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.
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Acted in
Sisters and Neighbors!
2024
as Monsieur Lebel
The Successor
2023
as Dominique Duchesne
Days of Happiness
2023
as Yves
Testament
2023
as Emmanuel d'Argenson
Katak: The Brave Beluga
2023
as Cyrano (voice)
Imelda 7: Pipo
2022
as Vétérinaire
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
2022
as Vétérinaire
Embrasse
2022
as Yves Saint Laurent
Paris Paris
2022
as Fabioli
Maria
2021
as Yves Jacques
Ça fait la job
2021
as Self
La face cachée de la Lune
2021
Le chemin de Noël
2020
Aline
2020
as Présentateur deuxième TV
Night Slice
2020
as Antoine
Benezra reçoit
2020
as Self
Happily Married
2020
as Le Consigliere
Forgotten Flowers
2019
as Marie-Victorin
Mythomaniac
2019
as Mr. Brunet
Ca$h Nexu$
2019
as Michel
L'effet Wow
2019
as Self
A Man in a Hurry
2018
as Eric
En tout cas
2018
Father and Guns 2
2017
as Bernard
False Confessions
2017
as Dubois
Father Son Therapy
2016
Boundaries
2016
as Francis Perreault
Maurice
2015
as Narrator (voice)
An Eye for Beauty
2014
as Pascal Montambault
Grace of Monaco
2014
as M. Delavenne
The Killer Inside
2014
as Martin Champagne
Darling Trap
2014
as Nolan Smith
Anna et Otto
2013
as Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
La danse de l'albatros
2012
as Jacques
Thérèse
2012
as L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
Laurence Anyways
2012
as Michel Lafortune
French Immersion
2011
as Pierre-Émile
Bar ouvert
2011
as Self
See How They Dance
2011
as George Bliss
Second Chance
2011
as Maxime Dupont
Cabotins
2010
as Lady Moon
Traceless
2010
as Maître Bardon
The Last Escape
2010
as Andre
Les figures
2009
as Jean
You'll Miss Me
2009
as André, le coiffeur
48 Hours a Day
2008
as Arnaud
A Secret
2007
as Le commandant Beraud
Curieux Bégin
2007
as Self
Mafiosa
2006
as Mathieu Zamponi
Twice Upon a Time
2006
as Doctor Trudeau
L'État de Grace
2006
as Bertrand Saint-Amor
Aurore
2005
as Curé Leduc
Let's Be Friends
2005
as Germain
The Aviator
2004
as Waiter
H2O
2004
as Québec Premier Marcel Coté
Ordo
2004
as Richard Féraud
The Barbarian Invasions
2003
as Claude
Little Lili
2003
as Serge
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
2002
as Notaire Le Potiron
Napoleon
2002
as Lucien Bonaparte
The Collector
2002
as François Berger / Babette Brown
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
2001
as René le Canadien
Wedding Night
2001
as Bernard
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
2001
as Marcel Bouchard
Requiem contre un plafond
2001
Via crucis
2000
Life after love
2000
as Docteur Bilodeau
Of Woman and Magic
2000
as le docteur Fish
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000
as le contre-amiral
Le bogue de l'an 2000
1999
as Hubert Hyves
Memories Unlocked
1999
as Mortimer
Changement de cap
1999
as Cariou
Class Trip
1998
as The Visitor
Ces enfants d'ailleurs
1997
as Jerzy Pawlowski
Belle Époque
1995
as Augustin
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
1994
as Michel Gobeil
The Evening Traveler
1993
as Arthur
La Petite Vie
1993
as Hubert Hyves
Montreal Stories
1991
as Accessoiriste studio
Milena
1991
as Max Brod
Duplex
1991
as Albert
Ding et Dong : Le film
1990
as Jigi
Jesus of Montreal
1989
as Richard Cardinal
The Decline of the American Empire
1986
as Claude
Avec un grand A
1986
Hold-up
1985
as Hostage 400 $
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984
as Bob
Sonatine
1984
as The Subway Station Janitor
Poivre et sel
1983
as Pierrot Séguin
Red Eyes
1982
Bye Bye
1968
Les Jumeaux
as Pierrot Langlois