Personal Info
Birth date
1964-08-21 (60 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Repentigny, Québec, Canada
Also known as
-Martin Drainville
Biography
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.
Filmography
Ménage à trois
NYR
Overview:
Annie-Soleil Proteau and Patrick Langlois spend an hour with a beloved and well-known figure to find out as much about them as possible and discover new aspects of their personality, in an entertaining mix of interviews and wackiness!Le match des étoiles
NYR
Overview:
A dance-off where stars learn, prepare and present dance routines that they must show to a select panel of judges.In Lieu of Flowers
NYR
Overview:
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.Sucré salé
9.3
Overview:
Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight.Scoop
7
Overview:
Follow both the professional and personal lives of reporters working for The Express, a daily Montréal Newspaper.Entre deux draps
6
Overview:
A sketch comedy presenting the daily life of four couples and two roommates of different ages and backgrounds. In a realistic tone, it explores in a raw and disarming way all facets of the couple, unfiltered in the privacy of the bedroom, one of the only places where one can truly be oneself.Fragile
6.5
Overview:
Fragile tells the story of two diametrically opposite families: the wealthy, influential Bachands, and the salt-of-the-earth Coutures. It’s also the story of an unlikely friendship, that of Dominic Couture (Pier-Luc Funk) and Félix Bachand (Marc-André Grondin). The pair’s mysterious death sends shock waves through their families and community, exposing jealously guarded secrets, dangerous liaisons, and hidden agendas.Le Tricheur
5
Overview:
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.In Memoriam
3.5
Overview:
Following the death of their father, a businessman's heirs must go through a series of troubling tests that bring back the wounds of their childhood, in order to get their hands on $84 million. But their memories of an abusive childhood put their family bond in jeopardy.Série Noire
8.1
Overview:
Two writers whose critically savaged crime show is a surprise hit decide that they need real criminal experiences to spice up their second season.Doomsday Brothers
6
Overview:
The post-apocalyptic misadventures of Rafe and Gabe Burns, two brothers who are hired to become protectors of their rural hometown. Unbeknownst to them, their long-lost mother Judith is locked in a secret military super bunker. As Judith tries to outwit the super bunker’s sentient computer system and get back to her sons, Rafe and Gabe discover the wonders, horrors, and temptations of the wasteland.Playing Both Sides
NYR
Overview:
Adam and Mounir, two actors from the Maghreb, are recruited to infiltrate various criminal circles thanks to their acting talent.The Score
6.7
Overview:
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.Katak: The Brave Beluga
6.105
Overview:
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.Million Dollar Babies
8.5
Overview:
When Oliva and Elzire Dionne have quintuplets in rural 1930s Canada, news of their uncommon family spreads like wildfire and steps up local tourism, thanks in part to an opportunistic town doctor who uses the children to enhance his own celebrity.L'air d'aller
NYR
Overview:
The touching story of four friends in their 20s who need some air, literally. They have all been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. With their urgency to live, they make every day memorable, for better and for worse!La Florida
5.1
Overview:
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...Compulsive Liar 2
7
Overview:
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.Nelligan
3
Overview:
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.Montreal Stories
5
Overview:
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.Laura Cadieux II
5
Overview:
Laura Cadieux and her friends are taking a cruise on the St. Lawrence River to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday.Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
5.6
Overview:
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.Acting
2025Compulsive Liar 2 as Paul
2025Les ailes as Jacques
2025Playing Both Sides (12 Episodes) as Jacques Bissonnette
2024In Memoriam (8 Episodes) as Léo
2023Martin Matte en direct (5 Episodes) as Le détective (Le dernier lien)
2023L'air d'aller (3 Episodes) as Robert Fleury
2023Katak: The Brave Beluga as Scoop / Phoque 2 (voice)
2021Les Hardings as Thomas Harding 2
2021Entre deux draps (2 Episodes) as Jean-Pierre
2020Doomsday Brothers (1 Episode) as Maurice (voice)
2019Fragile (10 Episodes) as Patrick 'Bazou' Provencher
2018Three Pages as Martin
2014Ménage à trois (1 Episode) as Self
2014Série Noire (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2013On passe à l'Histoire (1 Episode) as Self
2012In Lieu of Flowers (2 Episodes) as Self
2012Le Tricheur (25 Episodes) as Self
2011Bar ouvert (1 Episode) as Self
2011Lol:-) (121 Episodes) as Unknown
2010Les Parlementeries 2010 as Martin Drainville
2010Les Enfants de la télé (3 Episodes) as Self
2009Les Appendices (1 Episode) as Self
2005Le match des étoiles (1 Episode) as Self
2002Alice's Odyssey as Ludovic / Louis
2002Sucré salé (1 Episode) as Self
2001The Score as Jean-Claude
1999Laura Cadieux II as Albert
1998It's Your Turn, Laura as Albert
1997Les Parlementeries 1997 as Unknown
1996The Ideal Man as Gabor
1996Angelo, Fredo, and Romeo as Frédo
1994Million Dollar Babies (2 Episodes) as Clovis Dionne
1994Mais où se cache Carmen Sandiego ? (3 Episodes) as Himself - Host
1994Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves as Louis Jobin
1993La Florida as Rheaume Lariviere
1992Scoop (52 Episodes) as Richard 'Tintin' Fortin
1991Montreal Stories as Desfossés
1991Nelligan as Albert Ferland
1990Ding et Dong : Le film as Livreur Dong
1989Lessons on Life as Hitchhiker