Dan Bigras
Dan Bigras (born 23 December 1957) is a francophone rock singer and actor from Canada. He has released a number of albums of rock music, beginning with Ange Animal in 1990.
He is the spokesman of Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal (meaning Refuge of Montreal's youth), an agency to help homeless and at-risk youth. The organisation produces le show du Refuge each year.
Bigras was born in Montreal, Quebec. He left home at age 16 and began playing rock music in bars.
Bigras was discovered by rock singer Gerry Boulet in 1983. In 1990 he released his first album, Ange Animal. A year later, his song "Un bateau dans une bouteille" was performed as part of the city of Montreal's 350th anniversary celebration. His second album, Tue-Moi, was nominated for a Félix Award.
Bigras worked as an actor in the 30 Vies television series. He was seen nationally in a pair of CBC miniseries dramas about Canadian biker gangs called The Last Chapter (2002), and 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.[6] He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song, "L'Astronaute", for the movie Angel's Rage (La Rage de l'ange).
His controversial 2014 album, Le sans visage, received mixed reviews.[8] Bigras toured in Quebec that year in support of the album
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