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
- 2024 · Sisters and Neighbors! as Monsieur Lebel
- 2023 · The Successor as Dominique Duchesne
- 2023 · Days of Happiness as Yves
- 2023 · Testament as Emmanuel d'Argenson
- 2023 · Katak: The Brave Beluga as Cyrano (voice)
- 2022 · Imelda 7: Pipo as Vétérinaire
- 2022 · The 12 Tasks of Imelda as Vétérinaire
- 2022 · Embrasse as Yves Saint Laurent
- 2022 · Paris Paris as Fabioli
- 2021 · Maria as Yves Jacques
- 2021 · Ça fait la job as Self
- 2021 · La face cachée de la Lune as
- 2020 · Le chemin de Noël as
- 2020 · Aline as Présentateur deuxième TV
- 2020 · Night Slice as Antoine
- 2020 · Benezra reçoit as Self
- 2020 · Happily Married as Le Consigliere
- 2019 · Forgotten Flowers as Marie-Victorin
- 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
- 2018 · En tout cas as
- 2017 · Father and Guns 2 as Bernard
- 2017 · Y'a du monde à messe as Self
- 2017 · False Confessions as Dubois
- 2016 · Father Son Therapy as
- 2016 · Boundaries as Francis Perreault
- 2016 · Les échangistes as Self
- 2015 · Maurice as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Ti-Mé Show as Self - Guest Star
- 2014 · An Eye for Beauty as Pascal Montambault
- 2014 · Grace of Monaco as M. Delavenne
- 2014 · The Killer Inside as Martin Champagne
- 2014 · Darling Trap as Nolan Smith
- 2013 · Entrée principale as Himself
- 2013 · Anna et Otto as Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
- 2012 · La danse de l'albatros as Jacques
- 2012 · Thérèse as L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
- 2012 · Laurence Anyways as Michel Lafortune
- 2011 · French Immersion as Pierre-Émile
- 2011 · Bar ouvert as Self
- 2011 · See How They Dance as George Bliss
- 2011 · Second Chance as Maxime Dupont
- 2010 · Cabotins as Lady Moon
- 2010 · Les enfants de la télé as Self
- 2010 · The Last Escape as Andre
- 2009 · Les figures as Jean
- 2009 · En direct de l'univers as Self
- 2009 · You'll Miss Me as André, le coiffeur
- 2008 · 48 Hours a Day as Arnaud
- 2007 · A Secret as Le commandant Beraud
- 2007 · Curieux Bégin as Self
- 2006 · Mafiosa as Mathieu Zamponi
- 2006 · Twice Upon a Time as Doctor Trudeau
- 2006 · L'État de Grace as Bertrand Saint-Amor
- 2005 · Aurore as Curé Leduc
- 2005 · Let's Be Friends as Germain
- 2004 · The Aviator as Waiter
- 2004 · H2O as Québec Premier Marcel Coté
- 2004 · Ordo as Richard Féraud
- 2004 · Tout le monde en parle as Self
- 2003 · The Barbarian Invasions as Claude
- 2003 · Little Lili as Serge
- 2002 · Séraphin: Heart of Stone as Notaire Le Potiron
- 2002 · Napoleon as Lucien Bonaparte
- 2002 · Viens voir les comédiens as Self
- 2002 · The Collector as François Berger / Babette Brown
- 2001 · Betty Fisher and Other Stories as René le Canadien
- 2001 · Wedding Night as Bernard
- 2001 · Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon as Marcel Bouchard
- 2001 · Requiem contre un plafond as
- 2000 · Via crucis as
- 2000 · Life after love as Docteur Bilodeau
- 2000 · Of Woman and Magic as le docteur Fish
- 2000 · The Widow of Saint-Pierre as le contre-amiral
- 1999 · Le bogue de l'an 2000 as Hubert Hyves
- 1999 · Memories Unlocked as Mortimer
- 1999 · Changement de cap as Cariou
- 1998 · Class Trip as The Visitor
- 1997 · Ces enfants d'ailleurs as Jerzy Pawlowski
- 1995 · Belle Époque as Augustin
- 1994 · Louis 19, King of the Airwaves as Michel Gobeil
- 1993 · The Evening Traveler as Arthur
- 1993 · La Petite Vie as Hubert Hyves
- 1991 · Montreal Stories as Accessoiriste studio
- 1991 · Milena as Max Brod
- 1991 · Duplex as Albert
- 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 · Sonatine as The Subway Station Janitor
- 1983 · Poivre et sel as Pierrot Séguin
- 1982 · Red Eyes as
- 1968 · Bye Bye as