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Daniel Lavoie

Daniel Lavoie

Actor · Born 1949-03-17 · Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

Daniel Lavoie (born Joseph-Hubert-Gérald Lavoie on March 17, 1949) is a Canadian musician, actor, and singer best known for his song "Ils s'aiment" and the role of Frollo in musical Notre-Dame de Paris. He releases albums and performs on stage in Canada and France and tours in Canada and Europe. Daniel Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba on March 17, 1949. He is bilingual in English and French, since his family was part of a small French-speaking community in the predominantly anglophone province. He is the eldest of six children. His father was a shopkeeper and his mother a housewife. Daniel took piano lessons with nuns as a little boy and continued his musical education in a French-language Jesuit boarding school, Collège de St-Boniface (now Université de Saint-Boniface), in St. Boniface neighborhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1967, Daniel Lavoie won the CBC's competition for singer-songwriters, in the television program, "Jeunesse Oblige". Soon after that he began touring Quebec's music clubs with groups (Spectre, then Dieu de l'amour vous aime). At that time he changed his name from Gérald to Daniel. In 1973 Daniel Lavoie recorded his first single, "Marie connue", and in 1974,…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Notre-Dame de Paris (1998) — Frollo
  2. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  3. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  4. The Return of Tommy Tricker (1994) — The Businessman
  5. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
  6. The Book of Eve (2002) — Johnny Brancusi
  7. Victoires de la musique (1985) — Self
  8. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  9. Garou : Live à Bercy (2002) — Self
  10. Le Petit Prince - Spectacle Musical (2002) — L'aviateur
  11. Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans (2024) — Self
  12. La Chance aux chansons (1984) — Self
  13. Céline Dion - The Millennium Concert (1999) — Self
  14. The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (1991) — Francis
  15. Canada Mania (2025) — Self
  16. 11e edition de La Nuit de la Deprime aux Folies Bergère (2026)
  17. Bonsoir bonsoir! (2019) — Self
  18. En direct de l'univers (2009) — Self
  19. La semaine des 4 Julie (2020) — Self - Guest
  20. Les Enfants de la télé (2010) — Self
  21. Notre Dame de Paris (2017) — Frollo
  22. Comédies musicales Made in France (2025) — Self
  23. Le Grand Concert de la Francophonie célèbre Jean-Jaques Goldman (2025) — Self : Guest
  24. Félix Leclerc (2005) — Félix Leclerc
  25. Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale dans la Capitale (1998) — Self
  26. Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal — Self
  27. Microphone (2017) — Self
  28. Le monde est à vous (1987) — Self
  29. Serge à Paris (2024)
  30. Piano public (2025) — Self - Guest judge