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Christian LeBlanc
Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958) is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless (1991 to 1993, 1997 to present). He has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations and three wins for his work on The Young and the Restless.
LeBlanc was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His father is retired Major Andre Victor LeBlanc, a decorated veteran and winner of the Bronze Star. He is the second of eight children. He was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a renovated plantation house on the banks of the Mississippi River. While researching his family's genealogy, LeBlanc found that his grandmother was legally a slave and his mother was Creole.
He began acting in high school, when a girl talked him into auditioning for a school production of West Side Story. He was cast as a Shark. He then played a beggar in Fiddler on the Roof, where his classmate, future New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, also had a role.
He graduated with honors from Tulane University, majoring in ancient history and pre-med.
While in college, LeBlanc was noticed by a photographer while swimming at a pool, which led to modeling and acting opportunities. He worked at a variety of jobs to support himself early in his career, including as a busboy at Helmsley Palace, where his boss was Leona Helmsley. He also had jobs as a teacher and a caterer.
He was offered a role in a PBS series, Edit Point. He was then cast as Kirk McColl on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, playing the role from 1983 to 1985. After leaving As the World Turns, he had a regular role on In the Heat of the Night. He guest-starred on E.A.R.T.H. Force, Cheers, Riptide, Hotel, and Gabriel's Fire.
LeBlanc was cast on The Young and the Restless as Michael Baldwin in 1991 and played the role until 1993. After a short absence, he returned in 1997 and has been with the show ever since. He also played Michael in crossover episodes on As the World Turns in 2005. He has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role nine times, and won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2005, 2007, and 2009.
In 1993, he appeared in a Perry Mason TV Movie. He was also cast in the Showtime late-night cable TV series Red Shoe Diaries, and reprised the role for a video movie.
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Christian LeBlanc
Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958) is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless (1991 to 1993, 1997 to present). He has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations and three wins for his work on The Young and the Restless.
LeBlanc was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His father is retired Major Andre Victor LeBlanc, a decorated veteran and winner of the Bronze Star. He is the second of eight children. He was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a renovated plantation house on the banks of the Mississippi River. While researching his family's genealogy, LeBlanc found that his grandmother was legally a slave and his mother was Creole.
He began acting in high school, when a girl talked him into auditioning for a school production of West Side Story. He was cast as a Shark. He then played a beggar in Fiddler on the Roof, where his classmate, future New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, also had a role.
He graduated with honors from Tulane University, majoring in ancient history and pre-med.
While in college, LeBlanc was noticed by a photographer while swimming at a pool, which led to modeling and acting opportunities. He worked at a variety of jobs to support himself early in his career, including as a busboy at Helmsley Palace, where his boss was Leona Helmsley. He also had jobs as a teacher and a caterer.
He was offered a role in a PBS series, Edit Point. He was then cast as Kirk McColl on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, playing the role from 1983 to 1985. After leaving As the World Turns, he had a regular role on In the Heat of the Night. He guest-starred on E.A.R.T.H. Force, Cheers, Riptide, Hotel, and Gabriel's Fire.
LeBlanc was cast on The Young and the Restless as Michael Baldwin in 1991 and played the role until 1993. After a short absence, he returned in 1997 and has been with the show ever since. He also played Michael in crossover episodes on As the World Turns in 2005. He has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role nine times, and won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2005, 2007, and 2009.
In 1993, he appeared in a Perry Mason TV Movie. He was also cast in the Showtime late-night cable TV series Red Shoe Diaries, and reprised the role for a video movie.