Gilles Renaud

Born: 1944-09-25

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.


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Laurence Anyways

as Board Chairman
Released: 2012-05-18

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named...

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Bon Cop Bad Cop

as Michel Grossbut
Released: 2006-07-06

When the body of the executive of hockey Benoit Brisset is found on the billboard of the border...

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The Guide to the Perfect Family

as Robert Dubois
Released: 2021-07-14

A couple in Québec deals with the pitfalls, pressure and high expectations of raising kids in a...

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D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers

as M. de Tréville
Released: 2005-02-06

Exile and possibly death are in the cards for the Queen of France in this edgy cloak-and-dagger...

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Bad Seeds

as Simon Boulerice
Released: 2016-03-11

Jacques is an actor who runs away to the countryside to escape his gambling debts. He meets...

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Cadavres

as Ronald Maisonneuve
Released: 2009-02-20

Raymond is a jealous, misanthropic, couch potato. Angèle is a sexy TV star, childish and...

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Hochelaga, Land of Souls

as Antoine Morin
Released: 2017-09-09

Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic...

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The Woman Who Drinks

as Brunelle
Released: 2001-03-09

On the eve of her final moments, a woman recalls her alcoholic past. She revisits her entire...

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The Hair of the Beast

as Seigneur de Beauport
Released: 2010-10-01

Takes place in 1665 in New France at a time when a part of Canada was colonialized by France....

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Once Upon a Time in the East

as Cuirette
Released: 1974-05-26

Two women and a transvestite gay man cross paths in this French Canadian drama. The transvestite...

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Gaz Bar Blues

as Gaston Savard
Released: 2003-09-05

This is the story of Mr. Brochu, whose friends like to call "the Boss". He runs his gas station...

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The Auction

as Accountant / Friend
Released: 2013-11-05

Gaby owns a farm on which he raises lambs: Bouchard & Sons Farm. But he has no sons. Rather,...

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Route 132

as Curé de St-André
Released: 2010-10-06

Two old friends and small-time crooks embark on a crime spree, but take an unexpected detour...

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All That You Possess

as Christian Leduc
Released: 2012-11-02

An obsessed scholar attempts to withdraw from the world but finds personal ties drawing him back...

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Roméo et Juliette

as Réal Rex Lamontagne
Released: 2006-12-15

Juliette, 15, is the only child of an eminent judge and has had the best of education in the...

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Fantastica

as uncredited
Released: 1980-05-07

In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is...

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Notre Dame de Moncton

as Hergé
Released: 2022-12-02

Anna (Laurie Gagné) is going through a particularly stressful time: she is preparing to...

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Cabotins

as Roger Boucher
Released: 2010-11-16

To avoid total bankruptcy, a down-on-his-luck show-business legend puts on one last show.

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The Plouffe Family

as Phil Talbot
Released: 1981-04-07

The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and...

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La Contemplation du mystère

as Yvon
Released: 2021-10-22

Éloi, whose father was killed in a hunting accident a year ago, is called to take part in a...

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Cheech

as Paluchi
Released: 2006-09-10

Six people, some more depressed than others, living through the worst day of their lives.

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Appelez-moi Stéphane

as Stéphane
Released: 1982-01-01

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Valérie

as uncredited
Released: 1969-05-02

Valerie leaves behind her life at a convent for the wild side of life. Getting a job as a...

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The Handyman

as uncredited
Released: 1980-03-19

One of Canada's talented directors, actress Micheline Lanctot expresses an effective, engaging...

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The Heart Exposed

as Jean-Marc
Released: 1986-09-03

When 24 year old apiring actor Mathieu meets and falls for 39 year old Jean-Marc who has just...

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The Lady of Colours

as Barbouilleux
Released: 1985-01-29

In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where...

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The Late Blossom

as Yvon Thériault
Released: 1977-02-11

30-year-old Quebec City native Gisèle lives a quiet life as a secretary without happiness with...

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The Sex of the Stars

as Jacob
Released: 1993-05-26

A 12-year-old girl faces a father she hardly remembers after his transition into a woman.

