
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

The Conquest (1973)
as Larent

Peak Everything (2025)
as Eugène

Laurence Anyways (2012)
as Board Chairman

Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
as Michel Grossbut

Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
as Antoine Morin

Amoureux fou (1991)
as Rick

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

The Handyman (1980)
as Armand St-Amant

The Auction (2013)
as Accountant / Friend

The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
as Brunelle

The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021)
as Robert Dubois
Denise Without Denis (—)
Actor

The Plouffe Family (1981)
as Phil Talbot

Appelez-moi Stéphane (1982)
as Stéphane

Valérie (1969)
Actor

Cadavres (2009)
as Ronald Maisonneuve

The Outlander (2005)
as Didace Beauchemin

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

Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
as Gaston Savard

Route 132 (2010)
as Curé de St-André

All That You Possess (2012)
as Christian Leduc

Le génie du crime (2006)
as Rolly

Roméo et Juliette (2006)
as Réal Rex Lamontagne

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

Cheech (2006)
as Paluchi

A Day in a Taxi (1982)
as Johnny

Fantastica (1980)
Actor

Cabotins (2010)
as Roger Boucher

The Late Blossom (1977)
as Yvon Thériault

Once Upon a Time in the East (1974)
as Cuirette
Sous les draps, les étoiles (1989)
Actor

The Sex of the Stars (1993)
as Jacob

Bad Seeds (2016)
as Simon Boulerice

A Woman in Transit (1984)
Actor

Le grand jour (1988)
as Gilbert

The Mob (1975)
as Policier

The Lady of Colours (1985)
as Barbouilleux

Tideline (2004)
as Le père

The Red Kitchen (1980)
as The father

L'exil (1972)
Actor

La Contemplation du mystère (2021)
as Yvon

La naissance d'une messe (2002)
Actor
Le complexe d'Édith (1991)
Actor

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

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

Notre Dame de Moncton (2022)
as Hergé

Bernard the Great (2013)
as Narrator

Anastasie oh ma chérie (1977)
Actor

Far Away From You, Darling (1976)
as Méo

The Heart Exposed (1986)
as Jean-Marc

Ô ou l'invisible enfant (1972)
Actor





