
Gilles Renaud
Acting • Born 1944-09-25
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.
Filmography
72 credits
Gaz Bar Blues
Movie • 2003
Gaston Savard

The Outlander
Movie • 2005
Didace Beauchemin

Laurence Anyways
Movie • 2012
Board Chairman

The Auction
Movie • 2013
Accountant / Friend

Roméo et Juliette
Movie • 2006
Réal Rex Lamontagne

Le complexe d'Édith
Movie • 1991

Cheech
Movie • 2006
Paluchi

Far Away From You, Darling
Movie • 1976
Méo

The Secret Life of Happy People
Movie • 2006
Jean-Pierre

The Woman Who Drinks
Movie • 2001
Brunelle

Route 132
Movie • 2010
Curé de St-André

All That You Possess
Movie • 2012
Christian Leduc

Tideline
Movie • 2004
Le père

Le génie du crime
Movie • 2006
Rolly

Bernard the Great
Movie • 2013
Narrator

D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Movie • 2005
M. de Tréville

Cadavres
Movie • 2009
Ronald Maisonneuve

A Day in a Taxi
Movie • 1982
Johnny

Notre Dame de Moncton
Movie • 2022
Hergé

The Handyman
Movie • 1980
Armand St-Amant

Bad Seeds
Movie • 2016
Simon Boulerice

The Red Kitchen
Movie • 1980
The father

Valérie
Movie • 1969

Cabotins
Movie • 2010
Roger Boucher

Appelez-moi Stéphane
Movie • 1982
Stéphane

La piastre
Movie • 1976
Philippe Tremblay, Robert's brother

The Conquest
Movie • 1973
Larent

Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Movie • 2017
Antoine Morin

Ô ou l'invisible enfant
Movie • 1972

L'exil
Movie • 1972

Amoureux fou
Movie • 1991
Rick

The Sex of the Stars
Movie • 1993
Jacob

The Mob
Movie • 1975
Policier

The Lady of Colours
Movie • 1985
Barbouilleux

The Late Blossom
Movie • 1977
Yvon Thériault

Anastasie oh ma chérie
Movie • 1977

The Guide to the Perfect Family
Movie • 2021
Robert Dubois

Fantastica
Movie • 1980

The Heart Exposed
Movie • 1986
Jean-Marc

The Plouffe Family
Movie • 1981
Phil Talbot

Bon Cop Bad Cop
Movie • 2006
Michel Grossbut

La Contemplation du mystère
Movie • 2021
Yvon

Once Upon a Time in the East
Movie • 1974
Cuirette

Peak Everything
Movie • 2025
Eugène

La naissance d'une messe
Movie • 2002

The Hair of the Beast
Movie • 2010
Seigneur de Beauport

Sous les draps, les étoiles
Movie • 1989

Le grand jour
Movie • 1988
Gilbert

A Woman in Transit
Movie • 1984

Les Enfants de la télé
TV • 2010
Self

Musée Éden
TV • 2010
Professeur Eugène Casgrain

La tour
TV • 2020
Self - Guest

Living Memories
TV • 2013
Jacques Berthier

Dans ton temps
TV • 2021
Self

Les Beaux Malaises
TV • 2014
Bernard

Mirador
TV • 2010
Richard Racine

The Siege
TV • 2017
Mario Cormier

René Lévesque
TV • 2006
Jean Lesage

Les échangistes
TV • 2016
Self

D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
TV • 2005
M. de Tréville

La petite séduction
TV • 2006
Self

Nos étés
TV • 2005
André-Jules Bezile

Viens voir les comédiens
TV • 2002
Self

La Petite Vie
TV • 1993
Monsieur Bricole

Il va y avoir du sport
TV • 2004
Self

Bonsoir bonsoir!
TV • 2019
Self

Outbreak
TV • 2020
Jacques

Ça va bien aller
TV • 2020
Self - Guest

Silence, on joue!
TV • 2015
Self

A Criminal Affair
TV • 2022
Jean-Guy Bilodeau

The Maple Leaf
TV • 1971
François Bellerose

Grande Ourse
TV • 2004
Robert Belliveau