Gilles Renaud
Born: 1944-09-25 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec. In 1983, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi). He is also a two-time Jutra Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) and at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement). In 2016, he appeared in the film Bad Seeds. While heavily involved in that production, he filmed a death scene for his character in his TV series Mémoires Vives, which began airing in 2013. In 2017, he starred in François Girard's film Hochelaga, Land of Souls, as a Montreal archaeologist in search of Hochelaga.
Filmography
2025
- Peak Everything as Eugène
2022
- Notre Dame de Moncton as Hergé
- A Criminal Affair as Jean-Guy Bilodeau
2021
- The Guide to the Perfect Family as Robert Dubois
- La Contemplation du mystère as Yvon
- Dans ton temps as Self
2020
- La tour as Self - Guest
- Outbreak as Jacques
- Ça va bien aller as Self - Guest
2019
- Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
2017
- Hochelaga, Land of Souls as Antoine Morin
- The Siege as Mario Cormier
2016
- Les échangistes as Self
- Bad Seeds as Simon Boulerice
2015
- Silence, on joue! as Self
2014
- Les Beaux Malaises as Bernard
2013
- The Auction as Accountant / Friend
- Living Memories as Jacques Berthier
- Bernard the Great as Narrator
2012
- Laurence Anyways as Board Chairman
- All That You Possess as Christian Leduc
2010
- Route 132 as Curé de St-André
- Les Enfants de la télé as Self
- Cabotins as Roger Boucher
- Musée Éden as Professeur Eugène Casgrain
- Mirador as Richard Racine
- The Hair of the Beast as Seigneur de Beauport
2009
- Cadavres as Ronald Maisonneuve
2006
- Cheech as Paluchi
- The Secret Life of Happy People as Jean-Pierre
- Bon Cop Bad Cop as Michel Grossbut
- La petite séduction as Self
- Le génie du crime as Rolly
- René Lévesque as Jean Lesage
- Roméo et Juliette as Réal Rex Lamontagne
2005
- The Outlander as Didace Beauchemin
- D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as M. de Tréville
- D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as M. de Tréville
- Nos étés as André-Jules Bezile
2004
- Tideline as Le père
- Il va y avoir du sport as Self
2003
- Gaz Bar Blues as Gaston Savard
2002
2001
- The Woman Who Drinks as Brunelle
1993
- The Sex of the Stars as Jacob
- La Petite Vie as Monsieur Bricole
1991
- Le complexe d'Édith
- Amoureux fou as Rick
1988
- Le grand jour as Gilbert
1986
- The Heart Exposed as Jean-Marc
1985
- The Lady of Colours as Barbouilleux
1984
1982
- Appelez-moi Stéphane as Stéphane
- A Day in a Taxi as Johnny
1981
- The Plouffe Family as Phil Talbot
1980
- The Red Kitchen as The father
- Fantastica
- The Handyman as Armand St-Amant
1977
- The Late Blossom as Yvon Thériault
- Anastasie oh ma chérie
1976
- La piastre as Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother
- Far Away From You, Darling as Méo
1975
- The Mob as Policier
1974
- Once Upon a Time in the East as Cuirette
1973
- The Conquest as Larent
1971
- The Maple Leaf as François Bellerose