Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 10, 1956
Place of Birth:
Québec City, Québec, Canada
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Yves Jacques
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sisters and Neighbors! | Monsieur Lebel |
| 2023 | Katak: The Brave Beluga | Cyrano (voice) |
| 2023 | Days of Happiness | Yves |
| 2023 | Testament | Emmanuel d'Argenson |
| 2023 | The Successor | Dominique Duchesne |
| 2022 | Embrasse | Yves Saint Laurent |
| 2022 | The 12 Tasks of Imelda | Vétérinaire |
| 2022 | Imelda 7: Pipo | Vétérinaire |
| 2021 | La face cachée de la Lune | |
| 2021 | Maria | Yves Jacques |
| 2020 | Aline | Présentateur deuxième TV |
| 2020 | Le chemin de Noël | |
| 2020 | Night Slice | Antoine |
| 2019 | Ca$h Nexu$ | Michel |
| 2019 | Forgotten Flowers | Marie-Victorin |
| 2018 | A Man in a Hurry | Eric |
| 2017 | False Confessions | Dubois |
| 2017 | Father and Guns 2 | Bernard |
| 2016 | Boundaries | Francis Perreault |
| 2016 | Father Son Therapy | |
| 2015 | Maurice | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Darling Trap | Nolan Smith |
| 2014 | An Eye for Beauty | Pascal Montambault |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | M. Delavenne |
| 2013 | Anna et Otto | Art critic at the Montreal exhibition |
| 2013 | Me, Myself and Mum | Le psychanalyste tuyau |
| 2012 | Laurence Anyways | Michel Lafortune |
| 2012 | Thérèse | L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux |
| 2012 | La danse de l'albatros | Jacques |
| 2011 | Second Chance | Maxime Dupont |
| 2011 | French Immersion | Pierre-Émile |
| 2011 | See How They Dance | George Bliss |
| 2010 | Cabotins | Lady Moon |
| 2010 | The Last Escape | Andre |
| 2010 | Traceless | Maître Bardon |
| 2009 | You'll Miss Me | André, le coiffeur |
| 2009 | Les figures | Jean |
| 2008 | 48 Hours a Day | Arnaud |
| 2007 | A Secret | Le commandant Beraud |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Doctor Trudeau |
| 2005 | Let's Be Friends | Germain |
| 2005 | Aurore | Curé Leduc |
| 2005 | The Girl from the Chartreuse | Baldi |
| 2004 | Ordo | Richard Féraud |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Waiter |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions | Claude |
| 2003 | Little Lili | Serge |
| 2002 | The Collector | François Berger / Babette Brown |
| 2002 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | Notaire Le Potiron |
| 2001 | Betty Fisher and Other Stories | René le Canadien |
| 2001 | Wedding Night | Bernard |
| 2001 | Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon | Marcel Bouchard |
| 2001 | Requiem contre un plafond | |
| 2000 | Via crucis | |
| 2000 | The Widow of Saint-Pierre | le contre-amiral |
| 2000 | Of Woman and Magic | le docteur Fish |
| 2000 | Life after love | Docteur Bilodeau |
| 1999 | Memories Unlocked | Mortimer |
| 1999 | Changement de cap | Cariou |
| 1999 | Le bogue de l'an 2000 | Hubert Hyves |
| 1998 | Class Trip | The Visitor |
| 1998 | Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | Charles Robert |
| 1994 | Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves | Michel Gobeil |
| 1993 | The Evening Traveler | Arthur |
| 1991 | Montreal Stories | Accessoiriste studio |
| 1991 | Milena | Max Brod |
| 1991 | Duplex | Albert |
| 1990 | Ding et Dong : Le film | Jigi |
| 1989 | Jesus of Montreal | Richard Cardinal |
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Claude |
| 1985 | Hold-up | Hostage 400 $ |
| 1984 | Sonatine | The Subway Station Janitor |
| 1984 | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe | Bob |
| 1982 | Red Eyes | |
| Les jumeaux | Pierrot Langlois |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Paris Paris | Fabioli |
| 2021 | Ça fait la job | Self |
| 2020 | Benezra reçoit | Self |
| 2020 | Happily Married | Le Consigliere |
| 2019 | L'effet Wow | Self |
| 2019 | Bonsoir bonsoir! | Self |
| 2019 | Mythomaniac | Mr. Brunet |
| 2018 | En tout cas | |
| 2018 | Cette année-là | Self |
| 2017 | Y'a du monde à messe | Self |
| 2016 | Les échangistes | Self |
| 2015 | Ti-Mé Show | Self - Guest Star |
| 2014 | Mensonges | Martin Champagne |
| 2013 | Entrée principale | Self |
| 2011 | Bar ouvert | Self |
| 2010 | Les Enfants de la télé | Self |
| 2009 | En direct de l'univers | Self |
| 2007 | Curieux Bégin | Self |
| 2006 | Mafiosa | Mathieu Zamponi |
| 2006 | L'État de Grace | Bertrand Saint-Amor |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle | Self |
| 2004 | H2O | Québec Premier Marcel Coté |
| 2002 | Viens voir les comédiens | Self |
| 2002 | Napoleon | Lucien Bonaparte |
| 1997 | Ces enfants d'ailleurs | Jerzy Pawlowski |
| 1995 | Belle Époque | Augustin |
| 1986 | Avec un grand A | |
| 1984 | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe | |
| 1983 | Poivre et sel | Pierrot Séguin |
| 1968 | Bye Bye |