- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Québec City, Québec, Canada
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 wi…
Filmography
movieAurore: entre mythe et réalité
2025 · Curé Leduc (archive footage)
tvSerge à Paris
2024
movieSisters and Neighbors!
2024 · Monsieur Lebel
movieThe Successor
2023 · Dominique Duchesne
movieDays of Happiness
2023 · Yves
movieTestament
2023 · Emmanuel d'Argenson
movieKatak: The Brave Beluga
2023 · Cyrano (voice)
movieImelda 7: Pipo
2022 · Vétérinaire
movieThe 12 Tasks of Imelda
2022 · Vétérinaire
movieEmbrasse
2022 · Yves Saint Laurent
tvParis Paris
2022 · Fabioli
movieAline
2021 · Second TV Presenter
movieMaria
2021 · Yves Jacques
tvÇa fait la job
2021 · Self
movieLa face cachée de la Lune
2021
movieLe chemin de Noël
2020
movieNight Slice
2020 · Antoine
Benezra reçoit
tvBenezra reçoit
2020 · Self
tvHappily Married
2020 · Le Consigliere
movieForgotten Flowers
2019 · Marie-Victorin
tvMythomaniac
2019 · Mr. Brunet
tvBonsoir bonsoir!
2019 · Self
movieCa$h Nexu$
2019 · Michel
tvL'effet Wow
2019 · Self
movieA Man in a Hurry
2018 · Eric
tvCette année-là
2018 · Self
tvEn tout cas
2018
movieFather and Guns 2
2017 · Bernard
tvY'a du monde à messe
2017 · Self
movieFalse Confessions
2017 · Dubois
movieFather Son Therapy
2016
movieBoundaries
2016 · Francis Perreault
tvLes échangistes
2016 · Self
movieMaurice
2015 · Narrator (voice)
tvTi-Mé Show
2015 · Self - Guest Star
movieAn Eye for Beauty
2014 · Pascal Montambault
movieGrace of Monaco
2014 · M. Delavenne
tvMensonges
2014 · Martin Champagne
movieDarling Trap
2014 · Nolan Smith
movieMe, Myself and Mum
2013 · Le psychanalyste tuyau
tvEntrée principale
2013 · Self
movieAnna et Otto
2013 · Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
movieLa danse de l'albatros
2012 · Jacques
movieThérèse
2012 · L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
movieLaurence Anyways
2012 · Michel Lafortune
movieFrench Immersion
2011 · Pierre-Émile
Bar ouvert
tvBar ouvert
2011 · Self
movieSee How They Dance
2011 · George Bliss
movieSecond Chance
2011 · Maxime Dupont
movieCabotins
2010 · Lady Moon
tvLes Enfants de la télé
2010 · Self
movieTraceless
2010 · Maître Bardon
movieThe Last Escape
2010 · Andre
movieLes figures
2009 · Jean
tvEn direct de l'univers
2009 · Self
movieYou'll Miss Me
2009 · André, le coiffeur
movie48 Hours a Day
2008 · Arnaud
movieA Secret
2007 · Le commandant Beraud
tvCurieux Bégin
2007 · Self
tvMafiosa
2006 · Mathieu Zamponi
movieTwice Upon a Time
2006 · Doctor Trudeau
tvL'État de Grace
2006 · Bertrand Saint-Amor
tvRené Lévesque
2006 · Doris Lussier
movieAurore
2005 · Curé Leduc
movieLet's Be Friends
2005 · Germain
movieThe Girl from the Chartreuse
2005 · Baldi
movieThe Aviator
2004 · Waiter
tvH2O
2004 · Québec Premier Marcel Coté
movieOrdo
2004 · Richard Féraud
tvTout le monde en parle
2004 · Self
movieLittle Lili
2003 · Serge
movieThe Barbarian Invasions
2003 · Claude
movieSéraphin: Heart of Stone
2002 · Notaire Le Potiron
tvNapoleon
2002 · Lucien Bonaparte
tvViens voir les comédiens
2002 · Self
movieThe Collector
2002 · François Berger / Babette Brown
movieBetty Fisher and Other Stories
2001 · René le Canadien
movieWedding Night
2001 · Bernard
movieLéon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
2001 · Marcel Bouchard
Requiem contre un plafond
movieRequiem contre un plafond
2001
Via crucis
movieVia crucis
2000
movieLife after love
2000 · Docteur Bilodeau
movieOf Woman and Magic
2000 · le docteur Fish
movieThe Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000 · le contre-amiral
movieLe bogue de l'an 2000
1999 · Hubert Hyves
movieMemories Unlocked
1999 · Mortimer
movieChangement de cap
1999 · Cariou
movieClass Trip
1998 · The Visitor
movieMichael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998 · Charles Robert
tvCes enfants d'ailleurs
1997 · Jerzy Pawlowski
Belle Époque
tvBelle Époque
1995 · Augustin
movieLouis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
1994 · Michel Gobeil
movieThe Evening Traveler
1993 · Arthur
movieMontreal Stories
1991 · Accessoiriste studio
movieMilena
1991 · Max Brod
movieDuplex
1991 · Albert
movieDing et Dong : Le film
1990 · Jigi
movieJesus of Montreal
1989 · Richard Cardinal
movieThe Decline of the American Empire
1986 · Claude
tvAvec un grand A
1986
movieHold-up
1985 · Un otage (400 $)
movieThe Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984 · Bob
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
tvThe Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984
movieSonatine
1984 · The Subway Station Janitor
tvPoivre et sel
1983 · Pierrot Séguin
movieRed Eyes
1982
movieC'est pas le pays des merveilles
1981
tvBye Bye
1968 · , Comédien supplémentaire
movieLes jumeaux
— · Pierrot Langlois