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Yves Jacques
Actor

Yves Jacques

10 May 1956Born
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Québec City, Québec, CanadaBirthplace

Biography

Yves Jacques OC (born 10 May 1956) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.

Jacques was born in Quebec City in 1956. He studied theatre at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe, and began acting on stage in both Quebec City and Montreal. He became more widely known to film and television audiences beginning in 1981 as a sketch performer in Télévision de Radio-Canada's annual Bye Bye New Year's Eve variety special, and soon began appearing more widely in film and television roles. To international audiences, he is best known as Claude, the gay academic in Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions.

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On stage, he is noted for originating the role of Lydie-Anne in the premiere of Michel Marc Bouchard's play Lilies.

He has been in several movies by French filmmaker Claude Miller, including Of Woman and Magic and Little Lili. His fame has continued to grow with films and theatrical productions in both France and Quebec. Since 2001, he has toured the world in two shows by Robert Lepage, Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) and Le Projet Andersen, where he played all the roles. Since 2018, he has appeared regularly in Mathieu Quesnel’s theatrical creations. More recently, he played in Aline by Valérie Lemercier, in Maria by Alec Pronovost, and in Chloé Robichaud’s Les jours heureux. In 2022, Yves Jacques played in Martin Villeneuve's The 12 Tasks of Imelda (Les 12 travaux d'Imelda), co-starring playwright Robert Lepage and actress-signer Ginette Reno.

He was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication de France in February 2001, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009, for his performances in theatre, television and film, in Canada and abroad.

He is openly gay.

Source: Article "Yves Jacques" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 94 credits.

  1. TBALes jumeauxFilm: Pierrot Langlois
  2. 2025Aurore: entre mythe et réalitéFilm: Curé Leduc (archive footage)
  3. 2024Sisters and Neighbors!Film: Monsieur Lebel
  4. 2023The SuccessorFilm: Dominique Duchesne
  5. 2023Days of HappinessFilm: Yves
  6. 2023TestamentFilm: Emmanuel d'Argenson
  7. 2023Katak: The Brave BelugaFilm: Cyrano (voice)
  8. 2022Imelda 7: PipoFilm: Vétérinaire
  9. 2022The 12 Tasks of ImeldaFilm: Vétérinaire
  10. 2022EmbrasseFilm: Yves Saint Laurent
  11. 2022Paris ParisSeries: Fabioli (13 episodes)
  12. 2021AlineFilm: Second TV Presenter
  13. 2021MariaFilm: Yves Jacques
  14. 2021La face cachée de la LuneFilm
  15. 2020Le chemin de NoëlFilm
  16. 2020Night SliceFilm: Antoine
  17. 2020Happily MarriedSeries: Le Consigliere (5 episodes)
  18. 2019Forgotten FlowersFilm: Marie-Victorin
  19. 2019MythomaniacSeries: Mr. Brunet (12 episodes)
  20. 2019Ca$h Nexu$Film: Michel
  21. 2018A Man in a HurryFilm: Eric
  22. 2018En tout casSeries (30 episodes)
  23. 2017Father and Guns 2Film: Bernard
  24. 2017False ConfessionsFilm: Dubois
  25. 2016Father Son TherapyFilm
  26. 2016BoundariesFilm: Francis Perreault
  27. 2015MauriceFilm: Narrator (voice)
  28. 2014An Eye for BeautyFilm: Pascal Montambault
  29. 2014Grace of MonacoFilm: M. Delavenne
  30. 2014MensongesSeries: Martin Champagne (6 episodes)
  31. 2014Darling TrapFilm: Nolan Smith
  32. 2013Me, Myself and MumFilm: Le psychanalyste tuyau
  33. 2013Anna et OttoFilm: Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
  34. 2012La danse de l'albatrosFilm: Jacques
  35. 2012ThérèseFilm: L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
  36. 2012Laurence AnywaysFilm: Michel Lafortune
  37. 2011French ImmersionFilm: Pierre-Émile
  38. 2011See How They DanceFilm: George Bliss
  39. 2011Second ChanceFilm: Maxime Dupont
  40. 2010CabotinsFilm: Lady Moon
  41. 2010TracelessFilm: Maître Bardon
  42. 2010The Last EscapeFilm: Andre
  43. 2009Les figuresFilm: Jean
  44. 2009You'll Miss MeFilm: André, le coiffeur
  45. 200848 Hours a DayFilm: Arnaud
  46. 2007A SecretFilm: Le commandant Beraud
  47. 2006MafiosaSeries: Mathieu Zamponi (8 episodes)
  48. 2006Twice Upon a TimeFilm: Doctor Trudeau
  49. 2006L'État de GraceSeries: Bertrand Saint-Amor (6 episodes)
  50. 2006René LévesqueSeries: Doris Lussier (4 episodes)
  51. 2005AuroreFilm: Curé Leduc
  52. 2005Let's Be FriendsFilm: Germain
  53. 2005The Girl from the ChartreuseFilm: Baldi
  54. 2004The AviatorFilm: Waiter
  55. 2004H2OSeries: Québec Premier Marcel Coté (2 episodes)
  56. 2004OrdoFilm: Richard Féraud
  57. 2003Little LiliFilm: Serge
  58. 2003The Barbarian InvasionsFilm: Claude
  59. 2002Séraphin: Heart of StoneFilm: Notaire Le Potiron
  60. 2002NapoleonSeries: Lucien Bonaparte (2 episodes)
  61. 2002The CollectorFilm: François Berger / Babette Brown
  62. 2001Betty Fisher and Other StoriesFilm: René le Canadien
  63. 2001Wedding NightFilm: Bernard
  64. 2001Léon Blum : Thérèse et LéonFilm: Marcel Bouchard
  65. 2001Requiem contre un plafondFilm
  66. 2000Via crucisFilm
  67. 2000Life after loveFilm: Docteur Bilodeau
  68. 2000Of Woman and MagicFilm: le docteur Fish
  69. 2000The Widow of Saint-PierreFilm: le contre-amiral
  70. 1999Le bogue de l'an 2000Film: Hubert Hyves
  71. 1999Memories UnlockedFilm: Mortimer
  72. 1999Changement de capFilm: Cariou
  73. 1998Class TripFilm: The Visitor
  74. 1998Michael Kael vs. the World News CompanyFilm: Charles Robert
  75. 1997Ces enfants d'ailleursSeries: Jerzy Pawlowski (8 episodes)
  76. 1995Belle ÉpoqueSeries: Augustin (3 episodes)
  77. 1994Louis the 19th, King of the AirwavesFilm: Michel Gobeil
  78. 1993Les grands procèsSeries: Me Cohen (1 episode)
  79. 1993The Evening TravelerFilm: Arthur
  80. 1991Montreal StoriesFilm: Accessoiriste studio

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