André Sauvé

Andre Sauve is a Quebec comedian and author. He is best known for his appearances at the Galas Juste pour rire (from 2005 to 2008) and for his participation in the program 3600 secondes d'extase hosted by Marc Labreche. He studied, practiced and then taught bharata natyam - the classical dance of India - for nearly ten years, travelling back and forth between Quebec and India. He explored mime with the troupe Omnibus and the theatre du mouvement of Paris. He then moved to acting, and later became a host at CISM. At the festival d'humour de Degelis in 2004, he won first prize.

Andre Sauve wrote for the program Le Sketch Show presented on TVA. He made a first performance at the Festival Juste pour rire in 2005 as part of the gala of Louis-Jose Houde, then in 2006 at the gala of Laurent Paquin and Martin Petit, where he won the prize of "Revelation de l'annee". In 2007, he performed again at the Juste pour rire gala of Marc Labreche and at the tribute evening to Yvon Deschamps at the theatre Saint-Denis. He appeared on Radio-Canada in the program 3600 secondes d'extase alongside Marc Labreche and completed a tour in 2009 (more than 200,000 tickets sold).

In 2010, he obtained his first film role in the film Filiere 13 by Patrick Huard, where he played Dr. Clermont, the psychiatrist of the three protagonists. He won three prix Olivier in 2014: Spectacle d'humour, Auteur and Mise en scene. His second long show was titled "Etre", with a DVD released on 24 November 2015.