Yves Jacques

Personal Info

Birthday

May 10, 1956

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Québec City, Québec, Canada

Also Known As

Ів Жак

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.

Known For

The Aviator

Mensonges

Napoleon

Mafiosa

Happily Married

Paris Paris

Mythomaniac

Katak: The Brave Beluga

Filmography

2024
Sisters and Neighbors!
as Monsieur Lebel
2023
The Successor
as Dominique Duchesne
Days of Happiness
as Yves
Testament
as Emmanuel d'Argenson
Katak: The Brave Beluga
as Cyrano (voice)
2022
Imelda 7: Pipo
as Vétérinaire
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
as Vétérinaire
Embrasse
as Yves Saint Laurent
2021
Maria
as Yves Jacques
2020
Aline
as Présentateur deuxième TV
Night Slice
as Antoine
2019
Forgotten Flowers
as Marie-Victorin
Ca$h Nexu$
as Michel
2018
A Man in a Hurry
as Eric
2017
Father and Guns 2
as Bernard
False Confessions
as Dubois
2016
Boundaries
as Francis Perreault
2015
Maurice
as Narrator (voice)
2014
An Eye for Beauty
as Pascal Montambault
Grace of Monaco
as M. Delavenne
Darling Trap
as Nolan Smith
2013
Me, Myself and Mum
as Le psychanalyste tuyau
Anna et Otto
as Art critic at the Montreal exhibition
2012
La danse de l'albatros
as Jacques
Thérèse
as L'avocat de Thérèse Desqueyroux
Laurence Anyways
as Michel Lafortune
2011
French Immersion
as Pierre-Émile
See How They Dance
as George Bliss
Second Chance
as Maxime Dupont
2010
Cabotins
as Lady Moon
Traceless
as Maître Bardon
The Last Escape
as Andre
2009
Les figures
as Jean
You'll Miss Me
as André, le coiffeur
2008
48 Hours a Day
as Arnaud
2007
A Secret
as Le commandant Beraud
2006
Twice Upon a Time
as Doctor Trudeau
2005
Aurore
as Curé Leduc
Let's Be Friends
as Germain
The Girl from the Chartreuse
as Baldi
2004
The Aviator
as Waiter
Ordo
as Richard Féraud
2003
The Barbarian Invasions
as Claude
Little Lili
as Serge
2002
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
as Notaire Le Potiron
The Collector
as François Berger / Babette Brown
2001
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
as René le Canadien
Wedding Night
as Bernard
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
as Marcel Bouchard
2000
Life after love
as Docteur Bilodeau
Of Woman and Magic
as le docteur Fish
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
as le contre-amiral
1999
Le bogue de l'an 2000
as Hubert Hyves
Memories Unlocked
as Mortimer
Changement de cap
as Cariou
1998
Class Trip
as The Visitor
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
as Charles Robert
1994
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
as Michel Gobeil
1993
The Evening Traveler
as Arthur
1991
Montreal Stories
as Accessoiriste studio
Milena
as Max Brod
Duplex
as Albert
1990
Ding et Dong : Le film
as Jigi
1989
Jesus of Montreal
as Richard Cardinal
1986
The Decline of the American Empire
as Claude
1985
Hold-up
as Hostage 400 $
1984
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
as Bob
Sonatine
as The Subway Station Janitor