1956-05-10 ( 68 years old ) in 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.
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The Successor
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Days of Happiness
2023-10-20
Testament
2023-10-05
Katak: The Brave Beluga
2023-02-24
Imelda 7: Pipo
2022-12-23
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
2022-09-28
Embrasse
2022-03-26
Maria
2021-08-20
La face cachée de la Lune
2021-02-06
Le chemin de Noël
2020-12-23
Aline
2020-11-19
Night Slice
2020-11-01
Forgotten Flowers
2019-10-25
Ca$h Nexu$
2019-03-22
A Man in a Hurry
2018-11-07
Father and Guns 2
2017-07-14
False Confessions
2017-04-13
Father Son Therapy
2016-12-28
Boundaries
2016-11-18
Maurice
2015-03-13
An Eye for Beauty
2014-05-15
Grace of Monaco
2014-04-22
Darling Trap
2014-01-22
Anna et Otto
2013-01-01
La danse de l'albatros
2012-06-12
Thérèse
2012-05-27
Laurence Anyways
2012-05-18
French Immersion
2011-10-07
See How They Dance
2011-08-03
Second Chance
2011-01-05
Cabotins
2010-11-16
Traceless
2010-03-10
The Last Escape
2010-02-26
Les figures
2009-10-30
You'll Miss Me
2009-06-10
48 Hours a Day
2008-06-04
A Secret
2007-10-03
Twice Upon a Time
2006-11-08
Aurore
2005-07-08
Let's Be Friends
2005-02-23
The Aviator
2004-12-17
Ordo
2004-09-15
The Barbarian Invasions
2003-09-24
Little Lili
2003-08-27
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
2002-11-29
The Collector
2002-02-22
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
2001-09-01
Wedding Night
2001-06-01
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
2001-01-20
Requiem contre un plafond
2001-01-03
Via crucis
2000-09-08
Life after love
2000-07-07
Of Woman and Magic
2000-05-26
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2000-04-19
Le bogue de l'an 2000
1999-12-31
Memories Unlocked
1999-03-24
Changement de cap
1999-02-22
Class Trip
1998-09-23
Michael Kael vs. the World News Company
1998-02-18
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
1994-04-01
The Evening Traveler
1993-10-25
Montreal Stories
1991-11-08
Milena
1991-07-04
Duplex
1991-01-12
Ding et Dong : Le film
1990-12-07
Jesus of Montreal
1989-05-15
The Decline of the American Empire
1986-06-19
Hold-up
1985-10-23
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
1984-08-29
Sonatine
1984-02-24
Red Eyes
1982-09-25
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