Yves Jacques
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1956
- Birthplace
- 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. Source: Article "Yves Jacques" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Les jumeaux TBA
as Pierrot Langlois
Aurore: entre mythe et réalité 2025
as Curé Leduc (archive footage)
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
Aline 2021
as Second TV Presenter
Maria 2021
as Yves Jacques
La face cachée de la Lune 2021
Actor
Le chemin de Noël 2020
Actor
Night Slice 2020
as Antoine
Forgotten Flowers 2019
as Marie-Victorin
Ca$h Nexu$ 2019
as Michel
A Man in a Hurry 2018
as Eric
Father and Guns 2 2017
as Bernard
False Confessions 2017
as Dubois
Father Son Therapy 2016
Actor
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
Darling Trap 2014
as Nolan Smith
Me, Myself and Mum 2013
as Le psychanalyste tuyau
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
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
Twice Upon a Time 2006
as Doctor Trudeau
Aurore 2005
as Curé Leduc
The Girl from the Chartreuse 2005
as Baldi
Let's Be Friends 2005
as Germain
The Aviator 2004
as Waiter
Ordo 2004
as Richard Féraud
Little Lili 2003
as Serge
The Barbarian Invasions 2003
as Claude
Séraphin: Heart of Stone 2002
as Notaire Le Potiron
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
Actor
- Via crucis
Via crucis 2000
Actor
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
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company 1998
as Charles Robert
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves 1994
as Michel Gobeil
The Evening Traveler 1993
as Arthur
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
Hold-up 1985
as Un otage (400 $)
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe 1984
as Bob
Sonatine 1984
as The Subway Station Janitor
Red Eyes 1982
Actor
C'est pas le pays des merveilles 1981
Actor
Credits from TMDB.