
Yves Jacques
Born May 10, 1956 · 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.
Movies

The Aviator

Me, Myself and Mum

Hold-up

Aline

Laurence Anyways

The Barbarian Invasions

Grace of Monaco

Katak: The Brave Beluga

An Eye for Beauty

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

The Successor

Little Lili

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

Duplex

Twice Upon a Time

Milena

Traceless

Night Slice

Aurore: entre mythe et réalité

The Decline of the American Empire

La danse de l'albatros

Anna et Otto

Let's Be Friends

Embrasse
TV Shows

Les échangistes

En direct de l'univers

Y'a du monde à messe

Bye Bye

Curieux Bégin

Viens voir les comédiens

Ça fait la job

Cette année-là

Napoleon

Avec un grand A

Happily Married

Mafiosa

Mensonges

Poivre et sel

L'effet Wow

Ti-Mé Show

Paris Paris

René Lévesque

Mythomaniac

Serge à Paris

En tout cas

Ces enfants d'ailleurs

L'État de Grace

H2O
More Movies

The Girl from the Chartreuse

Aurore

Testament

A Man in a Hurry

Sisters and Neighbors!

A Secret

False Confessions

Les figures

Class Trip

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

Second Chance

Montreal Stories

Jesus of Montreal

Séraphin: Heart of Stone

Thérèse

Boundaries

Imelda 7: Pipo

Father Son Therapy

Days of Happiness

Father and Guns 2

Darling Trap

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves

Forgotten Flowers

Changement de cap

Cabotins

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon

See How They Dance

You'll Miss Me

C'est pas le pays des merveilles

Ordo

French Immersion

Sonatine

The Collector

Life after love

Maurice

The Evening Traveler

Memories Unlocked

48 Hours a Day

Wedding Night

Le bogue de l'an 2000

Maria

Red Eyes

Ding et Dong : Le film

Of Woman and Magic

The 12 Tasks of Imelda

Ca$h Nexu$

Les jumeaux

La face cachée de la Lune

The Last Escape




