Georges Laraque

Acting

Georges Laraque

Born

1976-12-07 (49)

Place of birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Georges Laraque is a 13-year NHL veteran who has played for the Edmonton Oilers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens. He was known as “The Rock”, acting primarily as an enforcer on these teams. The son of Haitian immigrants, Laraque campaigned for World Vision to help with Haitian relief and the rebuilding of the Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince. A committed believer in animal rights and a spokesperson for PETA, he became a vegan in 2009 and has, ever since, contributed to the vegetarian movement in Montreal by becoming co-owner of two raw vegan restaurants called Crudessence and Rise Kombucha. A conscientious environmentalist, Laraque stepped up in July 20…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

Series credits

Tout le monde en parle poster
4.7

Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. 

Tout le monde en parle

2004

En mode Salvail poster
2.0

What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and follow Éric Salvail on his beautifully crazy tangents!

En mode Salvail

2013

Le Tricheur poster
5.6

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.

Le Tricheur

2012

Des squelettes dans le placard poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Des squelettes dans le placard

2006

Ça finit bien la semaine poster
NR

A unique all-access pass to your favourite Quebec stars in a friendly, timely and entertaining format that matches the hosts’ personalities.

Ça finit bien la semaine

2010

In Lieu of Flowers poster
1.0

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.

In Lieu of Flowers

2012

Les francs-tireurs poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les francs-tireurs

1998

Bye Bye poster
6.6

Broadcast on December 31st, Bye Bye is a comic year-in-review which consists of sketches that parody the political, cultural and social events of the past year.

Bye Bye

1968

Le Banquier poster
1.0

Le Banquier is the Quebec adaptation of the international game show Deal or No Deal. It debuted on January 24, 2007 at 9pm on the TVA network. The program, produced in Montreal by JPL Production II Inc. and Endemol USA for TVA, is hosted by Julie Snyder. The show's main sponsors are Vidéotron and Hyundai. The show's first season ended on March 29, 2007. During the first season, episodes aired on Wednesdays at 9pm and Thursdays at 8pm. During the second season, episodes aired on Sundays at 7pm and Thursdays at 8pm.

Le Banquier

2007

Ceci n'est pas un talk show poster
NR

Three personalities compete to win the title of best guest of the evening. Antoine Vézina is the judge responsible for awarding players points that will designate a winner. The competitors make fun of the codes behind conventional talk shows during interviews, and take part in various challenges.

Ceci n'est pas un talk show

2019

Week-end de bois poster
NR

Peter MacLeod tries to bring out the “coureur des bois” in his guests. In each episode, MacLeod hosts two Quebec artists in his isolated cabin, deep in the forest. The challenge for guests is to maintain their composure in spite of the surprises in store for them, including intense initiations to the so-called joys of nature and other unusual pranks and activities.

Week-end de bois

2017

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

2 steamés

2010

L'académie du guide de l'auto poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

L'académie du guide de l'auto

2020

Corde raide poster
10.0

Each week, host Christine Morency welcomes three comedians who perform a potentially controversial routine on a sensitive subject. After each number, the comedian discusses the performance with our jury, analyzing what they liked, what made them cringe, and what (if anything) went too far. At the end of the show, the judges choose their favourite.

Corde raide

2020

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Messmer: Drôlement mystérieux

2010

Intouchables poster
NR

Of all North American professional sports, hockey is certainly the most conservative, traditional and tight-lipped. Athletes, their entourage, team owners, sponsors and journalists all adhere to a code of conduct that consists of only letting out information that helps to keep the sport's image golden. Marie-Claude Savard, who has covered the world of sport for over fifteen years, is setting out to uncover this hidden truth. Her quest is simple: to bring down the masks in order to clean up the world of sport and help it progress.

Intouchables

2020

Sérieux ? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sérieux ?

2020

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

À couteaux tirés

2014

La maison des vilains poster
NR

These are the iconic images from the TV series used to scheme, sabotage, and manipulate. Depending on their strategies and the grueling elimination rounds, contestants must prove themselves to clinch the title of 'Super-Vilain Ultime'. There is one strict rule: be the best... or the worst villain.

La maison des vilains

2026

Peut contenir des Rachid poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Peut contenir des Rachid

2010

Les inventifs poster
NR

Young people passionate about science and brimming with ingenuity discover that they're capable of finding solutions to concrete problems to improve the daily life of a friend or the fate of the world.

Les inventifs

2022

Olivier Primeau, pas encore milliardaire! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Olivier Primeau, pas encore milliardaire!

2026

Peur de rien! poster
NR

Babu travels to different Quebec towns, accompanied by well-known personalities, in search of the greatest local daredevils. At each stop, they find three participants willing to go all out to impress them. But only one of them will reach the top of the podium to be crowned “Village Daredevil”.

Peur de rien!

2021