Yves Jacques
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Québec City, Québec, Canada
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. 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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Filmography
Les jumeaux
Movie · as Pierrot Langlois
Aurore: entre mythe et réalité
Movie · as Curé Leduc (archive footage)
Sisters and Neighbors!
Movie · as Monsieur Lebel
Serge à Paris
TV · 1 ep
Katak: The Brave Beluga
Movie · as Cyrano (voice)
Days of Happiness
Movie · as Yves
Testament
Movie · as Emmanuel d'Argenson
The Successor
Movie · as Dominique Duchesne
Embrasse
Movie · as Yves Saint Laurent
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
Movie · as Vétérinaire
Imelda 7: Pipo
Movie · as Vétérinaire
Paris Paris
TV · as Fabioli · 13 eps
Aline
Movie · as Second TV Presenter
La face cachée de la Lune
Movie
Maria
Movie · as Yves Jacques
Ça fait la job
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Le chemin de Noël
Movie
Night Slice
Movie · as Antoine
Benezra reçoit
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Happily Married
TV · as Le Consigliere · 5 eps
Ca$h Nexu$
Movie · as Michel
Forgotten Flowers
Movie · as Marie-Victorin
L'effet Wow
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bonsoir bonsoir!
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Mythomaniac
TV · as Mr. Brunet · 12 eps
A Man in a Hurry
Movie · as Eric
En tout cas
TV · 30 eps
Cette année-là
TV · as Self · 1 ep
False Confessions
Movie · as Dubois
Father and Guns 2
Movie · as Bernard
Y'a du monde à messe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Boundaries
Movie · as Francis Perreault
Father Son Therapy
Movie
Les échangistes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Maurice
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ti-Mé Show
TV · as Self - Guest Star · 1 ep
Darling Trap
Movie · as Nolan Smith
An Eye for Beauty
Movie · as Pascal Montambault
Grace of Monaco
Movie · as Mr. Delavenne
Mensonges
TV · as Martin Champagne · 6 eps
Anna et Otto
Movie · as Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
Me, Myself and Mum
Movie · as Le psychanalyste tuyau
Entrée principale
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Laurence Anyways
Movie · as Michel Lafortune
Thérèse
Movie · as L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
La danse de l'albatros
Movie · as Jacques
Second Chance
Movie · as Maxime Dupont
French Immersion
Movie · as Pierre-Émile
See How They Dance
Movie · as George Bliss
Bar ouvert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cabotins
Movie · as Lady Moon
The Last Escape
Movie · as Andre
Traceless
Movie · as Maître Bardon
Les Enfants de la télé
TV · as Self · 2 eps
You'll Miss Me
Movie · as André, le coiffeur
Les figures
Movie · as Jean
En direct de l'univers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
48 Hours a Day
Movie · as Arnaud
A Secret
Movie · as Le commandant Beraud
Curieux Bégin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Twice Upon a Time
Movie · as Doctor Trudeau
Mafiosa
TV · as Mathieu Zamponi · 8 eps
L'État de Grace
TV · as Bertrand Saint-Amor · 6 eps
René Lévesque
TV · as Doris Lussier · 4 eps
Let's Be Friends
Movie · as Germain
Aurore
Movie · as Curé Leduc
The Girl from the Chartreuse
Movie · as Baldi
Ordo
Movie · as Richard Féraud
The Aviator
Movie · as Waiter
Tout le monde en parle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
H2O
TV · as Québec Premier Marcel Coté · 2 eps
The Barbarian Invasions
Movie · as Claude
Little Lili
Movie · as Serge
The Collector
Movie · as François Berger / Babette Brown
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Movie · as Notaire Le Potiron
Viens voir les comédiens
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Napoleon
TV · as Lucien Bonaparte · 4 eps
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Movie · as René le Canadien
Wedding Night
Movie · as Bernard
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
Movie · as Marcel Bouchard
Requiem contre un plafond
Movie
Via crucis
Movie
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Movie · as le contre-amiral
Of Woman and Magic
Movie · as le docteur Fish
Life after love
Movie · as Docteur Bilodeau
Memories Unlocked
Movie · as Mortimer
Changement de cap
Movie · as Cariou
Le bogue de l'an 2000
Movie · as Hubert Hyves
Class Trip
Movie · as The Visitor
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Movie · as Charles Robert
Ces enfants d'ailleurs
TV · as Jerzy Pawlowski · 8 eps
Belle Époque
TV · as Augustin · 3 eps
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
Movie · as Michel Gobeil
The Evening Traveler
Movie · as Arthur
Les grands procès
TV · as Me Cohen · 1 ep
Montreal Stories
Movie · as Accessoiriste studio
Milena
Movie · as Max Brod
Duplex
Movie · as Albert
Ding et Dong : Le film
Movie · as Jigi
Jesus of Montreal
Movie · as Richard Cardinal
The Decline of the American Empire
Movie · as Claude
Avec un grand A
TV · 1 ep
Hold-up
Movie · as Un otage (400 $)
Sonatine
Movie · as The Subway Station Janitor
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Movie · as Bob
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
TV · 6 eps
Poivre et sel
TV · as Pierrot Séguin · 56 eps
Red Eyes
Movie
C'est pas le pays des merveilles
Movie
Bye Bye
TV · as Comédien supplémentaire · 1 ep