Biography
French pop singer Garou vaulted to fame as Quasimodo within the 1998 stage musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Delivered Pierre Garand in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on June 26, 1972, he was a kid prodigy who learned piano and electric guitar while still in major school. As a teenager, he became a member of his classmates’ rock-band Doors and windows, and later performed trumpet within a Canadian armed forces marching music group. While morning jobs including style shop clerk and generate picker, Garou continuing moonlighting in Montreal-area night clubs and busking on road corners. Through the middle-’90s, he was a every week fixture on the Sherbrooke nightspot the Liquor Shop of Magog, and in addition fronted his very own music group, the Untouchables. In 1997 Garou fulfilled theatrical manufacturer Luc Plamondon, who ensemble him within the starring function of Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris, a musical version from the Hunchback of Notre Dame. The creation proved a container workplace smash, and following a operate at Paris’ Palais des Congres, Garou ongoing his performance through the show’s French tour. On New Year’s Eve 1999, Garou also became a member of Canadian pop icon Celine Dion on-stage throughout a Montreal concert, and by using Dion’s supervisor/hubby, René Angélil, he shortly signed a saving agreement, issuing his single debut, Seul, in past due 2000. “Sous le Vent,” Garou’s duet with Dion, demonstrated an international strike and the vocalist continued to earn four Adisq Gala Honours, including Greatest Male Vocalist and Greatest Pop-Rock Recording. Reviens adopted in 2004, and in middle-2006 Garou released his self-titled third LP. He continuing to record, both live and studio room albums, switching from French to British singing. 2012 noticed the discharge of his seventh studio room documenting, Rhythm’n’Blues. ~ Jason Ankeny
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1 | Played the part of Quasimodo, the lead male role in Luc Plamondon's musical comedy Notre-Dame de Paris in both the French and English versions |
2 | Garou and his companion, Ulrika, a former model, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Emelie [July 2001] |
3 | Released his first album 'Seul' in 2000 |
4 | Released a duet with Céline Dion ('Sous le vent'.) [January 2002] |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Il était une fois les boys | 2013 | performer: "Tous ensemble" | |
Samedi soir on chante Goldman | 2013 | TV Movie performer: "Au bout de mes rêves" | |
La chanson de l'année | 2006-2012 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows | 2008 | TV Movie performer: "Everybody Knows" | |
Les grands du rire | 2007 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Starmania: 25 ans déj | 2005 | TV Special performer: "Ce soir on danse | |
Notre-Dame de Paris | 1999 | TV Movie performer: "Belle", "Clôches", "Dieu Que la Monde Est Injuste", "Danse Mon Esméralda" |
Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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L'amour aller-retour | 2009 | TV Movie | François |
Notre-Dame de Paris | 1999 | TV Movie | Quasimodo |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Téléthon | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself (parrain Téléthon 2014) |
C | 2009-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Le grand show | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The Voice | 2012-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Coach |
Les enfants de la télé | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Du côté de chez Dave | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Les années bonheur | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Thé ou café | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Vivement dimanche | 2000-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Main guest / Himself - Main Guest |
Gad Elmaleh: Le big show | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
L'anniversaire de Jacques Dutronc en Corse | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
Salut les Terriens | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
Les Enfoirés | 1999-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Singer |
La fête de la chanson française | 2005-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Co-Host |
Vivement dimanche prochain | 2002-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Main Guest |
L'incroyable anniversaire de Line | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
Élection de Miss France | 1999-2013 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Jury Member (President) |
Le grand journal de Canal+ | 2005-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Chabada | 2009-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
Samedi soir on chante Goldman | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
La chanson de l'année | 2005-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Champs-Elysées | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Le grand 8 | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
On n'est pas couché | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
300 choeurs pour + de vie | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Hier encore | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Ça va s'Cauet | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
2 heures de rire avec Kad Merad | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
Cirque du Soleil's Poetic Social Mission | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Vive les comédies musicales! | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
Star Academy | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Paris-Québec sous les étoiles | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself - Co-host |
La méthode Cauet | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Taxi 0-22 | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Symphonic Show | 2003-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Ding Dong | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Juste pour rire | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
On ne peut pas plaire | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Podium | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Samedi soir avec... | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Phénomania | 2005 | TV Series documentary | |
Spécial 'Fête de la musique' | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
Les années Zénith | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
Questions pour un champion | 2005 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
Starmania: 25 ans déj | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
Tout le monde en parle | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
Tout le monde en parle | 2000-2004 | TV Series | Himself |
20h10 pétantes | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Music-hall et compagnie | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Dans la lumière | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
Victoires de la musique | 1999-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Tapis rouge | 1998-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
Tous avec Line | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself |
Vendredi, c'est Julie | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
La petite vie | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Les grands du rire | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
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