Gilles Renaud
Born: 1944-09-25
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.
Known For
Once Upon a Time in the East
The Late Blossom
The Conquest
Laurence Anyways
Peak Everything
Le grand jour
The Auction
Amoureux fou
Bernard the Great
The Plouffe Family
Cheech
Tideline
Cabotins
Route 132
The Heart Exposed
Notre Dame de Moncton
Cadavres
Valérie
The Outlander
Bon Cop Bad Cop
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Bad Seeds
The Guide to the Perfect Family
The Red Kitchen
The Sex of the Stars
The Woman Who Drinks
Appelez-moi Stéphane
Anastasie oh ma chérie
The Handyman
Gaz Bar Blues
A Woman in Transit
The Secret Life of Happy People
The Hair of the Beast
The Mob
Ô ou l'invisible enfant
Fantastica
La naissance d'une messe
Far Away From You, Darling
The Lady of Colours
Roméo et Juliette
L'exil
La Contemplation du mystère
All That You Possess
A Day in a Taxi
Le génie du crime
