Maxim Martin

Maxim Martin is a Quebec humorist born on 23 September 1969 in Montreal. He began his career in the Winnipeg region (Manitoba, Canada). While working in a bar, he replaced a comedian at short notice. After a time at the Ecole nationale de l'humour, he joined the Juste pour rire team. Over the last 25 years, he has travelled across Quebec with 5 one man shows and taken part in several galas at the ComediHa! Fest-Quebec as well as the Festival Juste pour rire.

He was a columnist on the show Les Gingras Gonzalez then on CNM on the TQS network. In the 1990s, he was a columnist on the morning show of CKMF. In the 2000s, he was a regular collaborator on various midday shows of the station CKOI. He then made a return as a radio host on the rival station CKMF from 2015 to 2022. From 2011 to 2014, he was the host of the show Junior et Majeur on TVA Sports. From 2014 to 2018, he hosted the show Direct dans l'net on Ztele. In 2019, in Mont-Tremblant, Maxim Martin took part in his first Ironman. From 2017 to 2021, he was the lead actor and author of the series Max Et Livia on Vrak. In France, he appeared notably on Laurent Ruquier's shows On a tout essaye on France 2 and On va s'gener on Europe 1.

Maxim Martin is also the spokesperson of the Fondation CRDM since 2011 (Fondation du Centre de readaptation en dependance de Montreal). He wrote a book named Excessif; the continuation of his autobiography was released in autumn 2025. In 2025, he presented, across Quebec, his sixth one-man-show named Bon chien. Since his ADHD diagnosis in 2020, Maxim Martin is accompanied by an assistance dog, Aura, to help him master his anxiety and the other challenges that this disorder brings, hence the name of his one-man-show.