young divers lessons and valuable experience. In August 2006, Despatie started shooting his first feature film in Montreal. The movie, a teenage romantic comedy called Taking the Plunge (À vos marques... party!)'' was released in Quebec in March 2007. Despatie played a small but important part of a diver who is the friend and confidant of a young female swimmer. Quebec actress Louise Laparé coached Despatie for his role and told a Montreal newspaper that the popular athlete was a "born actor". He has since moved towards a career in broadcasting, joining the broadcast team for Canada's French-language television coverage of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver during a brief break from training for the 2012 Games. He co-anchored the coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies alongside legendary Quebec hockey commentators Richard Garneau and Pierre Houde, narrated numerous athlete profiles, and took viewers on a tour of Granville Island, where many francophone musicians performed during the Olympics. See also CAMO Canadian National Training Centre Diving Philippe Comtois References External links 1985 births Living people Canadian male divers Canadian male film actors Olympic divers of Canada Olympic medalists in diving Olympic silver medalists for Canada Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Divers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Canadian television hosts French Quebecers Divers from Montreal Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games