Yvan Ponton

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.

Slap Shot (1977)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Roy Hill
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Strother Martin  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Jennifer Warren

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Roy Hill
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Strother Martin  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Jennifer Warren

The Boys (1997)

Every Monday evening, at the arena, eleven men get together to lovingly put on the jersey of the Boys, the hockey team of a "garage" league to which they belong. As Stan, their revered trainer, would affectionately say, they have the "puck" tattooed on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Saïa
CAST:  Marc Messier  •  Rémy Girard  •  Patrick Huard  •  Serge Thériault

Every Monday evening, at the arena, eleven men get together to lovingly put on the jersey of the Boys, the hockey team of a "garage" league to which they belong. As Stan, their revered trainer, would affectionately say, they have the "puck" tattooed on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Saïa
CAST:  Marc Messier  •  Rémy Girard  •  Patrick Huard  •  Serge Thériault

Hold-up (1985)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Guy Marchand  •  Kim Cattrall  •  Jacques Villeret

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Arcady
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Guy Marchand  •  Kim Cattrall  •  Jacques Villeret

The Boys II (1998)

Our Boys are back a year after their last adventures. This time around, the players of Quebec's most popular garage league travel to Chamonix, France, to take part in an international amateur hockey tournament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Saïa
CAST:  Marc Messier  •  Rémy Girard  •  Patrick Huard  •  Serge Thériault

Our Boys are back a year after their last adventures. This time around, the players of Quebec's most popular garage league travel to Chamonix, France, to take part in an international amateur hockey tournament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Saïa
CAST:  Marc Messier  •  Rémy Girard  •  Patrick Huard  •  Serge Thériault

Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1993)

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Borsos
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Helen Mirren  •  Helen Shaver  •  Colm Feore

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Borsos
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Helen Mirren  •  Helen Shaver  •  Colm Feore

The Boys III (2001)

Three years have passed. The Boys are still a great hockey team in a garage league. Their coach Stan, in France for three years, returns from his trip to the delight of his troops. However, a wealthy businessman appears in the background and the players feel drawn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Saïa
CAST:  Marc Messier  •  Rémy Girard  •  Patrick Huard  •  Serge Thériault

Three years have passed. The Boys are still a great hockey team in a garage league. Their coach Stan, in France for three years, returns from his trip to the delight of his troops. However, a wealthy businessman appears in the background and the players feel drawn ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Saïa
CAST:  Marc Messier  •  Rémy Girard  •  Patrick Huard  •  Serge Thériault

The Collector (2002)

The detective Maud Graham hides her sensibility behind the image of a strong and independant woman. She frequently offers her hospitality to a 16-year-old prostitute, Grégoire, a young man who became her friend. But when the teenager decides to invite a 12-year-old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Beaudin
CAST:  Luc Picard  •  Maude Guérin  •  Lawrence Arcouette  •  Charles-André Bourassa

The detective Maud Graham hides her sensibility behind the image of a strong and independant woman. She frequently offers her hospitality to a 16-year-old prostitute, Grégoire, a young man who became her friend. But when the teenager decides to invite a 12-year-old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Beaudin
CAST:  Luc Picard  •  Maude Guérin  •  Lawrence Arcouette  •  Charles-André Bourassa

Blind Trust (1986)

A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Simoneau
CAST:  Marie Tifo  •  Pierre Curzi  •  Jacques Godin  •  Robert Gravel

A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Simoneau
CAST:  Marie Tifo  •  Pierre Curzi  •  Jacques Godin  •  Robert Gravel

Scanners II: The New Order (1991)

A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Duguay
CAST:  David Hewlett  •  Deborah Raffin  •  Yvan Ponton  •  Isabelle Mejias

A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Duguay
CAST:  David Hewlett  •  Deborah Raffin  •  Yvan Ponton  •  Isabelle Mejias

Airspeed (1998)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Tinnell
CAST:  Joe Mantegna  •  Elisha Cuthbert  •  Bronwen Booth  •  Lynne Adams

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Tinnell
CAST:  Joe Mantegna  •  Elisha Cuthbert  •  Bronwen Booth  •  Lynne Adams

When We Were Boys (2013)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Goudreau
CAST:  Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay  •  Maxime Gibault  •  Derek Poissant  •  Jassen Charron

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Goudreau
CAST:  Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay  •  Maxime Gibault  •  Derek Poissant  •  Jassen Charron

Lance et compte (2010)

After an hockey game in Lac St-Jean, the National climbs into their bus and begins the long ride from Roberval to Quebec City. On one of the sharp curves around Mount Apica, catastrophe strikes. The bus slams into the mountain and half the players dies. Now the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédérik D'Amours
CAST:  Carl Marotte  •  Julie McClemens  •  Marina Orsini  •  Jason Roy-Léveillée

After an hockey game in Lac St-Jean, the National climbs into their bus and begins the long ride from Roberval to Quebec City. On one of the sharp curves around Mount Apica, catastrophe strikes. The bus slams into the mountain and half the players dies. Now the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédérik D'Amours
CAST:  Carl Marotte  •  Julie McClemens  •  Marina Orsini  •  Jason Roy-Léveillée

LNI : 40 ans d'improvisation (2017)

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Stéphane Bellavance  •  Anaïs Favron  •  Gaston Lepage  •  Yvan Ponton

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Stéphane Bellavance  •  Anaïs Favron  •  Gaston Lepage  •  Yvan Ponton

Cold Front (1990)

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan A. Goldstein
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Kim Coates  •  Beverly D'Angelo

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan A. Goldstein
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Kim Coates  •  Beverly D'Angelo

The Boys IV (2005)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Mihalka
CAST:  Rémy Girard  •  Marc Messier  •  Pierre Lebeau  •  Patrick Labbé

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Mihalka
CAST:  Rémy Girard  •  Marc Messier  •  Pierre Lebeau  •  Patrick Labbé