Gilles Renaud

Actor

Born: September 25, 1944 (81 years old)

Place of birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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 (28)

• La Petite Vie (1993, ★ 8.7)
• Laurence Anyways (2012, ★ 7.6)
• Les Beaux Malaises (2014, ★ 8.2)
• Gaz Bar Blues (2003, ★ 6.5)
• The Auction (2013, ★ 6.7)
• The Woman Who Drinks (2001, ★ 6.4)
• Bad Seeds (2016, ★ 6.9)
• The Mob (1975, ★ 6.7)
• The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021, ★ 6.5)
• The Plouffe Family (1981, ★ 6.7)
• Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006, ★ 6.5)
• Peak Everything (2025, ★ 6.6)
• Outbreak (2020, ★ 7.2)
• Route 132 (2010, ★ 5.9)
• All That You Possess (2012, ★ 5.3)
• D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2005, ★ 5.2)
• Fantastica (1980, ★ 5.9)
• Musée Éden (2010, ★ 6)
• Roméo et Juliette (2006, ★ 4.7)
• Cheech (2006, ★ 4.5)
• Cadavres (2009, ★ 4.9)
• Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017, ★ 5.1)
• Once Upon a Time in the East (1974, ★ 4.9)
• Tideline (2004, ★ 3.6)
• The Red Kitchen (1980, ★ 3.8)
• Valérie (1969, ★ 3.7)
• The Sex of the Stars (1993, ★ 3.8)
• The Hair of the Beast (2010, ★ 4.5)