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Hany Manuel Tadros (Arabic: مانويل تادرس; born 30 September 1956) is an Egyptian-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and voice actor. He currently works and lives in Quebec.
Tadros was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Christian family. His father, Emmanuel Saadi Tadros, was a Copt, and his mother, Suzette Sawaya, was of Lebanese descent. Tadros's parents immigrated to Quebec when he was ten years old.[4] His father bought him a guitar when he was 12 and he started composing and singing, eventually performing at the Vieux Damas venue in Saint Vincent.
His fame began to grow after he took part in Première chance, a TV program hosted by Fernand Gignac for new talents, in which he sang "Je t'aime, tu sais". Soon after this, he released his first album Manuel Tadros which featured the song『Un trésor de velours』that topped the Quebec charts. He was also known for his song "Isabelle". Tadros also hosted the variety shows Jeunesse and Pop Express between 1982 and 1984 on Télé Métropole.
At the beginning of the 1990s, Tadros diversified, doing voice-overs for movies and TV series. He acted on stage including in the 2001 play Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour. He also hosted the educational magazine Code d’accès between 1998 and 2000.
Tadros is a founding member and administrator of ArtistI, an organization that oversees the payment of royalties to artists.[7]
Diabetic from a very young age, he is known for his involvement as a spokesman for Fondation de la recherche sur le diabète juvénile (FRDJ) for many years.[8]
Tadros was married to Geneviève Dolan, a Québécois public college administrator,[9] with whom he had a son, film director and actor Xavier Dolan.[10] Tadros and Dolan divorced in 1991, when their son was 2 years old.[10][11] Tadros also has another son from a previous relationship with a woman named Diane.[12][4]
On 28 August 2021, Tadros married Québécois writer Émilie Ndejuru,[13][14] with whom he had been in a relationship since 2016.[15]
