
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
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Peak Everything (2025)
as Eugène

The Conquest (1973)
as Larent

Laurence Anyways (2012)
as Board Chairman

Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
as Michel Grossbut

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

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

The Auction (2013)
as Accountant / Friend

Amoureux fou (1991)
as Rick

Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
as Antoine Morin

The Handyman (1980)
as Armand St-Amant

The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
as Brunelle

The Outlander (2005)
as Didace Beauchemin

The Plouffe Family (1981)
as Phil Talbot

Fantastica (1980)
Actor

Valérie (1969)
Actor

Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
as Gaston Savard

All That You Possess (2012)
as Christian Leduc

Cadavres (2009)
as Ronald Maisonneuve

Bad Seeds (2016)
as Simon Boulerice
Denise Without Denis (—)
Actor

The Sex of the Stars (1993)
as Jacob

Far Away From You, Darling (1976)
as Méo

Le génie du crime (2006)
as Rolly

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

Le grand jour (1988)
as Gilbert

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

The Mob (1975)
as Policier

Appelez-moi Stéphane (1982)
as Stéphane

Roméo et Juliette (2006)
as Réal Rex Lamontagne

Route 132 (2010)
as Curé de St-André

Cheech (2006)
as Paluchi

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

Cabotins (2010)
as Roger Boucher

La naissance d'une messe (2002)
Actor

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

A Woman in Transit (1984)
Actor

The Red Kitchen (1980)
as The father

Tideline (2004)
as Le père

Anastasie oh ma chérie (1977)
Actor
Le complexe d'Édith (1991)
Actor

The Lady of Colours (1985)
as Barbouilleux

L'exil (1972)
Actor

Notre Dame de Moncton (2022)
as Hergé

La Contemplation du mystère (2021)
as Yvon

The Late Blossom (1977)
as Yvon Thériault

A Day in a Taxi (1982)
as Johnny
Sous les draps, les étoiles (1989)
Actor

Bernard the Great (2013)
as Narrator

The Heart Exposed (1986)
as Jean-Marc

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

Ô ou l'invisible enfant (1972)
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