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Canadian actor Yanic Truesdale has signed with Mainstay Entertainment for management, with Ray Moheet and Sheree Cohen leading his representation. He continues with Defining Artists Agency for film and TV, and previously held management with Zero Gravity Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truesdale is best known for playing Michel Gerard across all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls<\/em>, a role that earned him a spot on Daily Variety’s<\/em> “10 Actors to Watch” list. His film My Salinger Year<\/em>, opposite Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, opened the 70th Berlin Film Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has earned three Gemini Award nominations, most recently for Best Actor in a Comedy for the Canadian series Les Mecs<\/em>. He has also appeared in Netflix’s God’s Favorite Idiot<\/em> opposite Melissa McCarthy<\/a> and Lifetime’s The Fallen Angels Book Club<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, he wrapped a role in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Netflix feature Eloise<\/em> opposite Ryan Reynolds and appeared in her Prime Video ballet series \u00c9toile<\/em>. His next project is the Bell Media series Je Te Tiens<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The signing is part of a broader wave of talent management deals shaping Hollywood this year, including Danhausen signing with Adventure Media for management<\/a> and Claudia Jessie signing with Range Media Partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mainstay Entertainment, founded by Norman Aladjem in 2017, counts Katherine Heigl<\/a>, Trevor Noah<\/a>, Hayden Panettiere<\/a>, Laura Prepon<\/a>, and Roy Wood Jr.<\/a> among its notable clients. The company named Ray Moheet and Derek Van Pelt as Co-CEOs in January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This signing signals a smart career pivot for Truesdale. He’s riding serious momentum, back-to-back Amy Sherman-Palladino projects on Netflix and Prime Video is not a coincidence, and landing at Mainstay, a company currently expanding its leadership and roster at pace, looks like a deliberate step toward bigger opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mainstay has been on an aggressive growth run since appointing Moheet and Van Pelt as Co-CEOs earlier this year, and bringing in a bilingual actor with three Gemini nominations and a Gilmore Girls<\/em> franchise connection adds real range to their roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could Truesdale’s bilingual profile and strong Canadian TV track record open doors to French-language or international productions through Mainstay’s network? With the Eloise<\/em> Netflix feature and \u00c9toile<\/em> for Prime Video both in the pipeline, is this the moment Truesdale crosses over into a bigger global audience?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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