About
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...
Known for
The AviatorMovie • 2004
Bye ByeSeries • 1968
MensongesSeries • 2014
NapoleonSeries • 2002
Happily MarriedSeries • 2020
MafiosaSeries • 2006
AlineMovie • 2021
Grace of MonacoMovie • 2014
MythomaniacSeries • 2019
Katak: The Brave BelugaMovie • 2023
Laurence AnywaysMovie • 2012
The Barbarian InvasionsMovie • 2003
Me, Myself and MumMovie • 2013
Second ChanceMovie • 2011
Father Son TherapyMovie • 2016
Hold-upMovie • 1985
The SuccessorMovie • 2023
ThérèseMovie • 2012
An Eye for BeautyMovie • 2014
Little LiliMovie • 2003
TracelessMovie • 2010
The Widow of Saint-PierreMovie • 2000
Father and Guns 2Movie • 2017
The Decline of the American EmpireMovie • 1986