ABOUT

Laurent has always believed that telling a story can change the world. Graduate of Dawson College's Professional Theatre program and Concordia University's Playwriting program, Laurent had the chance to develop his craft as a bilingual actor, writer, director, producer, teacher and artist. He has had the opportunity to work with such companies as Centaur Theatre, LAB 87, Youtheatre, La Licorne, Geordie Theatre, Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal, la Fille du Laitier and Théâtre Prospero. Laurent has written, performed and produced several films, shows and plays including A Perfect Picture, about the infamous war photographer Kevin Carter that captured the world's attention with one haunting picture. The show was nominated for Best Solo at the 2016 Montreal Fringe and received critical acclaim at the Centaur Theatre’s Wildside Festival. 

In 2019, he returned to the Centaur in five shows! Little Charming, Balconville, Urban Tales, What Rough Beast and in Morris Panych’s bilingual world premiere of The Shoplifters. In 2018, his first short film, The Scene, was in the top three finalists of the Montreal ACTRA Short Film Festival. He has also performed in multiple projects in French, including his first professional translation, Petit Charmant, produced by Théâtre Uiviit in Nunavut, and roles on television in District 31, En Tout Cas and Ricardo Trogi’s new show, La Maison Bleue. He was also honored to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Director for The Scene in the YES! Let’s Make A Movie Film Festival. You can also see him in a pivotal part of the hilarious final season of Future Man on Hulu & iTunes and a cold-blooded killer named Andrew Kay in the true-crime CBC series The Detectives.

In 2020, Laurent won the February edition of the National Monologue Slam, hosted at Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto. During the pandemic, Laurent has lent his talents to performing a play live from his living room, to multiple voice and onscreen commercials, to dubbing Netflix series, to various videogames, to writing his second feature film, to producing his second short film, and to publish his first book of poetry: 2020 VISION. Available now in PRINT or in E-BOOK format.

In 2021, he has appeared on your screens as the GOODFOOD caveman who's stuck in the past, munching on sticks instead of ordering fresh food from the delivery service. Upcoming projects include his principal role in Peace by Chocolate, telling the true story of Syrian refugees who lose everything but come to a small town in Canada and create a life-changing chocolate company dedicated to world peace, his lead performance in Stranded, a sci-fi film about suicide, and his second short film GIVE TIME about grieving lost love. Follow their production, the winner of the Lift-Off Toronto International Film Fest for BEST SHORT FILM & of the Ontario International Film Fest for BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM, via this link: GIVE TIME

In 2022, GIVE TIME continued its success with a selection in the Pittsburgh Shorts festival and with three awards at YES! Let’s Make a Film Fest (Best Film, Best Director & Best Actress), including a Best Actor win for Laurent in the sci-fi short Stranded.

He went on to do multiple projects that year, including upcoming major roles in The Fading which premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, and The Sacrifice Game, an AMC Studios & Shudder production, starring alongside established actors Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, and Chloë Levine, which won the Audience Award for Best Film at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival. In 2023, he also played in CBC Gem & ITVX’s true crime series Something Undone and in Department 9’s feature film Soul’s Road, starring rockstar Dallas Smith, in a story about music, redemption, and friendship.

Also, having embarked in the previous year on a life-changing journey, Laurent released his EP album, three little words, with Rare Heir Studios. And stay tuned for his featured appearances in the newest season of Hudson & Rex and Fargo!