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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Laurence Anyways (2012) — Board Chairman
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Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006) — Michel Grossbut
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Outbreak (2020) — Jacques
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The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021) — Robert Dubois
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D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2005) — M. de Tréville
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The Auction (2013) — Accountant / Friend
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Cadavres (2009) — Ronald Maisonneuve
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Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017) — Antoine Morin
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Gaz Bar Blues (2003) — Gaston Savard
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Bad Seeds (2016) — Simon Boulerice
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La Petite Vie (1993) — Monsieur Bricole
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The Plouffe Family (1981) — Phil Talbot
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The Hair of the Beast (2010) — Seigneur de Beauport
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Route 132 (2010) — Curé de St-André
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The Woman Who Drinks (2001) — Brunelle
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Les Beaux Malaises (2014) — Bernard
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Peak Everything (2025) — Eugène
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Un gars, une fille (1997) — Le vendeur d'auto
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Roméo et Juliette (2006) — Réal Rex Lamontagne
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Once Upon a Time in the East (1974) — Cuirette
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Cheech (2006) — Paluchi
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Fantastica (1980)
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Musée Éden (2010) — Professeur Eugène Casgrain
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Valérie (1969)
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The Sex of the Stars (1993) — Jacob
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The Mob (1975) — Policier
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All That You Possess (2012) — Christian Leduc
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Tideline (2004) — Le père
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The Red Kitchen (1980) — The father
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The Outlander (2005) — Didace Beauchemin
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The Lady of Colours (1985) — Barbouilleux
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A Woman in Transit (1984)
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René Lévesque (2006) — Jean Lesage
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Notre Dame de Moncton (2022) — Hergé
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The Handyman (1980) — Armand St-Amant
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La piastre (1976) — Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother
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The Conquest (1973) — Larent
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Amoureux fou (1991) — Rick
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Mirador (2010) — Richard Racine
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Silence, on joue! (2015) — Self