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Pierre Bouvier
Bouvier performing with Simple Plan in Beijing in 2012
Bouvier performing with Simple Plan in Beijing in 2012
Background information
Birth namePierre Charles Bouvier
Born (1979-05-09) May 9, 1979 (age 45)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • composer
  • actor
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • percussion
Years active1993–present
Labels
Spouse
Lachelle Farrar
(m. 2013)
WebsitePierre Bouvier on Twitter

Pierre Charles Bouvier MSC (born 9 May 1979) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, composer and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Simple Plan.[1]

Personal life

Bouvier was born to Réal and Louise Bouvier. He has two older brothers, Jay and Jonathan. He attended Collège Beaubois in Pierrefonds, Quebec, with bandmates Chuck Comeau, Jeff Stinco, and Sébastien Lefebvre. Before and partly during his early musical career, Bouvier worked as a cook at St-Hubert in Montréal. Bouvier has two daughters, and has been married to Lachelle Farrar since 2013.

Career

When Bouvier was 13 or 14 years old, he founded the punk rock band Reset with his best friend Chuck Comeau in which he was the bass guitarist and lead vocalist. He was not happy with Reset and left the band in 1999, a year after Comeau's departure in 1998. His current bandmate David Desrosiers took his place as lead vocalist and bass guitarist. He later met Comeau at a Sugar Ray concert and joined him in creating Simple Plan with old schoolmates David Desrosiers, Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre.

He hosted the MTV reality show Damage Control.[2][3]

Instruments

Pierre is best known for owning a collection of Takamine acoustic guitars which he uses in every album and while playing live. He also owns a few of Fender electric guitars.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2003 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Himself (voice) Also performed the theme song with Simple Plan
The New Tom Green Show Himself 1 episode
A Big Package for You Himself
2004 New York Minute Himself
Punk Rock Holocaust Himself
2005 Damage Control[4] Himself Host
2011 Canada Sings Himself

Discography

With Reset

  • Concerned (Demo, 1995)
  • No Worries (1997)
  • No Limits (1999)

With Simple Plan

Bouvier performing with Simple Plan in April 2017

Collaborations and appearances

References

  1. ^ "Pierre Bouvier Biography". IMDB.
  2. ^ Havrilesky, Heather. "I Like to Watch". Salon.com. Retrieved 2 August 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Damage Control | Full Episodes, Photos, Episode Synopsis and Recaps". MTV. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Pierre | Damage Control". MTV. Retrieved 17 September 2012.