Yves Jacques
Acting
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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Yves Jacques
Curé Leduc (archive footage)
... 2025
Monsieur Lebel
... 2024
Dominique Duchesne
... 2023
Yves
... 2023
Emmanuel d'Argenson
... 2023
Cyrano (voice)
... 2023
Vétérinaire
... 2022
Vétérinaire
... 2022
Yves Saint Laurent
... 2022
Second TV Presenter
... 2021
Yves Jacques
... 2021
... 2021
... 2020
Antoine
... 2020
Marie-Victorin
... 2019
Michel
... 2019
Eric
... 2018
Bernard
... 2017
Dubois
... 2017
... 2016
Francis Perreault
... 2016
Narrator (voice)
... 2015
Pascal Montambault
... 2014
M. Delavenne
... 2014
Nolan Smith
... 2014
Le psychanalyste tuyau
... 2013
Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
... 2013
Jacques
... 2012
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
... 2012
Michel Lafortune
... 2012
Pierre-Émile
... 2011
George Bliss
... 2011
Maxime Dupont
... 2011
Lady Moon
... 2010
Maître Bardon
... 2010
Andre
... 2010
Jean
... 2009
André, le coiffeur
... 2009
Arnaud
... 2008
Le commandant Beraud
... 2007
Doctor Trudeau
... 2006
Curé Leduc
... 2005
Germain
... 2005
... 2005
Waiter
... 2004
Richard Féraud
... 2004
Serge
... 2003
Claude
... 2003
Notaire Le Potiron
... 2002
François Berger / Babette Brown
... 2002
René le Canadien
... 2001
Bernard
... 2001
Marcel Bouchard
... 2001
... 2001
... 2000
Docteur Bilodeau
... 2000
le docteur Fish
... 2000
le contre-amiral
... 2000
Hubert Hyves
... 1999
Mortimer
... 1999
Cariou
... 1999
The Visitor
... 1998
Charles Robert
... 1998
Michel Gobeil
... 1994
Arthur
... 1993
Accessoiriste studio
... 1991
Max Brod
... 1991
Albert
... 1991
... 1990
Richard Cardinal
... 1989
... 1986
Hostage 400 $
... 1985
... 1984
The Subway Station Janitor
... 1984
... 1982
... 1981
Pierrot Langlois