Sébastien Dhavernas

Sébastien Dhavernas (born 19 January 1950) is a Canadian actor.

Career Dhavernas was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is the husband of actress Michèle Deslauriers and the father of actress Caroline Dhavernas and voice actress Gabrielle Dhavernas. He completed his classical studies at Collège Stanislas, did a year in Sociology at McGill University, and subsequently attended the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal.

In addition to acting, Dhavernas has done French-language voice dubbing, attaining some fame as the voice of Roger Rabbit in the French-language version of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In 1989, he urged the government of Canada to pass legislation requiring that the majority of French-dubbed television programs in Quebec actually be dubbed in the province, rather than in France. He was later described as being responsible for overseeing dubbing issues in Quebec's Union des artistes. Dhavernas has also acted in theatre, including in a Quebec production of Les Misérables,

Dhavernas ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Montreal riding of Outremont in the 2008 federal election, campaigning against cuts to arts funding that had been introduced by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. He made his decision to run only days before the election. Ultimately, he finished second against New Democratic Party incumbent and future party leader Thomas Mulcair. Following the election, Dhavernas was appointed to a Liberal Party political commission headed by Serge Joyal.

He ran for Montreal city council in the 2013 municipal election as a candidate of Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal in Verdun division of Desmarchais-Crawford and narrowly lost to Sterling Downey of Projet Montréal.

Dhavernas has written for HuffPosts French language Quebec site.

Selected filmography René Lévesque (2008) .... Robert Bourassa Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making (2005) (TV) .... Parisian Publisher Maurice Richard: Histoire d'un Canadien (1999) .... Voix à la radio Réseaux (1998–1999) ... J. C. Michaud Watatatow (1991–2005) ... André Dubuc The Gunrunner (1984) .... Fred Samuel Le temps d'une paix (1980–1986) .... Raoul Savary Le pont (1976) .... Gilles Y'a pas de problème (1975–1977) .... Michelle Duquette

Dubbing

Films

Feature films

Animated feature films

Electoral record