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Gilles Renaud

Gilles Renaud

Born: 1944-09-25 • Montréal, Québec, Canada

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.

Filmography
Peak Everything poster
Peak Everything
2025 • Eugène
Notre Dame de Moncton poster
Notre Dame de Moncton
2022 • Hergé
La Contemplation du mystère poster
La Contemplation du mystère
2021 • Yvon
The Guide to the Perfect Family poster
The Guide to the Perfect Family
2021 • Robert Dubois
Hochelaga, Land of Souls poster
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
2017 • Antoine Morin
Bad Seeds poster
Bad Seeds
2016 • Simon Boulerice
The Auction poster
The Auction
2013 • Accountant / Friend
Bernard the Great poster
Bernard the Great
2013 • Narrator
All That You Possess poster
All That You Possess
2012 • Christian Leduc
Laurence Anyways poster
Laurence Anyways
2012 • Board Chairman
Cabotins poster
Cabotins
2010 • Roger Boucher
Route 132 poster
Route 132
2010 • Curé de St-André
The Hair of the Beast poster
The Hair of the Beast
2010 • Seigneur de Beauport
Cadavres poster
Cadavres
2009 • Ronald Maisonneuve
Roméo et Juliette poster
Roméo et Juliette
2006 • Réal Rex Lamontagne
Le génie du crime poster
Le génie du crime
2006 • Rolly
Cheech poster
Cheech
2006 • Paluchi
The Secret Life of Happy People poster
The Secret Life of Happy People
2006 • Jean-Pierre
Bon Cop Bad Cop poster
Bon Cop Bad Cop
2006 • Michel Grossbut
The Outlander poster
The Outlander
2005 • Didace Beauchemin
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers poster
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
2005 • M. de Tréville
Tideline poster
Tideline
2004 • Le père
Gaz Bar Blues poster
Gaz Bar Blues
2003 • Gaston Savard
La naissance d'une messe poster
La naissance d'une messe
2002
The Woman Who Drinks poster
The Woman Who Drinks
2001 • Brunelle
The Sex of the Stars poster
The Sex of the Stars
1993 • Jacob
Amoureux fou poster
Amoureux fou
1991 • Rick
No Image
Le complexe d'Édith
1991
No Image
Sous les draps, les étoiles
1989
Le grand jour poster
Le grand jour
1988 • Gilbert
The Heart Exposed poster
The Heart Exposed
1986 • Jean-Marc
The Lady of Colours poster
The Lady of Colours
1985 • Barbouilleux
A Woman in Transit poster
A Woman in Transit
1984
Appelez-moi Stéphane poster
Appelez-moi Stéphane
1982 • Stéphane
A Day in a Taxi poster
A Day in a Taxi
1982 • Johnny
The Plouffe Family poster
The Plouffe Family
1981 • Phil Talbot
The Red Kitchen poster
The Red Kitchen
1980 • The father
Fantastica poster
Fantastica
1980
The Handyman poster
The Handyman
1980 • Armand St-Amant
The Late Blossom poster
The Late Blossom
1977 • Yvon Thériault
Anastasie oh ma chérie poster
Anastasie oh ma chérie
1977
Far Away From You, Darling poster
Far Away From You, Darling
1976 • Méo
La piastre poster
La piastre
1976 • Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother
The Mob poster
The Mob
1975 • Policier
Once Upon a Time in the East poster
Once Upon a Time in the East
1974 • Cuirette
The Conquest poster
The Conquest
1973 • Larent
L'exil poster
L'exil
1972
Ô ou l'invisible enfant poster
Ô ou l'invisible enfant
1972
Valérie poster
Valérie
1969