Deano Clavet

Since fall 2000, he is the personal coach of boxer Stéphane Ouellet.

From there, he continued to impress directors and casting agents, getting his break in television by playing Jimmy Fontaine in Scoop in 1991. Since then, his CV reads like a virtual encyclopedia of Montreal's most notable productions. Deano acted in Omerta: The Law of Silence on the small screen, and has also appeared in such major Hollywood films as Snake Eyes, The Whole Nine Yards, Head in the Clouds and Mesrine in France.

In all, he fought 20 times before retiring in 1990.

Throughout his boxing career, however, Deano held on to his dreams of acting and began taking drama classes and earning parts in local plays, making his debut in 1986's Les Voisins.

Two years later, he turned pro and fought his way through the ranks as a middleweight, eventually getting a title shot against Alex Hilton in 1984.

He began as an amateur, fighting 10 times and winning the Golden Gloves in Montreal in 1980.

Born in Montreal, Canada in 1961, Deano Clavet had always wanted to be an actor but took the unconventional role to onscreen fame. A high school dropout at 19. Deano was inspired by an article about French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo that said Belmondo had been a boxer as a young man. Deano was immediately taken with the idea and knew he possessed the determination and athletic ability required to make a name for himself in the sport.