Yves Jacques
Biography
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.
Known For
Richard Cardinal
Jésus de Montréal
Claude
Les Invasions barbares
Doctor Trudeau
Désaccord Parfait
Cyrano (voice)
Katak, le brave béluga
Présentateur deuxième TV
Aline
Yves
Les jours heureux
Germain
Je préfère qu'on reste amis…
Le commandant Beraud
Un secret
Via crucis
Arthur
La voyageuse du soir
François Berger / Babette Brown
Le Collectionneur
Lady Moon
Cabotins
Curé Leduc
Aurore
Arnaud
48 heures par jour
Le chemin de Noël
The Visitor
La Classe de neige
Andre
La dernière fugue
Claude
Le Déclin de l'empire américain
le contre-amiral
La Veuve de Saint-Pierre
Antoine
Tranche de nuit
le docteur Fish
La Chambre des magiciennes
Serge
La Petite Lili
Docteur Bilodeau
La vie après l'amour
Maxime Dupont
La Chance de ma vie
Yves Saint Laurent
Embrasse
René le Canadien
Betty Fisher et autres histoires
Notaire Le Potiron
Séraphin: Un homme et son péché
Pierre-Émile
French Immersion
Michel Lafortune
Laurence Anyways
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Accessoiriste studio
Montréal vu par…
George Bliss
Voyez comme ils dansent
Michel Gobeil
Louis 19, le roi des ondes
Bernard
Nuit de noces
Hostage 400 $
Hold-up
Richard Féraud
Ordo
Nolan Smith
Belle comme la femme d'un autre
Pascal Montambault
Le Règne de la beauté
Monsieur Lebel
Nos belles-sœurs
Jacques
La danse de l'albatros
Max Brod
Milena
Vétérinaire
Les 12 travaux d'Imelda
Mortimer
Souvenirs intimes
M. Delavenne
Grace of Monaco
Emmanuel d'Argenson
Testament
Vétérinaire
Imelda 7: Pipo
Marcel Bouchard
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
Dominique Duchesne
Le Successeur
Francis Perreault
Pays
Jigi
Ding et Dong : Le film
Eric
Un homme pressé
The Subway Station Janitor
Sonatine
Narrator (voice)
Maurice
Dubois
Les Fausses confidences
Waiter
The Aviator
Bernard
De père en flic 2
Cariou
Changement de cap
Père Fils Thérapie !
André, le coiffeur
Je vais te manquer
Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
Anna et Otto
Michel
Ca$h Nexu$
Marie-Victorin
Les fleurs oubliées
Jean
Les figures
Les yeux rouges
Requiem contre un plafond
Bob
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Hubert Hyves
Le bogue de l'an 2000
La face cachée de la Lune
Albert
Duplex
Yves Jacques
Maria
Maître Bardon
Sans laisser de traces
Pierrot Langlois
Les jumeaux
Charles Robert
Michael Kael contre la World News Company
Le psychanalyste tuyau
Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !
Baldi
La petite Chartreuse
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-05-10
Place of Birth
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Also Known As
Ів Жак