Yves Jacques
Acting
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. 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
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movieAurore: entre mythe et réalité
2025
Curé Leduc (archive footage)
movieSisters and Neighbors!
2024
Monsieur Lebel
movieThe Successor
2023
Dominique Duchesne
movieTestament
2023
Emmanuel d'Argenson
movieKatak: The Brave Beluga
2023
Cyrano (voice)
movieImelda 7: Pipo
2022
Vétérinaire
movieThe 12 Tasks of Imelda
2022
Vétérinaire
movieEmbrasse
2022
Yves Saint Laurent
tvParis Paris
2022
Fabioli
movieAline
2021
Second TV Presenter
movieMaria
2021
Yves Jacques
movieNight Slice
2020
Antoine
tvHappily Married
2020
Le Consigliere
movieForgotten Flowers
2019
Marie-Victorin
tvMythomaniac
2019
Mr. Brunet
movieCa$h Nexu$
2019
Michel
movieFather and Guns 2
2017
Bernard
movieBoundaries
2016
Francis Perreault
movieMaurice
2015
Narrator (voice)
tvTi-Mé Show
2015
Self - Guest Star
movieAn Eye for Beauty
2014
Pascal Montambault
movieGrace of Monaco
2014
M. Delavenne
tvMensonges
2014
Martin Champagne
movieDarling Trap
2014
Nolan Smith
movieMe, Myself and Mum
2013
Le psychanalyste tuyau
movieAnna et Otto
2013
Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
movieThérèse
2012
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
movieLaurence Anyways
2012
Michel Lafortune
movieFrench Immersion
2011
Pierre-Émile
movieSee How They Dance
2011
George Bliss
movieSecond Chance
2011
Maxime Dupont
movieCabotins
2010
Lady Moon
movieTraceless
2010
Maître Bardon
movieYou'll Miss Me
2009
André, le coiffeur
movie48 Hours a Day
2008
Arnaud
movieA Secret
2007
Le commandant Beraud
tvMafiosa
2006
Mathieu Zamponi
movieTwice Upon a Time
2006
Doctor Trudeau
tvL'État de Grace
2006
Bertrand Saint-Amor
tvRené Lévesque
2006
Doris Lussier
movieAurore
2005
Curé Leduc
movieLet's Be Friends
2005
Germain
movieThe Aviator
2004
Waiter
tvH2O
2004
Québec Premier Marcel Coté
movieOrdo
2004
Richard Féraud
movieLittle Lili
2003
Serge
movieSéraphin: Heart of Stone
2002
Notaire Le Potiron
tvNapoleon
2002
Lucien Bonaparte
movieThe Collector
2002
François Berger / Babette Brown
movieBetty Fisher and Other Stories
2001
René le Canadien
movieWedding Night
2001
Bernard
movieLéon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
2001
Marcel Bouchard
movieLife after love
2000
Docteur Bilodeau
movieOf Woman and Magic
2000
le docteur Fish
movieThe Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
le contre-amiral
movieLe bogue de l'an 2000
1999
Hubert Hyves
movieMemories Unlocked
1999
Mortimer
movieClass Trip
1998
The Visitor
movieMichael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
Charles Robert
tvCes enfants d'ailleurs
1997
Jerzy Pawlowski
Belle Époque
1995
Augustin
movieLouis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
1994
Michel Gobeil
movieMontreal Stories
1991
Accessoiriste studio
movieMilena
1991
Max Brod
movieDuplex
1991
Albert
movieJesus of Montreal
1989
Richard Cardinal
movieHold-up
1985
Un otage (400 $)
movieSonatine
1984
The Subway Station Janitor
tvPoivre et sel
1983
Pierrot Séguin
tvBye Bye
1968
Comédien supplémentaire
movieLes jumeaux
Pierrot Langlois