Jimmy Tavares
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Jimmy Tavares is a French
figure skater and actor
. He starred in the 2002 film Ma vraie vie à Rouen
(released in the United States
in 2003 with the title My Life on Ice). In his debut film role, Tavares plays the character of Etienne, a teenager who lives in Rouen, France and is training to take part in the French
national figure skating championship. As a 16th birthday gift, his grandmother gives him a digital camcorder, and he begins immediately to record the people and events around him.
Tavares has toured with several productions of Holiday on Ice
throughout France
and other countries in Europe
, including Peter Pan
and Bugs Bunny on Ice
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
figure skater and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He starred in the 2002 film Ma vraie vie à Rouen
Ma vraie vie à Rouen
Ma vraie vie à Rouen , is a 2002 movie by French directors Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, which tracks a year in the life of a teenage figure skater in a quasi-documentary, video diary style...
(released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2003 with the title My Life on Ice). In his debut film role, Tavares plays the character of Etienne, a teenager who lives in Rouen, France and is training to take part in the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
national figure skating championship. As a 16th birthday gift, his grandmother gives him a digital camcorder, and he begins immediately to record the people and events around him.
Tavares has toured with several productions of Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice is an ice show currently produced by Joop van den Ende's Stage Entertainment Group with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
throughout France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and other countries in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, including Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
and Bugs Bunny on Ice
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
.