Connection
Kevin Parent is a Actor Canadien born on 12 december 1972
Kevin Parent (born 12 December 1972) is a bilingual Québécois singer-songwriter. Although his first language is English, he was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec (now a borough of the city of Longueuil), and was raised and educated in the French-speaking area of Bay of Chaleur (Gaspé Peninsula) in the municipality of Nouvelle during his childhood and attended high school at the École Antoine-Bernard in Carleton-sur-Mer and now lives in the nearby town of Miguasha.
Discovered in 1993 when he participated in a songwriting competition, Kevin Parent signed to Tacca Musique shortly thereafter. His first album, "Pigeon d'argile" sold over 360,000 copies, making it one of the greatest Québécois successes of the decade. With hits like "Nomade sedentaire", "Seigneur" and "Boomerang", Kevin quickly became one of the biggest names in Quebec music in the 1990s, earning the respect of peers and critics alike, along with numerous Felix Awards in the province and tour dates on both sides of the Atlantic. Two years later, Kevin released "Grand Parleur, Petit Faiseur", which also sold more than 350,000 copies and earned Kevin the Felix Award for Rock Album of the Year in 1998. His follow up albums, Les Vents ont changé (2001) and Retrouvailles (2003), which featured collaborations with Claire Pelletier, Catherine Durand, among others, both achieved multi-platinum status and earned him numerous Juno Award nominations (including a win for the best selling Francophone album of 2002) and Felix Awards.
Parent has also worked as an actor, taking his first starring role in Jean-Marc Vallée's 2011 film Café de Flore.
Source : Wikidata
Kevin Parent
- Infos
- Photos
- Best films
- Family
- Characters
- Awards
Discovered in 1993 when he participated in a songwriting competition, Kevin Parent signed to Tacca Musique shortly thereafter. His first album, "Pigeon d'argile" sold over 360,000 copies, making it one of the greatest Québécois successes of the decade. With hits like "Nomade sedentaire", "Seigneur" and "Boomerang", Kevin quickly became one of the biggest names in Quebec music in the 1990s, earning the respect of peers and critics alike, along with numerous Felix Awards in the province and tour dates on both sides of the Atlantic. Two years later, Kevin released "Grand Parleur, Petit Faiseur", which also sold more than 350,000 copies and earned Kevin the Felix Award for Rock Album of the Year in 1998. His follow up albums, Les Vents ont changé (2001) and Retrouvailles (2003), which featured collaborations with Claire Pelletier, Catherine Durand, among others, both achieved multi-platinum status and earned him numerous Juno Award nominations (including a win for the best selling Francophone album of 2002) and Felix Awards.
Parent has also worked as an actor, taking his first starring role in Jean-Marc Vallée's 2011 film Café de Flore.
Usually with
Filmography of Kevin Parent (4 films)
Actor
Add to a movie list
L'Or du golfe (2015)
, 1h31Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues
Actors Kevin Parent
Rating66%
Kevin Parent vit sur les rives de la Baie-des-Chaleurs, la terre de ses ancêtres, son havre de paix. Pourtant, sa tranquillité risque d’être troublée par la levée du moratoire québécois sur l’exploitation d’hydrocarbures dans les eaux du Golfe du Saint-Laurent : une porte grande ouverte pour envahir la baie de plateformes pétrolières et gazières. La peur d’une marée noire, des retombées économiques incertaines, des conflits d’intérêts apparents, Kevin Parent s’inquiète de l’avenir de son golfe. Afin de mieux comprendre des enjeux qui souvent le dépassent, il décide de partir à la rencontre des acteurs d’un conflit qui semble inévitable entre gouvernements, pétrolières, premières nations, environnementalistes et simples citoyens. Une version moderne de David et Goliath.
The Calling (2014)
, 1h48Origin Canada
Genres Thriller
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows, Ella Ballentine, Ellen Burstyn, Topher Grace, Donald Sutherland
Roles Spere
Rating58%
Inspector Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) is a sheriff in the small Ontario town of Fort Dundas. She is called to check in on elderly Delia Chandler, and finds the woman nearly decapitated in her living room. Chandler's mouth is twisted as if she is screaming. The police encounter another gruesome murder where a man's stomach has been fed to some dogs. His face was also twisted into a scream. After a third murder, the police come to believe they are dealing with a serial killer. They discover that the mouths have been positioned to form the syllables of the word "libera".
Summer Crisis (2013)
, 1h37Directed by Alain Chartrand
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Sandrine Bisson, Raymond Bouchard, Kevin Parent, Martin Dubreuil, Luc Picard
Roles Gabriel Boudreau
Rating60%
Le film met en scène l'histoire vraie des frères Paul et Jacques Rose et de leur ami Francis Simard débarquant à Percé à l'été 1969 pour y ouvrir La Maison du pêcheur, un lieu de rencontre pour les habitants du coin ayant pour but de promouvoir l'indépendance du Québec. Des jeunes provenant de partout au Québec viennent camper sur les lieux. Le jeune Bernard Lortie, fils de pêcheur des environs, s'intéresse au groupe malgré les réticences de sa fiancée Geneviève. Alors que les autorités, menées par le propriétaire d'un camping voisin, tentent de faire fuir les trois «aubergistes» qui deviendront plus tard, au printemps 1970, membres du FLQ, ces derniers modifient leurs projets et se radicalisent petit à petit. Bernard se joindra à eux lorsqu'ils retourneront à Montréal — «là où doit se faire en priorité la lutte pour l'indépendance et la révolution». Les frères Rose, Simard et Lortie deviendront les acteurs de la Crise d'Octobre 1970 en kidnappant et en étant responsable de la mort du ministre Pierre Laporte. Ces actes mèneront à leur arrestation et à leur emprisonnement pour de nombreuses années.
Café de Flore (2011)
, 2hDirected by Jean-Marc Vallée
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about disabilities
Actors Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Évelyne de la Chenelière, Michel Dumont
Roles Antoine Godin
Rating72%
The film cuts between two seemingly unrelated stories. One, set in present-day Montreal, stars Kevin Parent as Antoine, a successful club DJ torn between his new girlfriend Rose (Évelyne Brochu) and his still-complicated relationship with his ex-wife Carole (Hélène Florent); the other, set in 1960s Paris, stars Vanessa Paradis as Jacqueline, the fiercely protective single mother of Laurent (Marin Gerrier), a child with Down syndrome who has a crush on Véro (Alice Dubois), a friend and companion who also has Down syndrome. The film builds toward the revelation of how the two stories are linked: after Jacqueline, Laurent, and Véro are killed in a car accident, Carole, Antoine, and Rose are their subsequent reincarnations.