Yves Jacques
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1956 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Québec City, Québec, Canada
- Credits
- 110
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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Known for
The Aviator
2004Movie
Waiter
Laurence Anyways
2012Movie
Michel Lafortune
Me, Myself and Mum
2013Movie
Le psychanalyste tuyau
Grace of Monaco
2014Movie
M. Delavenne
The Barbarian Invasions
2003Movie
Claude
Aline
2021Movie
Second TV Presenter
Filmography
Aurore: entre mythe et réalité
2025Movie
Curé Leduc (archive footage)
Serge à Paris
2024TV
Sisters and Neighbors!
2024Movie
Monsieur Lebel
The Successor
2023Movie
Dominique Duchesne
Days of Happiness
2023Movie
Yves
Testament
2023Movie
Emmanuel d'Argenson
Katak: The Brave Beluga
2023Movie
Cyrano (voice)
Imelda 7: Pipo
2022Movie
Vétérinaire
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
2022Movie
Vétérinaire
Embrasse
2022Movie
Yves Saint Laurent
Paris Paris
2022TV
Fabioli
Aline
2021Movie
Second TV Presenter
Maria
2021Movie
Yves Jacques
Ça fait la job
2021TV
Self
La face cachée de la Lune
2021Movie
Le chemin de Noël
2020Movie
Night Slice
2020Movie
Antoine
Benezra reçoit
2020TV
Self
Happily Married
2020TV
Le Consigliere
Forgotten Flowers
2019Movie
Marie-Victorin
Mythomaniac
2019TV
Mr. Brunet
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019TV
Self
Ca$h Nexu$
2019Movie
Michel
L'effet Wow
2019TV
Self
A Man in a Hurry
2018Movie
Eric
Cette année-là
2018TV
Self
En tout cas
2018TV
Father and Guns 2
2017Movie
Bernard
Y'a du monde à messe
2017TV
Self
False Confessions
2017Movie
Dubois
Father Son Therapy
2016Movie
Boundaries
2016Movie
Francis Perreault
Les échangistes
2016TV
Self
Maurice
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
Ti-Mé Show
2015TV
Self - Guest Star
An Eye for Beauty
2014Movie
Pascal Montambault
Grace of Monaco
2014Movie
M. Delavenne
Mensonges
2014TV
Martin Champagne
Darling Trap
2014Movie
Nolan Smith
Me, Myself and Mum
2013Movie
Le psychanalyste tuyau
Entrée principale
2013TV
Self
Anna et Otto
2013Movie
Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
La danse de l'albatros
2012Movie
Jacques
Thérèse
2012Movie
L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
Laurence Anyways
2012Movie
Michel Lafortune
French Immersion
2011Movie
Pierre-Émile
Bar ouvert
2011TV
Self
See How They Dance
2011Movie
George Bliss
Second Chance
2011Movie
Maxime Dupont
Cabotins
2010Movie
Lady Moon
Les Enfants de la télé
2010TV
Self
Traceless
2010Movie
Maître Bardon
The Last Escape
2010Movie
Andre
Les figures
2009Movie
Jean
En direct de l'univers
2009TV
Self
You'll Miss Me
2009Movie
André, le coiffeur
48 Hours a Day
2008Movie
Arnaud
A Secret
2007Movie
Le commandant Beraud
Curieux Bégin
2007TV
Self
Mafiosa
2006TV
Mathieu Zamponi
Twice Upon a Time
2006Movie
Doctor Trudeau
L'État de Grace
2006TV
Bertrand Saint-Amor
René Lévesque
2006TV
Doris Lussier
Aurore
2005Movie
Curé Leduc
Let's Be Friends
2005Movie
Germain
The Girl from the Chartreuse
2005Movie
Baldi
The Aviator
2004Movie
Waiter
H2O
2004TV
Québec Premier Marcel Coté
Ordo
2004Movie
Richard Féraud
Tout le monde en parle
2004TV
Self
Little Lili
2003Movie
Serge
The Barbarian Invasions
2003Movie
Claude
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
2002Movie
Notaire Le Potiron
Napoleon
2002TV
Lucien Bonaparte
Viens voir les comédiens
2002TV
Self
The Collector
2002Movie
François Berger / Babette Brown
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
2001Movie
René le Canadien
Wedding Night
2001Movie
Bernard
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
2001Movie
Marcel Bouchard
Requiem contre un plafond
2001Movie
Via crucis
2000Movie
Life after love
2000Movie
Docteur Bilodeau
Of Woman and Magic
2000Movie
le docteur Fish
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000Movie
le contre-amiral
Le bogue de l'an 2000
1999Movie
Hubert Hyves
Memories Unlocked
1999Movie
Mortimer
Changement de cap
1999Movie
Cariou
Class Trip
1998Movie
The Visitor
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998Movie
Charles Robert
Ces enfants d'ailleurs
1997TV
Jerzy Pawlowski
Belle Époque
1995TV
Augustin
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
1994Movie
Michel Gobeil
Les grands procès
1993TV
Me Cohen
The Evening Traveler
1993Movie
Arthur
Montreal Stories
1991Movie
Accessoiriste studio
Milena
1991Movie
Max Brod
Duplex
1991Movie
Albert
Ding et Dong : Le film
1990Movie
Jigi
Jesus of Montreal
1989Movie
Richard Cardinal
The Decline of the American Empire
1986Movie
Claude
Avec un grand A
1986TV
Hold-up
1985Movie
Un otage (400 $)
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984Movie
Bob
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984TV
Sonatine
1984Movie
The Subway Station Janitor
Poivre et sel
1983TV
Pierrot Séguin
Red Eyes
1982Movie
C'est pas le pays des merveilles
1981Movie
Bye Bye
1968TV
Comédien supplémentaire
Les jumeaux
Movie
Pierrot Langlois