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Infobox musical artist | name = Dan Bigras| image =| caption =| image_size =| background =solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|12|23|birth_place = Montreal , Quebec , Canada | death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre =| occupation = musician , actor | years_active = 1983–present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.danbigras.com www.danbigras.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments =Use dmy dates|date=August 2010 Dan Bigras (born 23 December 1956 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a francophone rock music|rock singer and actor from Canada . He was discovered by Gerry Boulet in 1983, and his first album Ange Animal was released in 1990.
He is the spokesman of Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal (meaning Refuge of Montreal's young people), an agency to help homeless and at-risk youth. The organisation produces le show du Refuge each year.
He has appeared as a film actor since 1997's '' J'en suis! . Bigras was seen nationally in a pair of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC miniseries dramas about Canadian biker gang s called The Last Chapter (TV series)|The Last Chapter (2000), and The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (TV series)|The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (2002), as Roots Racine, the impetuous leader of the Montreal chapter of the Triple Sixers, a fictional group loosely based on the Hells Angels . These series were produced in English and French. http://www.cbc.ca/lastchapter/ The Last Chapter'' at CBC Television He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song, "L'Astronaute", for the movie '' La Rage de l'ange .cite news | url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2007/01/09/3256951.html | accessdate=2009-05-18 | date=9 January 2007 | title=The 2007 Genie nominees | publisher= Jam! /Canoe
Discography
Ange Animal (1990)
Tue-moi (1992)
Les Immortels (1993)
Le Fou du diable (1995)
Le Chien (1998)
2000 et un enfants (1999)
Bigras 1992/2002 Tout (2003)
Fou (2005)
Fan (2009)
Filmography
'' J'en suis! (1997)
Rivière-des-Jérémie (2001) - TV series
Le ring intérieur (2002)
Tag - Épilogue (2002) - TV series
The Last Chapter (2002) - TV miniseries
The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (2003) - TV miniseries
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Persondata | NAME = Bigras, Dan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 23 December 1956 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Montreal , Quebec , Canada | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH =
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