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The Outlander

as Didace Beauchemin
Released: 2005-04-22

It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the...

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Tideline

as Le père
Released: 2004-09-13

His father's untimely death sends young Wahab into an intense turmoil. Shaken by family feuds...

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Le grand jour

as Gilbert
Released: 1988-08-29

A day in the life of two Québec families reunited for their children's wedding.

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La vie secrète des gens heureux

as Jean-Pierre
Released: 2006-09-08

Élevé par des parents parfaits dans une banlieue proprette, frère cadet d'une fille à qui tout...

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Bernard the Great

as Narrator
Released: 2013-08-08

It's Bernard's birthday, but he is not happy about it. In a strange world where adults are...

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A Day in a Taxi

as Johnny
Released: 1982-09-10

Two men spend 24 hours driving around the outskirts of Montreal.

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Amoureux fou

as Rick
Released: 1991-06-07

When Remy, an ad consultant, falls in love with Sarah, the newest star of an ad campaign, sparks...

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La naissance d'une messe

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-01

Making of documentary filmed over months of rehearsal and experimentation between director André...

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The Conquest

as Larent
Released: 1973-02-16

Each married on their side, a teacher and a sociologist meet by chance in Quebec. Political and...

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The Mob

as Policier
Released: 1975-02-27

Seasoned drug smuggler and thief François “Chico” Tremblay is tired of his modest lifestyle....

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La piastre

as Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother
Released: 1976-04-30

Robert decides to drop everything and go back to his homeland, accompanied by his daughter and a...

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The Red Kitchen

as The father
Released: 1980-05-29

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be...

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Anastasie oh ma chérie

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-01

Anastasia chooses to lock herself in an apartment and tame through rituals. She barricades...

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L'exil

as uncredited
Released: 1972-02-18

Summoned by his bosses to broadcast only neutral information, Jean, a reporter, leaves town with...

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Ô ou l'invisible enfant

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

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Les enfants de la télé

as Self
First aired: 2010-09-15

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Bonsoir bonsoir!

as Self
First aired: 2019-04-01

Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His...

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La tour

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2020-09-28

An original talk show is set in Patrick’s warm and cozy apartment, where he welcomes friends and...

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Ça va bien aller

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2020-04-06

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Living Memories

as Jacques Berthier
First aired: 2013-01-08

The story of families haunted, despite themselves, by a past that has not died.

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La Petite Vie

as Monsieur Bricole
First aired: 1993-10-16

La petite vie was first a stage sketch of the comedy duo Ding et Dong, formed by Claude Meunier...

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La Petite Vie

as Self
First aired: 1993-10-16

La petite vie was first a stage sketch of the comedy duo Ding et Dong, formed by Claude Meunier...

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Les échangistes

as Self
First aired: 2016-04-04

Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping...

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Viens voir les comédiens

as Self
First aired: 2002-09-20

Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture...

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Outbreak

as Jacques
First aired: 2020-01-07

A dangerous virus appears in a group of homeless people, causing a risk of outbreak. How long...

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Musée Éden

as Professeur Eugène Casgrain
First aired: 2010-03-16

The story takes place in 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, while a killer terrorized the city. In the...

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Silence, on joue!

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-07

In a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a...

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Les Beaux Malaises

as Bernard
First aired: 2014-01-22

Fictional series based on the life (and starring) Martin Matte, a comedian and popular figure in...

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A Criminal Affair

as Jean-Guy Bilodeau
First aired: 2022-03-23

The story of a mother's 15-year struggle to clear her son of a murder he did not commit. It is...

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Nos étés

as André-Jules Bezile
First aired: 2005-03-28

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D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers

as M. de Tréville
First aired: 2005-02-14

Exile and possibly death are in the cards for the Queen of France in this edgy cloak-and-dagger...

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René Lévesque

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-09-07

René Lévesque was a Canadian television miniseries that aired on CBC Television in 2006. It...

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The Siege

as Mario Cormier
First aired: 2017-10-21

A group of workers takes their boss hostage in an attempt to prevent the imminent closure of a...

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Dans ton temps

as Self
First aired: 2021-11-04

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