
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

Grace of Monaco

Aline

Me, Myself and Mum

Katak: The Brave Beluga

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

The Barbarian Invasions

Laurence Anyways

Hold-up

An Eye for Beauty

Father and Guns 2

Second Chance

The Successor

Traceless

The Decline of the American Empire

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

Séraphin: Heart of Stone

Thérèse

Little Lili

Let's Be Friends

Aurore

A Man in a Hurry

Jesus of Montreal

Class Trip

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
TV Shows

En direct de l'univers

Les échangistes

Y'a du monde à messe

Viens voir les comédiens

Curieux Bégin

Bye Bye

Ça fait la job

Cette année-là

Happily Married

Les grands procès

Napoleon

Mafiosa

Mensonges

Avec un grand A

René Lévesque

L'effet Wow

Ti-Mé Show

H2O

En tout cas

Poivre et sel

L'État de Grace

Mythomaniac

Serge à Paris

Ces enfants d'ailleurs

Paris Paris
More Movies

Embrasse

Milena

Days of Happiness

You'll Miss Me

French Immersion

Ding et Dong : Le film

Testament

Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves

A Secret

Aurore: entre mythe et réalité

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

Wedding Night

48 Hours a Day

Life after love

See How They Dance

Of Woman and Magic

Twice Upon a Time

Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon

La danse de l'albatros

Sisters and Neighbors!

Darling Trap

Les figures

The 12 Tasks of Imelda

Father Son Therapy

Ordo

Montreal Stories

Cabotins

False Confessions

Boundaries

Le bogue de l'an 2000

C'est pas le pays des merveilles

Duplex

The Evening Traveler

Imelda 7: Pipo

The Collector

Changement de cap

Red Eyes

Forgotten Flowers

Ca$h Nexu$

The Girl from the Chartreuse

Anna et Otto

Night Slice

Memories Unlocked

Maria

Maurice

Sonatine

Les jumeaux

La face cachée de la Lune

The Last Escape




