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Yannick Bisson

Published Online November 4, 2012

Last Edited July 16, 2014

Yannick Bisson, actor (b at Montréal 16 May 1969). Yannick Bisson began his acting career in television commercials as a child. His first substantive role came when he was 15 in the well-received made-for-television movie Hockey Night (1984), starring Megan FOLLOWS and Rick MORANIS.
Yannick Bisson at the Canadian Film Centre BBQ on 9 September 2012.

Yannick Bisson, actor (b at Montréal 16 May 1969). Yannick Bisson began his acting career in television commercials as a child. His first substantive role came when he was 15 in the well-received made-for-television movie Hockey Night (1984), starring Megan Follows and Rick Moranis. This was followed by the lead in another television movie, Brothers by Choice (1986), and in Jean-Claude Lord's family drama Toby McTeague (1986). Moving to Toronto, Bisson took acting lessons and secured a recurring role in the short-lived Canadian sitcom Learning the Ropes (1988-89). Likable and movie-star handsome, Yannick Bisson has been a regular performer on Canadian television ever since.

He starred in 2 dramas for CBC's 1989 anthology series Magic Hour - Pray for Me Paul Henderson and Rookies (Gemini Award nomination for best actor) - which were followed by Gold, five 90-minute movies shot in New Zealand and set during that country's 1860s gold rush. Other notable series include Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, Undergrads, Soul Food, all 56 episodes of Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002-05) and the lead as the Victorian-era detective Inspector William Murdoch in Murdoch Mysteries (2008- ). Bisson had a small part in the Canadian-made movie about the disgraced American lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack (2010), starring Kevin Spacey.