About Yan England
Born 1981. Yan England is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, director and radio presenter.
Yan England-Girard (born 9 December 1981) is a Canadian actor, television and radio presenter, screenwriter, film producer and director of short films. From the age of eight, he was known for his role of Einstein in the youth program Watatatow during 13 years.
His short film Henry was nominated for an Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony in the "Best Live Action Short Film" category. 1:54 is his debut long feature film.
Biography Born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Yan England is the son of Michel Girard, economic journalist and Diane England, producer at Zone 3 media group.
Since the age of eight, England has participated in several television series and youth-oriented programs, including Les Débrouillards, Watatatow, Headquarters: Warsaw and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Beverly Hills for five years where he studied theatre to get rid of his French accent.
He worked simultaneously in several television series and in August 2013, he became the new morning man at CKOI-FM. On January 10, 2013, one of his films, Henry, was nominated for an Academy Award. The short film of 21 minutes in the "Best Live Action Short Film" category.
Filmography
Cinema 2000: Life After Love (La vie après l'amour): Bob Miron 2003: I Witness: Jud 2003: July First, the Film (Premier juillet, le film')': Nick 2015: Le Dep: Jérôme 2015: Stonewall: Terry
Television 1991: Watatatow: Einstein 1993: Ent'Cadieux: Marc-André 1998: La Part des anges: Karim 1999-2002: Les Débrouillards: Yan 1999: Opération Tango 1999: Headquarters: Warsaw: Joshua 2000: Haute Surveillance: Maxime Lamarre 2001: Ayoye!: Kenneth De Grandpré 2002: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: O'Donnell (1 episode) 2003-2006: Ramdam: Antoine Laurin 2004: Naked Josh: Josh 2004: Family Misgivings: Frank 2005: Annie et ses hommes: Max (1 episode) 2005-2011: Providence: Syd 2005: Why George: Zach 2005-2011: Une grenade avec ça?: Darius Léveillé 2006: Getting Along Famously: Randy Ramone 2006: 15/Love: Lucas (2 episodes) 2006-2008: Minuit, le soir: Tom 2007-2008: Les Soeurs Elliot: David Cohen 2008- : Fan club: presenter 2009- : Trauma: Étienne Labrie 2009- : Yamaska : Brian Harrison 2009: Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Baron Letloy (voice) 2010: KARV, l'anti.gala: co-presenter 2010 - 2012: Les Rescapés: Viateur Bolduc 2012: KARV, l'anti.gala: presenter 2013: House of Versace: Michael 2013-2016: : Théophile "Théo" Langevin
Director 2007: Moi (also producer and screenwriter) 2011: Henry (also producer and screenwriter) 2016: 1:54 (also screenwriter) 2021: Sam 2024: Rematch (also screenwriter) 2025: Fanny
Awards 2013: Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Henry. 2011: Prix Artis winner for best supporting role in a youth series in Une grenade avec ça?. 2024: Series Mania Grand Prix for Rematch.
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Canadian actor, presenter and film director
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Yan England was born on 8 December 1981 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire.
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Yan England is an actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, director and radio presenter.
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Yan England is Canadian.
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