Early Life
Anthony Kavanagh was born to Haitian parents on September 26, 1969 in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada. He made his stage debut in a high school talent show at the age of 14. And in 1989, He won the Best New Comic Award of the Juste Pour Rire Festival (French Just For Laughs) in Canada. This award propelled him onto the Quebec show business scene. Charismatic, he charmed English and French speaking audiences alike. In 1992, Anthony opened for touring artists such as Julio Iglesias and Nathalie Cole, and spent two years as Celine Dion ‘s opening act across Canada, in French and in English Anthony Kavanagh got his own television talk show in 1993 ”…et Anthony”, becoming the youngest talk show host in Quebec at age 23. He co-starred on the hit French Canadian comedy radio show “Les Midis Fous” on CKOI (No.1 in their time slot), then in a recurring role on the television series “Super sans plomb” (in French) and a starring role in the made for tv movie “Voodoo Taxi” (in English) for CBC Canada.
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