Yvan Ponton

Acting

Yvan Ponton

Born October 22, 1945 · Farnham, Québec, Canada (age 80)

Yvan Ponton is a Canadian actor, commentator and television host. Ponton has had a lengthy acting career which includes roles in a variety of major French-Canadian television shows and movies. He is most well known to English-speaking audiences for his role as Drouin in the 1977 film Slap Shot.

Known For

Scanners II: The New OrderScanners II: The New Order · 1991
Scanners II: The New Order
★ 5.31991
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being recruited by a corrupt police commander, John Forrester, in his crusade to take over the city.
Slap ShotSlap Shot · 1977
Slap Shot
★ 6.81977
MovieComedyDrama
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Bethune: The Making of a HeroBethune: The Making of a Hero · 1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
★ 5.21993
MovieDramaHistory
True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
Hold-upHold-up · 1985
Hold-up
★ 6.21985
MovieComedyCrime
Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
AirspeedAirspeed · 1998
Airspeed
★ 4.31998
MovieAdventureAction
When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken teen find a way to land the jet?
The Boys IVThe Boys IV · 2005
The Boys IV
★ 6.72005
MovieComedy
After four years of absence, the Boys are back on the ice! This time, the stake of the Canadian amateur tournament in which they participate is a game against the Legends of the National Hockey League.
Cold FrontCold Front · 1989
Cold Front
★ 5.11989
MovieCrime
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
When We Were BoysWhen We Were Boys · 2013
When We Were Boys
★ 5.02013
MovieComedyDrama
Christmas 1967, when hockey was played on outdoor rinks. The Boys form the parish's second team and are guaranteed participation in the Holiday Tournament as they are the hosts. Despite limited talent, they dream of victory. Off the ice, they will have to deal with all kinds of moments that one experiences at that age; some funny and some difficult. Together, however, they will face them. Together, they will try to grow, because this is how they have chosen to live: Together.

Filmography

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Lance et CompteLance et Compte · 1986
Lance et Compte
★ 4.31986
SeriesDrama
Lance et Compte is a series of Quebec téléromans revolving around a Quebec City ice hockey team. The series aired from 1986 to 1989 on the Radio-Canada network, and revival series on TQS in 2001 and on TVA from 2004 to the present. The first season was filmed in both French and English, the English version appearing on CBC Television as He Shoots, He Scores. It was the first television series to air simultaneously in English on CBC and in French on Radio-Canada. The series was scripted by Réjean Tremblay and Louis Caron for the first season, and by Tremblay and Jacques Jacob after that. Following the end of the regular series, a number of television movies continued to air into the 1990s. A new generation of the series started to air in 2001 and a movie was made in 2010.

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