPQ, April 22, 2021.
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