Of Arcadian descent, Maurice Godin, a darkly handsome Toronto native, was a Canadian stage actor who began to make forays in TV and film with greater frequency in the 1990s. He first garnered attention as the mineral oil salesman with eyes for Valerie Bertinelli on "Cafe Americain" (NBC, 1993-94) and segued to the role of a surgeon who befriends a suicidal man on The WB sitcom "Life With Roger" (1996-97). He returned to NBC as the morally-challenged corporate boss in the ensemble sitcom "Working" (1997-99).

The youngest of three, Godin was raised in a bilingual household. As a youngster, he