Gilles Renaud
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
Peak Everything
2025
as Eugène
Notre Dame de Moncton
2022
as Hergé
La Contemplation du mystère
2021
as Yvon
The Guide to the Perfect Family
2021
as Robert Dubois
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
2017
as Antoine Morin
Bad Seeds
2016
as Simon Boulerice
The Auction
2013
as Accountant / Friend
Bernard the Great
2013
as Narrator
All That You Possess
2012
as Christian Leduc
Laurence Anyways
2012
as Board Chairman
I Will Go Out To The Field
2011
as Simon
Cabotins
2010
as Roger Boucher
Route 132
2010
as Curé de St-André
The Hair of the Beast
2010
as Seigneur de Beauport
Cadavres
2009
as Ronald Maisonneuve
Roméo et Juliette
2006
as Réal Rex Lamontagne
Le génie du crime
2006
as Rolly
Cheech
2006
as Paluchi
The Secret Life of Happy People
2006
as Jean-Pierre
Bon Cop Bad Cop
2006
as Michel Grossbut
The Outlander
2005
as Didace Beauchemin
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
2005
as M. de Tréville
Tideline
2004
as Le père
Gaz Bar Blues
2003
as Gaston Savard