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Home/People/Gilles Renaud
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Born
Sep 25, 1944
Age 81
Place of Birth
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

50
Movies
23
TV Shows
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Gilles Renaud

Acting

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.
Peak Everything poster

Peak Everything

as Eugène
2025
Notre Dame de Moncton poster

Notre Dame de Moncton

as Hergé
2022
La Contemplation du mystère poster

La Contemplation du mystère

as Yvon
2021
The Guide to the Perfect Family poster

The Guide to the Perfect Family

as Robert Dubois
2021
Hochelaga, Land of Souls poster

Hochelaga, Land of Souls

as Antoine Morin
2017
Bad Seeds poster

Bad Seeds

as Simon Boulerice
2016
The Auction poster

The Auction

as Accountant / Friend
2013
Bernard the Great poster

Bernard the Great

as Narrator
2013
All That You Possess poster

All That You Possess

as Christian Leduc
2012
Laurence Anyways poster

Laurence Anyways

as Board Chairman
2012
Cabotins poster

Cabotins

as Roger Boucher
2010
Route 132 poster

Route 132

as Curé de St-André
2010
The Hair of the Beast poster

The Hair of the Beast

as Seigneur de Beauport
2010
Cadavres poster

Cadavres

as Ronald Maisonneuve
2009
Roméo et Juliette poster

Roméo et Juliette

as Réal Rex Lamontagne
2006
Le génie du crime poster

Le génie du crime

as Rolly
2006
Cheech poster

Cheech

as Paluchi
2006
The Secret Life of Happy People poster

The Secret Life of Happy People

as Jean-Pierre
2006
Bon Cop Bad Cop poster

Bon Cop Bad Cop

as Michel Grossbut
2006
The Outlander poster

The Outlander

as Didace Beauchemin
2005