Yves Jacques
Yves Jacques (born May 10, 1956 in Québec ) is a Canadian actor who works for film, television and theater.
Life and work
He studied theater at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe and began his acting career on the stages in Quebec and Montreal . A wider television audience he was in 1981 as a sketch comedian at the annual New Year's show Bye Bye radio station Ici Radio-Canada, Télé known and then in some other film and television roles.
He became internationally known for his role as the gay academic Claude in Denys Arcands The Fall of the American Empire and The Invasion of the Barbarians . His portrayal of Lydie-Anne in the premiere of Michel Marc Bouchard's play Les feluettes , which is considered an important work of modern Canadian theater, brought him great attention on the theater stage .
From 2001 he was in the ensemble of two performances by Robert Lepage on a world tour, namely in The Other Side of the Moon ( La face cachée de la lune) and The Andersen Project ( Le projet Andersen) , in which he played all roles.
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1982: Les yeux rouges
- 1983: Sonatine - Directed by Micheline Lanctôt
- 1984: Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe - directed by Denys Arcand
- 1985: The Boss (Hold-Up) - Director: Alexandre Arcady
- 1986: The Fall of the American Empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain) - directed by Denys Arcand
- 1989: Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) - directed by Denys Arcand
- 1990: Ding et Dong: le film - Director: Alain Chartrand
- 1990: Miléna Nova Tremblay - Director: Claude Désorcy
- 1991: Beloved Milena (Milena) - Director: Véra Belmont
- 1994: Meurtre en musique - Director: Gabriel Pelletier
- 1995: Alfred - directed by Vilgot Sjöman
- 1998: School trip (La classe de neige) - directed by Claude Miller
- 1999: Souvenirs intimate - Directed by Jean Beaudin
- 1999: The widow of Saint-Pierre (La veuve de Saint-Pierre) - directed by Patrice Leconte
- 2000: La vie après l'amour - Director: Gabriel Pelletier
- 2000: Requiem contre un plafond - Director: Jeremy Peter Allen
- 2001: Nuit de noces - Directed by Émile Gaudreault
- 2001: Betty Fisher et autres histoires - Directed by Claude Miller
- 2002: Le collectionneur - Director: Jean Beaudin
- 2002: Séraphin: un homme et son péché - Director: Charles Binamé
- 2003: The Invasion of the Barbarians (Les invasions barbaren) - Directed by Denys Arcand
- 2003: Little Lili (La petite Lili) - Director: Claude Miller
- 2004: Ordo
- 2004: Aviator (The Aviator) - Director: Martin Scorsese
- 2005: La petite chartreuse
- 2005: Two unequal friends (Je préfère qu'on reste amis…) - directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
- 2005: Aurore - Directed by Luc Dionne
- 2005: We get along wonderfully - Désaccord parfait (Désaccord parfait) - Director: Antoine de Caunes
- 2006: A Secret (Un secret) - Director: Claude Miller
- 2007: 48 heures par jour - Director: Catherine Castel
- 2009: Je vais te manquer - Director: Amanda Sthers
- 2010: La dernière fugue - Director: Léa Pool
- 2010: Without a trace (Sans laisser des traces) - Director: Grégoire Vigneron
- 2011: French Immersion - Director: Kevin Tierney
- 2011: Luck on Detours (La chance de ma vie) - Director: Nicolas Cuche
- 2011: Voyez comme ils dansent
- 2012: Laurence Anyways - Director: Xavier Dolan
- 2013: Maman and I (Les garçons et Guillaume, à table!) - Director: Guillaume Gallienne
- 2014: Grace of Monaco - Director: Olivier Dahan
- 2015: Belles familles - Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- 2015: Le talent de mes amis - Director: Alex Lutz
- 2018: The Second Life of Monsieur Alain (Un homme pressé) - Director: Hervé Mimran
watch TV
- 1980–1982: Boogie-woogie 47 (TV series)
- 1983: Poivre et sel (TV series)
- 1993: La voyageuse du soir (TV series)
- 1994: Jalna (TV series)
- 1994: Baldipata
- 1995: V'la l'cinéma - Director: Jacques Rouffio
- 1995: Belle Époque (three-part TV series)
- 1997: Ces enfants d'ailleurs (TV series)
- 1997: Bob Million
- 1998: Change de cap
- 1999: Three Seasons
- 1999–2000: La soirée des Jutras (TV show)
- 2000: The Room of the Sorceresses (La chambre des magiciennes) - Director: Claude Miller
- 2001: Thérèse et Léon
- 2001: L'aîné des ferchaux - Director: Bernard Stora
- 2002: Napoléon (TV miniseries)
- 2004: H2O
- 2005: L'état de grace - Directed by Pascal Chaumeil
- 2006–2007: Mafiosa (TV series, 7 episodes) - Director: Louis Choquette
- 2016: False Confidences (Les fausses confidences) - Director: Luc Bondy
music
He was the singer-songwriter of the song On ne peut pas tous être pauvres (based on the music of Pierre Gagnon). Also in 1981 produced a related music video that is believed to be the first Quebec music video.
Awards
- 2000: Nominated for the Prix Jutra for Best Actor in Souvenirs Intimate
Web links
- Literature by and about Yves Jacques in the catalog of the German National Library
- Yves Jacques in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Yves Jacques In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Yves Jacques “On peut pas tous être pauvre” on musimax.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacques, Yves |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quebec |