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Gilles Renaud

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1944-09-25 (Age: 82)

Place of Birth

Montréal, Québec, Canada

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 (50)

⭐ 6.6 Role: Eugène

Peak Everything

2025
⭐ 8.5 Role: Hergé

Notre Dame de Moncton

2022
⭐ 0 Role: Yvon

La Contemplation du mystère

2021
⭐ 6.5 Role: Robert Dubois

The Guide to the Perfect Family

2021
⭐ 5.1 Role: Antoine Morin

Hochelaga, Land of Souls

2017
⭐ 6.9 Role: Simon Boulerice

Bad Seeds

2016
⭐ 6.7 Role: Accountant / Friend

The Auction

2013
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Bernard the Great

2013
⭐ 5.3 Role: Christian Leduc

All That You Possess

2012
⭐ 7.6 Role: Board Chairman

Laurence Anyways

2012
⭐ 0 Role: Simon

I Will Go Out To The Field

2011
⭐ 5.0 Role: Roger Boucher

Cabotins

2010
⭐ 5.9 Role: Curé de St-André

Route 132

2010
⭐ 4.5 Role: Seigneur de Beauport

The Hair of the Beast

2010
⭐ 4.9 Role: Ronald Maisonneuve

Cadavres

2009