Manuel Tadros

Manuel Tadros (Arabic: مانويل تادرس‎; born September 30, 1956) is an Egyptian-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and voice actor. He currently works and lives in Quebec.

Manuel Tadros
Born (1956-09-30) September 30, 1956
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationSinger, songwriter, actor and comedian
Spouse(s)Geneviève Dolan
ChildrenXavier Dolan

Early life

Tadros was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Christian family. His father, Emmanuel Saadi Tadros, was a Coptic Christian, and his mother, Suzette Sawaya, was of Syro-Lebanese descent. Tadros's parents immigrated to Quebec when he was ten years old. His father bought him a guitar when he was 12 and he started composing and singing, eventually performing at the Vieux Damas venue in Saint Vincent.

Career

His fame began to grow after he took part in Première chance, a TV program hosted by Fernand Gignac for new talents, in which he sang "Je t'aime, tu sais". Soon after this, he released his first album Manuel Tadros which featured the song "Un trésor de velours" that topped the Quebec charts. He was also known for his song "Isabelle". Tadros also hosted the variety shows Jeunesse and Pop Express between 1982 and 1984 on Télé Métropole.

Toward the end of the 1970s and throughout the 1980s Tadros turned to writing songs for other artists, including the hit tune "C'est zéro" for Julie Masse. He also wrote for Véronic Dicaire, Roch Voisine, Nicole Martin, Patrick Norman and Natasha St-Pier and for shows including Cirque du Soleil's Alegria

At the beginning of the 1990s, Tadros diversified, doing voice-overs for movies and TV series. He acted on stage including in the 2001 play Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour. He also hosted the educational magazine Code d’accès between 1998 and 2000.

Tadros wrote the French versions of the music in Chicago in 2003 (including the French-language musical comedy adaptation of the film) and Nostalgia in 2004. He is the voice of Rodrigo Borgia in the Ubisoft game Assassin's Creed II and its follow-up Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in addition to the short film Assassin's Creed: Lineage.[1][2] He has dubbed close to 750 films and series.

Personal life

Tadros is a founding member and administrator of ArtistI, an organization that oversees the payment of royalties to artists. Diabetic from a very young age, he is known for his involvement as a spokesman for Fondation de la recherche sur le diabète juvénile (FRDJ) for many years.[3]

Manuel Tadros is the father of Quebec film director and actor Xavier Dolan.[4]

Filmography
  • 1996: Omerta, la loi du silence as Frank Vastelli(TV series)
  • 1997: Omerta 2, la loi du silence as Frank Vastelli (TV series)
  • 1997: Twist of Fate as Dr. Hassan
  • 1998: Pendant ce temps... as a Mafioso
  • 1998: Meurtrière par amour (The Girl Next Door) as Carlo (TV)
  • 1999: Omertà 3, Le dernier des hommes d'honneur as Frank Vastelli (TV series)
  • 1999: Bonanno: A Godfather's Story as Mimi Sebella (TV)
  • 2000: La Promesse
  • 2001: The Warden as Diaz (TV)
  • 2002: Le Dernier Chapitre as Carlos Vasquez (TV series)
  • 2002: Aime ton père (English title A Loving Father) as M. Azouz (film)
  • 2002-2005: Watatatow as Luigi Del Vecchio (TV series)
  • 2003: Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause as a Biologist
  • 2003: Au-delà des frontières (Beyond Borders) as a Chechen mobster
  • 2005: La Vie avec mon père as a doctor
  • 2005: Human Trafficking (Trafic d'innocence) as Miguel, a Mexican smuggler (TV series)
  • 2008: Le piège américain as Joseph Valachi
  • 2008: Casino as Kia (TV)
  • 2009: Assassin's Creed: Lineage as Rodrigo Borgia (short film)
  • 2009: I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) as a concierge
  • 2010: L'Appât as MC
  • 2013: Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) as the bartender
  • 2016: X-Men: Apocalypse as Clan Akkaba Leader
Video games

Theater and musical comedies

References
  1. Coudé-Lord, Michelle (13 November 2009). "Manuel Tadros dans la peau d'un pape". Journal de Montreal (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. Terrace, Vincent (11 November 2014). Internet Drama and Mystery Television Series, 1996-2014. McFarland Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 9780786495818.
  3. Pellerin, Marie-France (3 April 2011). "Symposium de recherche sur la diabète - Le témoignage de Manuel Tadros". Canoe.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. Kane, Laura (16 December 2014). "Quebec movie director Xavier Dolan always had a 'vision,' father says". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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