Yves Jacques
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Aurore: entre mythe et réalité
2025
Serge à Paris
2024
Sisters and Neighbors!
2024
The Successor
2023
Days of Happiness
2023
Testament
2023
Katak: The Brave Beluga
2023
Imelda 7: Pipo
2022
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
2022
Embrasse
2022
Paris Paris
2022
Aline
2021
Maria
2021
Ça fait la job
2021
La face cachée de la Lune
2021
Le chemin de Noël
2020
Night Slice
2020
Benezra reçoit
2020
Happily Married
2020
Forgotten Flowers
2019
Mythomaniac
2019
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019
Ca$h Nexu$
2019
L'effet Wow
2019
A Man in a Hurry
2018
Cette année-là
2018
En tout cas
2018
Father and Guns 2
2017
Y'a du monde à messe
2017
False Confessions
2017
Father Son Therapy
2016
Boundaries
2016
Les échangistes
2016
Maurice
2015
Ti-Mé Show
2015
An Eye for Beauty
2014
Grace of Monaco
2014
Mensonges
2014
Darling Trap
2014
Me, Myself and Mum
2013
Entrée principale
2013
Anna et Otto
2013
La danse de l'albatros
2012
Thérèse
2012
Laurence Anyways
2012
French Immersion
2011
Bar ouvert
2011
See How They Dance
2011
Second Chance
2011
Cabotins
2010
Les Enfants de la télé
2010
Traceless
2010
The Last Escape
2010
Les figures
2009
En direct de l'univers
2009
You'll Miss Me
2009
48 Hours a Day
2008
A Secret
2007
Curieux Bégin
2007
Mafiosa
2006
Twice Upon a Time
2006
L'État de Grace
2006
René Lévesque
2006
Aurore
2005
Let's Be Friends
2005
The Girl from the Chartreuse
2005
The Aviator
2004
H2O
2004
Ordo
2004
Tout le monde en parle
2004
Little Lili
2003
The Barbarian Invasions
2003
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
2002
Napoleon
2002
Viens voir les comédiens
2002
The Collector
2002
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
2001
Wedding Night
2001
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
2001
Requiem contre un plafond
2001
Via crucis
2000
Life after love
2000
Of Woman and Magic
2000
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
Le bogue de l'an 2000
1999
Memories Unlocked
1999
Changement de cap
1999
Class Trip
1998
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998
Ces enfants d'ailleurs
1997
Belle Époque
1995
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
1994
The Evening Traveler
1993
Montreal Stories
1991
Milena
1991
Duplex
1991
Ding et Dong : Le film
1990
Jesus of Montreal
1989
The Decline of the American Empire
1986
Avec un grand A
1986
Hold-up
1985
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984
Sonatine
1984
Poivre et sel
1983
Red Eyes
1982
C'est pas le pays des merveilles
1981
Bye Bye
1968
Les jumeaux