François Létourneau
Acting
François LĂ©tourneau (born March 30, 1974 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec) is a Canadian actor and writer, best known as co-creator and star of the television series Les Invincibles, SĂ©rie noire and Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime). He studied political science at UniversitĂ© Laval in the 1990s, while pursuing acting work in theatre as an extracurricular hobby, and then studied theatre at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de MontrĂ©al, where he graduated in 1999. He was a shortlisted Governor General's Award finalist for Governor General's Award for French-language drama at the 2003 Governor General's Awards for his theatrical play Cheech, ou Les hommes de Chrysler sont en ville, and a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2006 for the film adaptation Cheech. He was shortlisted for the Prix GĂ©meaux for Best Writing in a Drama Series in 2009 for Les Invincibles, and won two GĂ©meaux in 2014, for Best Actor in a Drama and Best Writing in a Drama for SĂ©rie noire. He was nominated again in both categories in 2016 for the second season of SĂ©rie noire, but did not win. His other roles have included the films QuĂ©bec-MontrĂ©al, Funkytown, Paul Ă QuĂ©bec and Billie Blue (CĆur de slush), and the television series Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin and Les RescapĂ©s.
