Dan Bigras Explained

Dan Bigras
Birth Date:1957 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:musician, actor
Years Active:1983–present
Website:www.danbigras.com

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.

Early life

Bigras was born in Montreal, Quebec. He left home at age 16 and began playing rock music in bars.[1]

Career

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.[2] His second album, Tue-Moi, was nominated for a Félix Award.[3]

Bigras worked as an actor in the 30 Vies television series.[4] He was seen nationally in a pair of CBC miniseries dramas about Canadian biker gangs called The Last Chapter (2002), and (2002), as Roots Racine, the impetuous leader of the Montreal chapter of the Triple Sixers, a fictional group loosely based on the Hells Angels.[5] 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).[7]

Bigras was also the director of The Ring Within (Le Ring intérieur), a 2002 documentary film about mixed martial arts.[8] The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003.[9]

His controversial 2014 album, Le sans visage, received mixed reviews.[10] Bigras toured in Quebec that year in support of the album.[11]

Discography

Filmography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/08/10/photos-souvenirs-dan-bigras "Photos souvenirs: Dan Bigras"
  2. https://newspaperarchive.com/lethbridge-herald-may-21-1992-p-42/ "Misic Notes"
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dan-bigras-mn0001899363/biography " Dan Bigras"
  4. https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/dan-bigras-balancing-extremes/ "Dan Bigras: Balancing Extremes"
  5. https://newspaperarchive.com/brandon-sun-mar-01-2003-p-278/ "TV Spotlight"
  6. http://www.cbc.ca/lastchapter/ The Last Chapter at CBC Television
  7. News: The 2007 Genie nominees . https://archive.today/20120711104920/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2007/01/09/3256951.html . usurped . 11 July 2012 . 18 May 2009 . 9 January 2007 . Jam!/Canoe .
  8. John Griffin, "Bigras delivers KO with Le Ring". Montreal Gazette, 1 March 2002.
  9. Gayle MacDonald, "Ararat leads but Egoyan left out". The Globe and Mail, 11 December 2002.
  10. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/new-music-review-le-sans-visage-dan-bigras-ange-animal "New music review: Le sans visage, Dan Bigras (Ange Animal)"
  11. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/02/26/dan-bigras-heureux-sur-scene "Dan Bigras, heureux sur scène"
  12. Christine Ramsay. Making It Like a Man: Canadian Masculinities in Practice. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press; 7 October 2011. . p. 242.
  13. Thomas Waugh. Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 2006. . p. 206.

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