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Jean-Marc Parent

Jean-Marc Parent is a talented comedian and actor from Canada who is also known as JMP. In addition to his performances in The Barbarian Invasions and Les pots cassés, he has also appeared in other films.

Jean-Marc Parent was interested in comedy and acting from a young age. His first song, L'Handicapé, got him noticed at the Just for Laughs auditions in 1988. Parent first appeared on TV in 1985 in a show called "Casse-tête."  He made the show "Open from the Top" in 1989.

Jean-Marc has also won a lot of awards for his excellent work. In 2006, he won his first three prizes at the Gala des Oliviers. In 1996, he made up and hosted the comedy show L'Heure JMP on the TQS television network.

Early Life

Jean-Marc lost his mother when he was just six, and his father died when he was fourteen. He spent a year studying psychology, and then he became a social worker. In 1993, he became the spokesman for Operation Red Nose. Also, Parent is the first comedian from Quebec to try to get enough money to put on a show at the Montreal Forum.

Jean-Marc Parent is an actor and comedian by trade, but he also loves photography and boats in his spare time. At the moment, he travels all over Quebec.

Career

Jean-Marc Parent is a writer and actor best known for his roles in Les filles de Caleb, The Barbarian Invasions, and Les pots cassés. After learning to be a comedian, his original act, L'Handicap 1, got him noticed at the Just for Laughs auditions in 1988. Then he joined forces with Michel Barrette to form a duo. He made the show "Open from the Top" in 1989.

In the 1990s, he was known for his long, several-hour-long comedy shows. He would start with a traditional, scripted set that would last about two hours. After that, he would improvise for several hours. Often, these shows were very expensive, like when he asked a restaurant owner to make pizza for the whole audience.

He made history when he appeared at the Montreal Forum as the first Quebec comic ever. In addition, he invited 900 guests to a "pyjama party" at UQAM's Salle Pierre-Mercure. He did improv and got the animation for the popular comedy show L'Heure JMP, which aired on the TQS network in 1996. In the pages of the humor magazine Safarir, Jean-Marc is often drawn.