Yves Jacques
Born
May 10, 1956 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
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.
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Known For
Sisters and Neighbors!
Monsieur Lebel
2024
The Successor
Dominique Duchesne
2023
Days of Happiness
Yves
2023
Testament
Emmanuel d'Argenson
2023
Katak: The Brave Beluga
Cyrano (voice)
2023
Imelda 7: Pipo
Vétérinaire
2022
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
Vétérinaire
2022
Embrasse
Yves Saint Laurent
2022
Paris Paris
Fabioli · (13 episodes)
2022
Maria
Yves Jacques
2021
Ça fait la job
Self · (4 episodes)
2021
La face cachée de la Lune
2021
Le chemin de Noël
2020
Aline
Présentateur deuxième TV
2020
Night Slice
Antoine
2020
Benezra reçoit
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Happily Married
Le Consigliere · (5 episodes)
2020
Forgotten Flowers
Marie-Victorin
2019
Mythomaniac
Mr. Brunet · (12 episodes)
2019
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Self · (3 episodes)
2019
Ca$h Nexu$
Michel
2019
L'effet Wow
Self · (1 episode)
2019
A Man in a Hurry
Eric
2018
Cette année-là
Self · (1 episode)
2018
En tout cas
(30 episodes)
2018
Father and Guns 2
Bernard
2017
Y'a du monde à messe
Self · (1 episode)
2017
False Confessions
Dubois
2017
Father Son Therapy
2016
Boundaries
Francis Perreault
2016
Les échangistes
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Maurice
Narrator (voice)
2015
Ti-Mé Show
Self - Guest Star · (1 episode)
2015
An Eye for Beauty
Pascal Montambault
2014
Grace of Monaco
M. Delavenne
2014
Mensonges
Martin Champagne · (6 episodes)
2014
Darling Trap
Nolan Smith
2014
Me, Myself and Mum
Le psychanalyste tuyau
2013
Entrée principale
Self · (1 episode)
2013
Anna et Otto
Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
2013
La danse de l'albatros
Jacques
2012
Thérèse
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
2012
Laurence Anyways
Michel Lafortune
2012
French Immersion
Pierre-Émile
2011
Bar ouvert
Self · (1 episode)
2011
See How They Dance
George Bliss
2011
Second Chance
Maxime Dupont
2011
Cabotins
Lady Moon
2010
Les Enfants de la télé
Self · (2 episodes)
2010
Traceless
Maître Bardon
2010
The Last Escape
Andre
2010
Les figures
Jean
2009
En direct de l'univers
Self · (2 episodes)
2009
You'll Miss Me
André, le coiffeur
2009
48 Hours a Day
Arnaud
2008
A Secret
Le commandant Beraud
2007
Curieux Bégin
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Mafiosa
Mathieu Zamponi · (8 episodes)
2006
Twice Upon a Time
Doctor Trudeau
2006
L'État de Grace
Bertrand Saint-Amor · (6 episodes)
2006
Aurore
Curé Leduc
2005
Let's Be Friends
Germain
2005
The Girl from the Chartreuse
Baldi
2005
The Aviator
Waiter
2004
H2O
Québec Premier Marcel Coté · (2 episodes)
2004
Ordo
Richard Féraud
2004
Tout le monde en parle
Self · (1 episode)
2004
The Barbarian Invasions
Claude
2003
Little Lili
Serge
2003
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Notaire Le Potiron
2002
Napoleon
Lucien Bonaparte · (2 episodes)
2002
Viens voir les comédiens
Self · (1 episode)
2002
The Collector
François Berger / Babette Brown
2002
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
2001
Via crucis
2000
Life after love
Docteur Bilodeau
2000
Of Woman and Magic
le docteur Fish
2000
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
le contre-amiral
2000
Le bogue de l'an 2000
Hubert Hyves
1999
Memories Unlocked
Mortimer
1999
Changement de cap
Cariou
1999
Class Trip
The Visitor
1998
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
Charles Robert
1998
Ces enfants d'ailleurs
Jerzy Pawlowski · (8 episodes)
1997
Belle Époque
Augustin · (3 episodes)
1995
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
Michel Gobeil
1994
The Evening Traveler
Arthur
1993
Montreal Stories
Accessoiriste studio
1991
Milena
Max Brod
1991
Duplex
Albert
1991
Ding et Dong : Le film
Jigi
1990
Jesus of Montreal
Richard Cardinal
1989
The Decline of the American Empire
Claude
1986
Avec un grand A
(1 episode)
1986
Hold-up
Hostage 400 $
1985
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Bob
1984
Sonatine
The Subway Station Janitor
1984
Red Eyes
1982
Les jumeaux
Pierrot Langlois
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
(6 episodes)
1984
Poivre et sel
Pierrot Séguin · (50 episodes)
1983
Bye Bye
(1 episode)
1968