Portrait of Gilles Renaud

Gilles Renaud

Acting

Biography

Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec. In 1983, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi). He is also a two-time Jutra Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) and at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement). In 2016, he appeared in the film Bad Seeds. While heavily involved in that production, he filmed a death scene for his character in his TV series Mémoires Vives, which began airing in 2013. In 2017, he starred in François Girard's film Hochelaga, Land of Souls, as a Montreal archaeologist in search of Hochelaga.

Born: September 25, 1944

Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Filmography

2025
Peak Everything

as Eugène

2022
A Criminal Affair

as Jean-Guy Bilodeau

2021
2020
La tour

as Self - Guest

2020
Ça va bien aller

as Self - Guest

2020
Outbreak

as Jacques

2019
2017
The Siege

as Mario Cormier

2017
Hochelaga, Land of Souls

as Antoine Morin

2016
2016
Bad Seeds

as Simon Boulerice

2014
2013
The Auction

as Accountant / Friend

2013
2013
Living Memories

as Jacques Berthier

2012
All That You Possess

as Christian Leduc

2012
Laurence Anyways

as Board Chairman

2010
Cabotins

as Roger Boucher

2010
Route 132

as Curé de St-André

2010
The Hair of the Beast

as Seigneur de Beauport

2010
Musée Éden

as Professeur Eugène Casgrain

2010
Mirador

as Richard Racine

2009
Cadavres

as Ronald Maisonneuve

2006
Roméo et Juliette

as Réal Rex Lamontagne

2006
2006
Cheech

as Paluchi

2006
René Lévesque

as Jean Lesage

2006
Bon Cop Bad Cop

as Michel Grossbut

2005
The Outlander

as Didace Beauchemin

2005
Nos étés

as André-Jules Bezile

2004
Tideline

as Le père

2003
Gaz Bar Blues

as Gaston Savard

2001
1993
La Petite Vie

as Monsieur Bricole

1991
1988
Le grand jour

as Gilbert

1986
The Heart Exposed

as Jean-Marc

1985
The Lady of Colours

as Barbouilleux

1982
1982
1981
The Plouffe Family

as Phil Talbot

1980
The Red Kitchen

as The father

1980
The Handyman

as Armand St-Amant

1977
The Late Blossom

as Yvon Thériault

1976
La piastre

as Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother

1975
The Mob

as Policier

1973
The Conquest

as Larent

1972
1971
The Maple Leaf

as François Bellerose