Born in Saint-Apollinaire, Québec, Louis-José Houde is a French-Canadian comedian, who is mostly known for his stand-up comedy. He also had his own TV show and has been the host for the prestigious Gala de l'ADISQ for 9 consecutive years. Houde started acting in feature films, such as Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006), De père en flic (Fathers and Guns, 2009) and Le Sens de l'humour. He graduated at the Quebec's École nationale de l'humour in 1998. In 2003, Louis-José Houde won a Félix Award for comic show of the year. In 2014 he was the first guess on the new SNL Québec and won another Félix Award, this time for the comic show on DVD of the year.