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Richardson Zéphir
Richardson Zéphir during a Punch Club in 2017.
BornDecember 29 1977
Laval, Canada Québec
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • film
  • television
  • music
Nationality Haiti Haïtian  Canada Canadian
Years active2009–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Websitehttps://www.richardsonzephir.com


Richardson Zéphir is a Quebec comedian and improviser born on December 29, 1977 in Montreal and of Haitian origin. He is known for his participation in the television shows Big Brother Célébrités and LOL : qui rira le dernier ?.

Biography

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Studies

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Richardson Zéphir completed his secondary studies at Odyssée-des-Jeunes and Horizon Jeunesse[1], where he discovered improvisation at the age of 12[2]. He then continued his post-secondary studies in petrochemistry at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montreal, specializing in water purification, hydrocarbons, natural gases and chemical processes, while continuing to practice improvisation[3]. With Ian Métayer, Zéphir collaborates in the creation and production of comedy shows under the banner Les Grands Burlesques[4].

Professional Career

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In 2004, he became co-owner of Terrasses Bonsecours[4]. In 2009, he received a call from the director of French-language programming at the Zoofest festival, who offered him the chance to participate in the first edition of the festival in July of the same year with his group Les Grands Burlesques[5].. Deciding to devote himself fully to comedy, he sold his shares in Terrasses Bonsecours[6].

Subsequently, Zéphir regularly participated in comedy evenings and also hosted some of them in bars in Quebec. It was in 2016 that he first got noticed by winning the seventh edition of the comedy competition En route vers mon premier gala Juste pour rire[7].

Over the next few years, Richardson Zéphir made numerous television appearances, starring in several series such as Les Simone, Trauma, Faits Divers and La Maison-Bleue. He participated several times in the end-of-year revue Bye Bye[8].

In 2021, he was in the first season of the Quebec adaptation of Big Brother Célébrités[9]. He finished in fifth place[10].. He won the audience award[11].

More recently, in 2023, he participated in the first season of the Quebec adaptation of LOL : qui rira le dernier ? and won first place ex aequo with comedian Laurent Paquin[12] · [13].

On May 10, 2023, he launched his first one-man-show entitled “Zéphir“[14].

Career

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Television

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Cinema

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Videoclip

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  1. ^ iClic (www.iclic.com). "Deux Lavallois parmi les finalistes". L'Écho de Laval (in French). Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Richardson Zéphir | Le Bordel" (in French). Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "RICHARDSON ZEPHIR – St-Francois En Action". www.stfrancoisenaction.org. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Agence artistique Corinne Giguère". agencecg.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "Richardson Zéphir". Big Brother Wiki. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  10. ^ "Richardson Zéphir". Big Brother Wiki. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "Agence artistique Corinne Giguère". agencecg.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  12. ^ QMI, Agence. "«LOL: qui rira le dernier?»: Badouri, Joncas, Soly et Zéphir dans l'arène". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  13. ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société-. "Un don de 50 000 $ à Clowns thérapeutiques Saguenay grâce à Laurent Paquin". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "La première médiatique de Richardson Zéphir a attiré BEAUCOUP de vedettes!". Hollywoodpq.com (in Canadian French). May 11, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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