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-Canadas annual Bye Bye New Years 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 Arcands 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 Bouchards 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 Villeneuves The 12 Tasks of Imelda (Les 12 travaux dImelda), 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.
Richard Cardinal
Film 1989
Claude
Film 2003
Cyrano (voice)
Film 2023
Présentateur deuxième TV
Film 2020
Yves
Film 2023
Germain
Film 2005
Le commandant Beraud
Film 2007
Film 2000
Arthur
Film 1993
François Berger / Babette Brown
Film 2002
Lady Moon
Film 2010
Curé Leduc
Film 2005
Arnaud
Film 2008
Film 2020
The Visitor
Film 1998
Andre
Film 2010
Claude
Film 1986
le contre-amiral
Film 2000
Antoine
Film 2020
le docteur Fish
Film 2000
Serge
Film 2003
Docteur Bilodeau
Film 2000
Maxime Dupont
Film 2011
Yves Saint Laurent
Film 2022
René le Canadien
Film 2001
Notaire Le Potiron
Film 2002
Pierre-Émile
Film 2011
Michel Lafortune
Film 2012
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
Film 2012
Accessoiriste studio
Film 1991
George Bliss
Film 2011
Michel Gobeil
Film 1994
Bernard
Film 2001
Hostage 400 $
Film 1985
Richard Féraud
Film 2004
Nolan Smith
Film 2014
Pascal Montambault
Film 2014
Monsieur Lebel
Film 2024
Jacques
Film 2012
Max Brod
Film 1991
Vétérinaire
Film 2022
Mortimer
Film 1999
M. Delavenne
Film 2014
Emmanuel d'Argenson
Film 2023
Vétérinaire
Film 2022
Marcel Bouchard
Film 2001
Dominique Duchesne
Film 2023
Francis Perreault
Film 2016
Jigi
Film 1990
Eric
Film 2018
The Subway Station Janitor
Film 1984
Narrator (voice)
Film 2015
Dubois
Film 2017
Waiter
Film 2004
Bernard
Film 2017
Cariou
Film 1999
Film 2016
André, le coiffeur
Film 2009
Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
Film 2013
Michel
Film 2019
Marie-Victorin
Film 2019
Jean
Film 2009
Film 1982
Film 2001
Bob
Film 1984
Hubert Hyves
Film 1999
Film 2021
Albert
Film 1991
Yves Jacques
Film 2021
Maître Bardon
Film 2010
Self
Tv 2004
Self
Tv 2020
Pierrot Séguin
Tv 1983
Mathieu Zamponi
Tv 2006
Martin Champagne
Tv 2014
Self
Tv 2021
Fabioli
Tv 2022
Québec Premier Marcel Coté
Tv 2004
Augustin
Tv 1995
Jerzy Pawlowski
Tv 1997
Lucien Bonaparte
Tv 2002
Tv 2018
Self
Tv 2016
Self
Tv 2018
Self
Tv 2010
Tv 1968
Le Consigliere
Tv 2020
Self
Tv 2019
Self
Tv 2019
Himself
Tv 2013
Self
Tv 2002
Self
Tv 2011
Hubert Hyves
Tv 1993
Self
Tv 2009
Self
Tv 2007
Tv 1986
Self
Tv 2017
Bertrand Saint-Amor
Tv 2006
Self - Guest Star
Tv 2015
Mr. Brunet
Tv 2019