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