Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge (born February 28, 1976 in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec

Saint-Jérôme, Quebec

Saint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec, Canada, near Mirabel, about northwest of Montreal along Autoroute des Laurentides. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts....

) is a Quebec actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

. He is more notable for recent major roles in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 films Nitro

Nitro (film)

Nitro is a Canadian action film, released in 2007. Directed by Alain Desrochers, the film stars Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Max, a former drag racer who is forced to return to his criminal past when his girlfriend requires a heart transplant...

and Les 3 p'tit cochons in 2007. He is engaged to Quebec actress Mariloup Wolfe

Mariloup Wolfe

Mariloup Wolfe is a Canadian actress and award-winning film director. She went to F.A.C.E. school, an art school in Montreal where she learned to act, for secondary school. She holds a major in Film Production from Concordia University and a minor in Cultural Studies from McGill University...

.

Profile

After participating in a first commercial ad at the age of 6 http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:w0SwF59gDkoJ:www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070624/CPARTS01/70623024/1049/CPARTS01+Guillaume+Lemay-Thivierge&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=13&gl=ca, Thivierge's career started very early at the age of 8 when he had his first minor television and film roles on Épopée rock, Manon, Les annees des reves, Le Matou and La Dame en couleurs in 1984 and 1985.

However, it was in the mid-2000s where he started to play major roles in Nitro as well as in the 3 L'il pigs, two of the biggest box-office Quebec hits in the year 2007. Another notable role played by Thivierge was in Lance et Compte: Le Revanche in 2006 where he played a paraplegic lawyer defending one of the fictional National de Quebec hockey who was charge for second degree murder and later for involuntary homicide following an on-ice incident in which a player died from its injuries following a check from the accused player. During his lengthy acting career, he participated in a total of 30 films and television series including Le Négociateur, Casino, Les Immortels, Chambres en Ville and Ramdam. His favorite hobby is skydiving.

In addition, he produced his only film, Trois petits coups in 2004 and also played roles in theater and musical plays while he occasionnally co-hosted radio shows such as the morning show C't'encore drôle on CKMF-FM

CKMF-FM

CKMF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 94.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 41,400 watts using an omnidirectional antenna from the Mount Royal candelabra tower.The station has a contemporary hit...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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Television

• Épopée rock (1984)
• Manon (1985)
• Chambres en ville
  Chambres en ville
  Chambres en ville was a Québécois téléroman written by Sylvie Payette that aired on TVA from 1989 to 1996.-Plot:This is the story of flatmates living in a dormitory. With young people she was welcoming into her house, Louise has certainly played all roles and jobs possible: mother, nurse, listener,...
  
  (1989)
• Lance et Compte:Le Crime de Lulu (1991)
• Sur la piste (1995–1997)
• Radio Enfer (2000–2001)
• Avoir su (2001)
• Varian's War (2001)
• Rumeurs (2002)
• Le Négociateur (2005)
• Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making (2005)
• Ramdan (2001–02, 2006)
• Casino (2006)
• Lance et Compte
  Lance et compte
  Lance et Compte is a series of Quebec téléromans revolving around a Quebec City ice hockey team. The series aired from 1986 to 1989 on the Radio-Canada network, and revival series on TQS in 2001 and on TVA from 2004 to the present....
  
  : Le Revanche (2006)

Films

• Les années des rêves (1985)
• Le Matou (1985)
• La Dame en couleurs (1985)
• Wild Thing
  Wild Thing (film)
  Wild Thing is a 1987 film directed by Max Reid, screenplay by John Sayles, and story by Larry Stamper.-Cast:*Robert Knepper as Wild Thing*Kathleen Quinlan as Jane*Robert Davi as Chopper*Maury Chaykin as Jonathan Trask*Betty Buckley as Leah...
  
  (1987)
• Le Frere André (1987)
• Louis 19, le roi des ondes
  Louis 19, le roi des ondes
  Louis 19, le roi des ondes is a Canadian comedy film, released in 1994.The film stars Martin Drainville as Louis Jobin, a television fanatic who wins a contest to be on TV...
  
  (1994)
• Les Immortels (2002)
• Trois petits coups (2004)
• Spymate
  Spymate
  Spymate is a 2006 Canadian film starring Chris Potter. It was released to Canadian theatres on February 24, 2006, and on DVD in North America on April 11, 2006.-Plot:...
  
  (2006)
• Nitro
  Nitro (film)
  Nitro is a Canadian action film, released in 2007. Directed by Alain Desrochers, the film stars Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Max, a former drag racer who is forced to return to his criminal past when his girlfriend requires a heart transplant...
  
  (2007)
• Les 3 p'tits cochons (The 3 L'il pigs) (2007)
• La ligne brisée (2008)
• Les pieds dans le vide (2009)
• Histoire de jouets 3 (Toy Story 3
  Toy Story 3
  Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...
  
  ) (2010) - voice of Ken

Awards and nominations

In 2006, he received a Gemini Award

Gemini Award

The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

nomination for his role in Casino while he won an award for best secondary male role in a youth show in Ramdam.

External links

• (FR) Official Website of Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
• (FR) Guillaume's Skydiving School
• (FR) biography as actor and skydiver
• Partial biography of Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge