21 Facts About Gregory Charles

Gregory Charles was born on February 12,1968 and is a Canadian performing artist of Trinidadian origin.

Gregory Charles was born in Montreal, Quebec, was raised in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham and studied at Ecole de musique Wilfrid-Pelletier in Montreal.

Gregory Charles was a part of Petits-Chanteurs du Mont-Royal choir, which performs at the Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal and graduated from College Notre-Dame high school in Montreal as well.

Shortly after entering law school in 1989, Gregory Charles obtained a television role which brought him to the attention of a wider public: that of Julien, a young student who comes to study in Montreal, in a TV show called Chambres en ville.

Gregory Charles co-hosted the show The Debrouillards alongside Marie-Soleil Tougas from 1990 to 1997.

Gregory Charles then became host of a daily radio show at the Montreal station CKOI-FM in 1991.

From 1998 to 2000, Gregory Charles worked on Celine Dion's world tour, mostly in the chorus but as a pianist.

From 2000 to 2002, Gregory Charles was cast in the Canadian off Broadway hit two pianos four hands and toured in Canada and in the United States.

Gregory Charles presented his first variety show, Noir et Blanc to more than 400,000 spectators across Quebec and the rest of Canada.

Gregory Charles performed at New York City's Beacon Theatre in 2004 and again in 2015.

Gregory Charles sold more albums in 2006 than all other Canadian musicians except Nelly Furtado.

Gregory Charles was one of the headliners on Parliament Hill at the 2007 Canada Day celebration there, playing the evening's longest set, to an audience of thousands.

In December 2015, Gregory Charles acquired the two Radio-Classique radio stations, CJPX-FM in Montreal and CJSQ-FM in Quebec City, under the banner Groupe Musique Greg, pending approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

From 2015 to 2019, Gregory Charles produced and hosted two youth oriented television programs for the French network of the cbc: virtuoses, a variety program dedicated to young classical musicians and crescendo, a show dedicated to high school students who perform with their school choirs.

In 2017, Charles founded an online music school called Gregory's Academy, where thousands of young and adult students learn music in an innovative way.

In 2019, Gregory Charles produced and hosted a series of television programs dedicated to the plight of immigrants who came from war stricken countries called le Vrai Nouveau Monde.

In 2020, Gregory Charles was on the first leg of a European tour when the pandemic hit.

Later that year, Gregory Charles won the Felix for best instrumental album of the year at the gala de l'ADISQ for his album LEN.

Gregory Charles is the recipient of 5 "Gemeaux" awards for his work in television and one Artis award as youth personality of the year in television, back in 1995.

In 2021, Gregory Charles joined the cast of Star Academie on the TVA network.

Gregory Charles is married to Nicole Collet, a Microsoft executive and is the father of one daughter, Julia, born in 2012.