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Yves Jacques

Yves Jacques

Known For Acting
Birthday May 10, 1956 (69)
Birthplace Québec City, Québec, Canada
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 26, 2024
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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 be ... ginning 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.

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The Successor

The Successor

2023

as Dominique Duchesne

Katak: The Brave Beluga

Katak: The Brave Beluga

2023

as Cyrano (voice)

Imelda 7: Pipo

Imelda 7: Pipo

2022

as Vétérinaire

Aline

Aline

2020

as Présentateur deuxième TV

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

2014

as M. Delavenne

48 Hours a Day

48 Hours a Day

2008

as Arnaud

Let's Be Friends

Let's Be Friends

2005

as Germain

The Aviator

The Aviator

2004

as Waiter

Of Woman and Magic

Of Woman and Magic

2000

as le docteur Fish

Milena

Milena

1991

as Max Brod

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Television Credits

Poivre et sel

as Pierrot Séguin

Episodes: 36

First Aired: Sep 12, 1983

Paris Paris

as Fabioli

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 04, 2022

Mythomaniac

as Mr. Brunet

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 23, 2019

Mafiosa

as Mathieu Zamponi

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Dec 12, 2006

Ces enfants d'ailleurs

as Jerzy Pawlowski

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

The Killer Inside

as Martin Champagne

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 13, 2014

L'État de Grace

as Bertrand Saint-Amor

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 27, 2006

Happily Married

as Le Consigliere

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 16, 2020

Napoleon

as Lucien Bonaparte

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 07, 2002

Belle Époque

as Augustin

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 01, 1995

H2O

as Québec Premier Marcel Coté

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 31, 2004

La Petite Vie

as Hubert Hyves

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1993

En tout cas

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Jan 08, 2018

Ça fait la job

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 17, 2021

Bonsoir bonsoir!

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 01, 2019

Les Enfants de la télé

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 15, 2010

En direct de l'univers

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 19, 2009

Tout le monde en parle

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2004

Benezra reçoit

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2020

Les échangistes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 04, 2016

Cette année-là

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 2018

Bye Bye

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 31, 1968

L'effet Wow

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 2019

Entrée principale

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2013

Viens voir les comédiens

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2002

Bar ouvert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 2011

Curieux Bégin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 2007

Avec un grand A

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 1986

Y'a du monde à messe

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 12, 2017

Ti-Mé Show

as Self - Guest Star

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 2015

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