
Gilles Renaud
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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.
Known for
Credits

Laurence Anyways (2012)
as Board Chairman

Peak Everything (2025)
as Eugène

Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
as Michel Grossbut

D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2005)
as M. de Tréville

The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021)
as Robert Dubois

Le grand jour (1988)
as Gilbert

The Secret Life of Happy People (2006)
as Jean-Pierre

Route 132 (2010)
as Curé de St-André

Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
as Antoine Morin

The Outlander (2005)
as Didace Beauchemin

The Plouffe Family (1981)
as Phil Talbot

Cadavres (2009)
as Ronald Maisonneuve

The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
as Brunelle

The Sex of the Stars (1993)
as Jacob

The Hair of the Beast (2010)
as Seigneur de Beauport

Amoureux fou (1991)
as Rick

La piastre (1976)
as Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother

The Late Blossom (1977)
as Yvon Thériault

Cheech (2006)
as Paluchi

All That You Possess (2012)
as Christian Leduc

Once Upon a Time in the East (1974)
as Cuirette

The Auction (2013)
as Accountant / Friend

Roméo et Juliette (2006)
as Réal Rex Lamontagne

Bad Seeds (2016)
as Simon Boulerice

Valérie (1969)
Actor

The Red Kitchen (1980)
as The father

Cabotins (2010)
as Roger Boucher

Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
as Gaston Savard

A Woman in Transit (1984)
Actor

The Handyman (1980)
as Armand St-Amant
Denise Without Denis (—)
Actor

Far Away From You, Darling (1976)
as Méo

The Conquest (1973)
as Larent

Fantastica (1980)
Actor

A Day in a Taxi (1982)
as Johnny

The Lady of Colours (1985)
as Barbouilleux

Le génie du crime (2006)
as Rolly

Notre Dame de Moncton (2022)
as Hergé

La naissance d'une messe (2002)
Actor

The Heart Exposed (1986)
as Jean-Marc

Appelez-moi Stéphane (1982)
as Stéphane

La Contemplation du mystère (2021)
as Yvon

L'exil (1972)
Actor
Le complexe d'Édith (1991)
Actor

Tideline (2004)
as Le père

Ô ou l'invisible enfant (1972)
Actor

Anastasie oh ma chérie (1977)
Actor

The Mob (1975)
as Policier

Bernard the Great (2013)
as Narrator
Sous les draps, les étoiles (1989)
Actor

I Will Go Out To The Field (2011)
as Simon





