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