Manuel Tadros

Hany Manuel Tadros
Born (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 68)[1]
Cairo, Egypt[2][3]
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • comedian
Spouses
Geneviève Dolan
​
(div. 1991)​
Émilie Ndejuru
​
(m. 2021)​
Children2, including Xavier Dolan

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

Early life

Tadros was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Christian family. His father, Emmanuel Saadi Tadros, was a Copt, and his mother, Suzette Sawaya, was of Lebanese descent. Tadros's parents immigrated to Quebec when he was ten years old.[4] 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.[5][6] He has dubbed close to 750 films and series.[citation needed]

Personal life

Tadros is a founding member and administrator of ArtistI, an organization that oversees the payment of royalties to artists.[7]

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.[8]

Tadros was married to Geneviève Dolan, a Québécois public college administrator,[9] with whom he had a son, film director and actor Xavier Dolan.[10] Tadros and Dolan divorced in 1991, when their son was 2 years old.[10][11] Tadros also has another son from a previous relationship with a woman named Diane.[12][4]

On 28 August 2021, Tadros married Québécois writer Émilie Ndejuru,[13][14] with whom he had been in a relationship since 2016.[15]

Filmography

Video games

Theater and musical comedies

References

  1. ^ Beaudry, Michel (30 September 2023). "Le 30 en manchettes". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ Tremblay, Patrick (4 June 2021). "Biomutant – Entrevue avec Manuel Tadros, le narrateur". Le Bêta-Testeur (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Manuel Tadros". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b Brulotte, Rodger (11 December 2022). "Ma famille a fui l'Égypte en douce" [My family quietly fled Egypt]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  5. ^ Coudé-Lord, Michelle (13 November 2009). "Manuel Tadros dans la peau d'un pape". Journal de Montreal (in French). Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ Terrace, Vincent (11 November 2014). Internet Drama and Mystery Television Series, 1996-2014. McFarland Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 9780786495818. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Des artistes interprètes honorés par Artisti". Artisti (in French). 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  8. ^ 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 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. ^ Bilefsky, Dan (27 April 2018). "He Wanted to Escape His Childhood. Now, It Fuels His Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b Kane, Laura (16 December 2014). "Quebec filmmaking phenom Xavier Dolan always had a 'vision,' says his father". CTV News. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Xavier Dolan". Interview Magazine. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023.
  12. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (22 February 2017). "Xavier Dolan: 'If I didn't make movies, I would be a very angry man'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Emilie Ndejuru". Salon du livre de Montréal. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Manuel Tadros gets Married with a Suit by Nathon Kong". Nathon Kong. 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  15. ^ Hamel, François (1 November 2021). "Manuel Tadros raconte sa belle et grande histoire avec Émilie, qu'il vient d'épouser" [Manuel Tadros tells his beautiful and great story with Émilie, whom he has just married]. 7Jours (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.