[4] In Montreal, he played Pierrot and La Violette in Dom Juan de Molière at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde with Benoît Brière and James Hyndman, directed by Lorraine Pintal.

Le Gal played Horace in École des femmes by Molière at the Théâtre français de Toronto, receiving a positive review from Stage Door.

[5] In 2009, Le Gal attended the inaugural Actor's Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre where he trained with Sarah Polley, Kiefer Sutherland, and Norman Jewison.

In 2017, Jean-Michel co-founded ArtiCulture https://articulture.ca/, a non-profit corporation of professional artists passionate about connecting people, young and old, to farms and wilderness through the arts.

During this time he has created and led over 1200 hours of contemporary and classical theatre workshops in both official languages for the Stratford Festival, University of Toronto, Canadian Film Centre, Ontario Arts Council and other of Canada's leading artistic institutions.