Biography
Stéphane E. Roy studied Drama at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). From 1990 to 2000, he was a member of the comedy group Les Bizarroïdes, which was honored as the sacred revelation of the Just for Laughs Festival in 1994.
In theater, Stéphane E. Roy has written and performed in several productions, including the successful plays Mars and Venus, Me, Myself and I, Ils se sont Aimés, and Capitulation.
On television, he has appeared in numerous series such as Camera Cafe, Cauchemar d'Amour, Le Plateau, Max Inc., Ooops!, Réal-IT, and Les Bougon. He has also worked as a columnist on shows like Les Quatre Cents Coups on Télé-Québec and Deux filles le matin Sucré et Salé on the TVA network.
In 1991, he founded the Ligue d'improvisation de Montréal, an experimental improvisation league. In 2001, he created the literary cabaret series Les Dimanches des Auteurs, which he ran for six years; these evenings featured authors composing and reading texts on specific themes.
In October 2007, in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, after a work session with comedians Ben and Jarrod, Stéphane E. Roy was seriously injured in a car accident. He recovered quickly; just days later, he appeared in a humorous web capsule, Cas Roberge.
In 2008, he directed a new comedy series featuring the duo Ben and Jarrod, broadcast on Super Écran (which had been recorded at the Corona Theatre in Montreal shortly before his accident). He co-wrote and starred in the film Le Cas Roberge alongside Sébastien Benoît, Jean-Michel Dufaux, and Benoit Roberge; the film was based on internet capsules.
In 2009, he produced eight one-hour comedy programs with the Ben and Jarrod duo for Canal D. In 2010, he received two nominations for "Best Comedy Series" at the Gala ADISQ and the Gala des Oliviers for his directing work on the show Soft Time.
Between 2012 and 2013, he played the role of Martin in the romantic comedy Ils se sont Aimés. In 2013, he published the interactive play Mars and Venus with Playwrights Canada Press.
In 2016, he acted in, directed, and co-wrote Nine, the film adaptation of his play Nine Variations on Empty, collaborating with nine other directors: Ricardo Trogi, Erik Canuel, Micheline Lanctôt, Luc Picard, Éric Tessier, Jean-Philippe Duval, and Claude Brie. He has also directed several advertising campaigns and staged the play Dans l'œil by Sylvain Larocque.
