Yves Jacques
Born: 1956-05-10 in Québec City, Québec, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Aurore: entre mythe et réalité as Curé Leduc (archive footage)
2024
- Serge à Paris
- Sisters and Neighbors! as Monsieur Lebel
2023
- The Successor as Dominique Duchesne
- Katak: The Brave Beluga as Cyrano (voice)
- Days of Happiness as Yves
- Testament as Emmanuel d'Argenson
2022
- Paris Paris as Fabioli
- The 12 Tasks of Imelda as Vétérinaire
- Embrasse as Yves Saint Laurent
- Imelda 7: Pipo as Vétérinaire
2021
- Aline as Second TV Presenter
- Ça fait la job as Self
- Maria as Yves Jacques
- La face cachée de la Lune
2020
- Happily Married as Le Consigliere
- Benezra reçoit as Self
- Night Slice as Antoine
- Le chemin de Noël
2019
- Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
- Mythomaniac as Mr. Brunet
- L'effet Wow as Self
- Forgotten Flowers as Marie-Victorin
- Ca$h Nexu$ as Michel
2018
- Cette année-là as Self
- En tout cas
- A Man in a Hurry as Eric
2017
- Y'a du monde à messe as Self
- Father and Guns 2 as Bernard
- False Confessions as Dubois
2016
- Les échangistes as Self
- Father Son Therapy
- Boundaries as Francis Perreault
2015
- Ti-Mé Show as Self - Guest Star
- Maurice as Narrator (voice)
2014
- Mensonges as Martin Champagne
- Grace of Monaco as M. Delavenne
- An Eye for Beauty as Pascal Montambault
- Darling Trap as Nolan Smith
2013
- Entrée principale as Self
- Me, Myself and Mum as Le psychanalyste tuyau
- Anna et Otto as Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
2012
- Laurence Anyways as Michel Lafortune
- Thérèse as L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
- La danse de l'albatros as Jacques
2011
- Bar ouvert as Self
- Second Chance as Maxime Dupont
- French Immersion as Pierre-Émile
- See How They Dance as George Bliss
2010
- Les Enfants de la télé as Self
- Traceless as Maître Bardon
- Cabotins as Lady Moon
- The Last Escape as Andre
2009
- En direct de l'univers as Self
- You'll Miss Me as André, le coiffeur
- Les figures as Jean
2008
- 48 Hours a Day as Arnaud
2007
- Curieux Bégin as Self
- A Secret as Le commandant Beraud
2006
- Mafiosa as Mathieu Zamponi
- René Lévesque as Doris Lussier
- Twice Upon a Time as Doctor Trudeau
- L'État de Grace as Bertrand Saint-Amor
2005
- Aurore as Curé Leduc
- Let's Be Friends as Germain
- The Girl from the Chartreuse as Baldi
2004
- The Aviator as Waiter
- Tout le monde en parle as Self
- H2O as Québec Premier Marcel Coté
- Ordo as Richard Féraud
2003
- The Barbarian Invasions as Claude
- Little Lili as Serge
2002
- Napoleon as Lucien Bonaparte
- Viens voir les comédiens as Self
- Séraphin: Heart of Stone as Notaire Le Potiron
- The Collector as François Berger / Babette Brown
2001
- Betty Fisher and Other Stories as René le Canadien
- Wedding Night as Bernard
- Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon as Marcel Bouchard
- Requiem contre un plafond
2000
- The Widow of Saint-Pierre as le contre-amiral
- Life after love as Docteur Bilodeau
- Of Woman and Magic as le docteur Fish
- Via crucis
1999
- Memories Unlocked as Mortimer
- Le bogue de l'an 2000 as Hubert Hyves
- Changement de cap as Cariou
1998
- Class Trip as The Visitor
- Michael Kael vs. the World News Company as Charles Robert
1997
- Ces enfants d'ailleurs as Jerzy Pawlowski
1995
- Belle Époque as Augustin
1994
- Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves as Michel Gobeil
1993
- The Evening Traveler as Arthur
1991
- Montreal Stories as Accessoiriste studio
- Milena as Max Brod
- Duplex as Albert
1990
- Ding et Dong : Le film as Jigi
1989
- Jesus of Montreal as Richard Cardinal
1986
1985
- Hold-up as Un otage (400 $)
1984
- Sonatine as The Subway Station Janitor
- The Crime of Ovide Plouffe as Bob
- The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1983
- Poivre et sel as Pierrot Séguin