Yves Jacques
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.
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.
Known for
Sisters and Neighbors
The Successor
Days of Happiness
Testament
Katak: The Brave Beluga
Imelda 7: Pipo
The 12 Tasks of Imelda
Embrasse
Paris Paris
Maria
Ça fait la job
La face cachée de la Lune
Le chemin de Noël
Aline
Night Slice
Happily Married
Forgotten Flowers
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Ca$h Nexu$
L'effet Wow
A Man in a Hurry
Cette année-là
En tout cas
Father and Guns 2
Y'a du monde à messe
False Confessions
Father Son Therapy
Boundaries
Les échangistes
Ti-Mé Show
An Eye for Beauty
Grace of Monaco
The Killer Inside
Darling Trap
Entrée principale
Anna et Otto
La danse de l'albatros
Thérèse
Laurence Anyways
French Immersion
See How They Dance
Second Chance
Cabotins
Les enfants de la télé
The Last Escape
Les figures
En direct de l'univers
You'll Miss Me
48 Hours a Day
A Secret
Curieux Bégin
Mafiosa
Twice Upon a Time
L'État de Grace
Aurore
Let's Be Friends
The Aviator
H2O
Ordo
Tout le monde en parle
The Barbarian Invasions
Little Lili
Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Napoleon
Viens voir les comédiens
The Collector
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Wedding Night
Léon Blum : Thérèse et Léon
Life after love
Of Woman and Magic
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Le bogue de l'an 2000
Memories Unlocked
Changement de cap
Class Trip
Ces enfants d'ailleurs
Louis 19, King of the Airwaves
The Evening Traveler
La Petite Vie
Montreal Stories
Milena
Duplex
Ding et Dong : Le film
Jesus of Montreal
The Decline of the American Empire
Avec un grand A
Hold-up
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
Sonatine
Poivre et sel
Red Eyes
Bye Bye