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1990
• Music and acting in "Entre l'effort et l'oubli" by Maurice André-Aubin.

1991
• Music and performance in the role of a "comic artist" in the film "Le Fabuleux Voyage de l'ange" by Jean Lefebvre.

1993
• The song "Weak for Love" (on the English album: Woman to Man") is played on the General Hospital series.

1994
• Performance in the role of a businessman in "The Return of Tommy Ticket".

1997
• Participation in the composition of the music for a TV movie called "Whiskers".

1998
• Music for the film "Aujourd'hui ou jamais " by Jean Pierre Lefebvre.

2002
• Performance in the role of a Rumanian refugee in the Canadian-British film "The Book of Eve" by Claude Fournier. (from the book by Constance Beresford-Howe)

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2002
• The life and career of the legendary singer and poet, Felix Leclerc, will be shown on screen. Daniel Lavoie will play the part of Felix Leclerc in the TV series "FÉLIX LECLERC, LE FOU DE L'ILE" (Félix Leclerc, the crazy man of the island) by the director Claude Fournier and the producer Marie-Josée Raymoud.

Television film about Felix Leclerc - August/September 2003
The life and career of the legendary singer and poet, Felix Leclerc, will be shown on screen. Daniel Lavoie will play the part of Felix Leclerc in the TV series by the producers Claude Fournier and Marie-Josee Raymond. According to Marie-Josee Raymond, the person whom one knows best as a singer, is an "extraordinary and remarkable" actor. His first big film role in "The Book of Eve" is a revelation of his talent: "He has an exceptional presence and a rare magnetism". The series [which lasts 4 hours] is entitled "FELIX LECLERC, LE FOU DE L'ILE", [Felix Leclerc, the crazy man of the island] will be shown in 2005 on Radio-Canada and France 3. Filming has ended (it began in August in Paris and finished in October in Québec on the Île d'Orléans).

The TV series about Felix Leclerc will be shown in 2 episodes, in Quebec, on Radio Canada Television on the
23rd and the 30th May 2004, between 8pm and 10pm each night.

Daniel Lavoie's son Joseph also took part, playing Félix Leclerc at age 15. Daniel Lavoie has recorded 30 of Félix Leclerc's songs for the film.

Photo : Joseph Lavoie and his mother Louise Dubuc

Daniel Lavoie as Félix Leclerc

2003

Daniel Lavoie, Actor in "The Book of Eve"- September 2003

He is playing the part of Johnny Brancusi in the Canadian-British film "The Book of Eve" (in English) from the book by Constance Beresford Howe. This film is directed by Claude Fournier and is released in May 2003 in Canada. Also in the film are: Claire Bloom, Susannah York, Julian Glover, Angèle Coutu, Marie-Jo Thério, Fanny Lacroix. The DVD of the film of The Book of Eve [English version] is due for release in Canada on the 9th September 2003.
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Daniel Lavoie remarks on his role "The personality of Johnny Brancusi is quite interesting. A Rumanian refugee, well-educated, he has chosen to work in a factory in order to keep life as simple as possible. Drinker, womaniser, he lives in a rooming-house in a poor area of Montréal. (…) I feel more at ease as an actor than I thought was possible, my last experience having been most difficult. I suspect that playing Frollo has allowed me to work more alongside other actors of my profession. An endearing personality, in spite of his weaknesses, Johnny Brancusi pleases me a lot."