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.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.
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.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.
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