Martin Drainville

Acting

Martin Drainville

Born 1964-08-21 · Repentigny, Québec, Canada

Martin Drainville (born August 21, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor and comedian from Quebec. He is best known for his role in the film Louis 19, le roi des ondes, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994.

Acting credits

The Score poster
6.7

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

The Score

2001

Money Laundering poster
NR

While doing her laundry, an old lady discovers millions of dollars in cash in a turned on drying machine.

Money Laundering

2025

Les ailes poster
NR

After having his license revoked for health reasons, an aviator must accept that he will never fly again.

Les ailes

2025

Katak: The Brave Beluga poster
6.0

While his peers have all turned white, Katak is still small and grey. To prove that he has grown up and to grant the last wish of his adored grandma, Katak departs on a perilous journey to the Great North.

Katak: The Brave Beluga

2023

Sheep poster
NR

Danny nervously starts a new job, unaware of the dark machinations that seem to be unfolding behind the scenes of the company. He must make a choice: endure the growing pressure of this increasingly oppressive environment, or flee…

Sheep

2026

Les Hardings poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Hardings

2021

Nénette poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nénette

1992

Three Pages poster
3.0

An unassuming middle-aged accountant learns he has only weeks to live. Rather than tell everyone, Martin determines to learn the three pages of a Bach adagio for piano he'd abandoned as a child. That accomplished, he performs the piece for his wife and friends, completing his life and thanking those who brightened it along the way.

Three Pages

2018

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves poster
5.7

Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves

1994

La Florida poster
5.8

Tired of rough winters, a Quebec family buys a motel in south Florida. But life is not easy down where motels grow faster than grass. Two bigger businessmen are out to get them for invading their turf. However, that is not even the beginning of their troubles...

La Florida

1993

Alice's Odyssey poster
5.2

After reading a bedtime story to her daughter, Alice Tremblay leaves her daughter's room and enters her own fairytale.

Alice's Odyssey

2002

Montreal Stories poster
5.0

Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a hockey game, Madeleine tries to tell Roger she wants a divorce after forty years of marriage. 4: A visitor to a conference on pictographs arrives at the airport, where the female customs officer steals a momento from each person. 5: As she is being driven to the hospital in an ambulance after an auto accident, Sarah recalls her life. 6: At a diplomatic reception, an older woman reminisces about her grand love in Montreal.

Montreal Stories

1991

Ding et Dong : Le film poster
7.0

Two harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try alternatively the scene, a movie set and TV. They only succeed in making a fool of themselves

Ding et Dong : Le film

1990

Le territoire du comédien poster
10.0

This feature-length documentary follows actor Jean-Louis Millette as he travels to Italy to present the play The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi, in which he plays the lead role. Director Jean-Claude Coulbois attempts to unravel the mystery of this protected, hard-to-reach area, which he calls the "actor's territory," where life and theater intertwine and interact.

Le territoire du comédien

2000

The Ideal Man poster
4.8

Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet. Far from being hostile, Stéphane, Fabrice and Paul console each other....

The Ideal Man

1996

Nelligan poster
3.8

This historical drama with music examines the life and times of Émile Nelligan, one of the major Canadian poets of the 19th century who struggled through a difficult childhood with the help of his loving mother, only to see his career cut short by tragic circumstances.

Nelligan

1991

Compulsive Liar 2 poster
5.8

Driven by the idea of ​​making people around her happy, Virginie lies constantly. As her partner Phil fears, her many lies become reality and create multiverses that completely disrupt their lives and those around them.

Compulsive Liar 2

2025

Laura Cadieux II poster
5.0

Laura Cadieux and her friends are taking a cruise on the St. Lawrence River to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday.

Laura Cadieux II

1999

It's Your Turn, Laura poster
5.4

Large women with a zest for life gather weekly at a Montreal doctor's office to receive diet injections.

It's Your Turn, Laura

1998

Angelo, Fredo, and Romeo poster
3.3

Fredo just inherited his uncle's company but it bores him. Then he meets Angelo, a French movie director that introduces to the magical world of feature films. Suddenly, Fredo sees himself in different films. Soon, Fredo discovers that Angelo has a hidden agenda...

Angelo, Fredo, and Romeo

1996

Les Parlementeries 2010 poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Les Parlementeries 2010

2010

Lessons on Life poster
8.0

A day in the life of a Quebec magazine writer - his fortieth birthday - from his dream before waking to his last act before sleeping. He looks back over his life, his thoughts, and his loves.

Lessons on Life

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Parlementeries 1997

1997