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Yvan Ponton

Acting Born Oct 22, 1945 Farnham, Québec, Canada 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Le Tricheur

as Self
Film

The Last Unicorn

as Jacques Mercier

Poivre et sel

as Maurice Bissonnette

Full filmography

  • Les Enfants de la télé (2010) as Self - Guest
  • Le Tricheur (2012) as Self
  • Lance et Compte (1986) as Jacques Mercier
  • Slap Shot (1977) as Jean-Guy Drouin
  • Les Boys (2007) as Jean-Charles
  • Poivre et sel (1983) as Maurice Bissonnette
  • Ouvrez les guillemets (2018) as Self
  • Hold-up (1985) as Tremplin
  • The Boys II (1998) as Jean-Charles
  • Chasing the Frozen Dream (2025) as Narrator (voice)
  • Cold Front (1989) as Inspector Dechesne
  • Scanners II: The New Order (1991) as Commander John Forrester
  • Hors-Jeu 2.0 (2014) as Self
  • L'or et le papier (1989) as André Roberge
  • Airspeed (1998) as Lee 'Bickster' Biquette
  • Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1993) as Frank Coudaire
  • When We Were Boys (2013) as François Taillefert
  • The Boys IV (2005) as Jean-Charles
  • The Boys (1997) as Jean-Charles
  • Trial By Fire: A North of 60 Mystery (2000) as Inspector Cormier
  • The Boys III (2001) as Jean-Charles
  • The Collector (2002) as Robert Fecteau
  • Blind Trust (1986) as H.B.
  • He Shoots, He Scores (2010) as Jacques Mercier