yannick d. bisson played detective murdoch in the murdoch mysteries.
yannick d. bisson played detective murdoch in the murdoch mysteries.
who plays detective murdoch in the murdoch mysteries?
yannick d. bisson
yannick bisson









































yannick d. bisson (born may 16, 1969) is a canadian film and television actor and director best known to international audiences for playing detective william murdoch on the series "murdoch mysteries".









































section::::early life.









































bisson was born in montreal, quebec, and is of french and english ancestry. he moved to toronto, ontario, as a teenager and his acting career began when he was still in high school. his father, noting his son's interest in acting, encouraged him to reply to a newspaper advertisement seeking "child actors".









































section::::career.
yannick bisson
"murdoch mysteries" originally came to canadian television in 2004 as a two-episode made-for-tv movie, starring peter outerbridge in the lead role. one episode was broadcast in 2004, and the other in 2005. its original title at that time was "murder 19c: the detective murdoch mysteries". in 2006, the tv movie was picked up for a thirteen-episode series, which would again star outerbridge. but there were questions about outerbridge's continuing availability, since he was already starring in another series, "regenesis". by 2007, it was announced that yannick bisson would become the lead in what was now called "murdoch mysteries". the new version of "murdoch mysteries" debuted on citytv in late january 2008.
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