Yves Corbeil is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 actor and television host. He is currently known as the game show host of the Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec

Loto-Québec is a government agency that develops and operates lotteries in the province of Quebec, Canada.-Loto-Québec's mission:Loto-Québec is a Québec government corporation whose mandate is to operate games of chance in the province in an orderly and measured way. It was created in 1969 to...

 televised show La Roue de Fortune (albeit a different version of Wheel of Fortune

La Roue de la Fortune

La Roue de la Fortune is the French version of the hugely popular US game show Wheel of Fortune. It is currently hosted by Christophe Dechavanne and Victoria Silvstedt and airs on French television network TF1...

). He was born in Saint-Eugène, Quebec

Saint-Eugène, Quebec

Saint-Eugène is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,133.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language - References :...

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Since Corbeil started his career as television host in 1964, he appeared in over 100 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....

 shows of various genres. Among the most notable shows he participated included Salut Bonjour, Fais-moi un dessin, Souvenirs d'été and Roue de Fortune, the latter one in which he is still the host. He is also a spokesperson for the Loto-Québec lottery corporation which airs on TQS

Tqs

V is a Canadian privately-owned French-language television network. The network has owned-and-operated and affiliated stations existing throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-air in some bordering markets in the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick...

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In addition of his work as host, Corbeil is a comedian since 1956. Corbeil played in several television series including Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut

Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut

Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1956 to 1970. One of the longest-running programs in the history of Canadian television, the series produced 495 episodes during its 14-year run and was one of the first influential...

, Peau de banane in 1982 and Virginie in 1996. He also appeared in the movies Afterglow in 1999 and Le Collectionneur in 2002. He provided narration in the Human Condition which earned him a Jutra Award

Jutra Award

The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...

 nomination in 1999 although it was Michel Forget

Michel Forget

-Background:Forget had a long acting career in which he participated in several films and television series and which were popular among the general public across the province.In 1986, Michel Forget drove a boat from Paris-Montreal...

 who won the Award for best narration in Hécatombe chez Marie-Pierre

Corbeil also provided the voice in French-translated versions in several movies in the roles of Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone

Frederick Joseph “Fred” Flintstone, also known as Fred W. Flintstone or Frederick J. Flintstone, is the protagonist of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960-66. He is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles...

 in The Flintstones

The Flintstones

The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It...

 as well as Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin, Dark Sidious in Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

 as well as the Terminator in Terminator 3 and various characters in The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

. Among the actors he provided the French voice included Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director, aviator and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won...

, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

, Tim Allen

Tim Allen

Tim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...

, John Goodman

John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993, and for appearances in the films of the Coen brothers, with prominent roles in Raising...

 and Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and novelist.Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde...

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Corbeil also worked as a teacher 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....

 in humanity sciences and religion in the 1960s. He also participated in various theatrical plays throughout his career. He is also participating in various advertisements for Corbeil Home Appliances.

Television series and movies

• Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut
  Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut
  Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1956 to 1970. One of the longest-running programs in the history of Canadian television, the series produced 495 episodes during its 14-year run and was one of the first influential...
  
   (1970)
• Trouble-Fete (1964)
• Rue des pignons (1966–1977)
• Le paradis terrestre (1968)
• Les Berger (1970)
• Le Doux sauvage (1970)
• Peau de banane (1982)
• La Fille du Maquignon (1990)
• Virginie (1996)
• Afterglow
  Afterglow (film)
  Afterglow is a 1997 feature film starring Nick Nolte and Julie Christie. Alan Rudolph directed and wrote the script for the film. It was produced by Robert Altman and filmed in Montreal....
  
  (1996)
• Bob Million (1997)
• Lobby (1997)
• Sauve qui peut (1997)
• The Human Condition (1999)
• Lost and Found (2000)
• Le Collectionneur (2002)
• Eternel (2004)

Shows

• Télé-Jeunes (1964-???)
• Fais-moi un dessin (1987–1991)
• Caméra-café (2003)
• Salut Bonjour
• La Roue de fortune

External links

• Brief TQS Biography