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Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in
cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ** Filmmaking, the process of making a film * Movie theate ...
and
television in Quebec Television in Quebec is a part of the culture of Quebec, with over 99% of households owning a television in Quebec. Long a preferred medium of many of Quebec's actors, artists, and writers, television has been one of the important forces in Quebec ...
. In 1983, he received a
Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...
nomination for Best Actor for the film '' A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)''. He is also a two-time
Jutra Award Jutras may have several meanings : * Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker **Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris **The Claude Jutra Awa ...
nominee for Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the
9th Jutra Awards The 9th Jutra Awards were held on February 18, 2007 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2006.The Secret Life of Happy People ''The Secret Life of Happy People'' () is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film. Plot Thomas Dufresne (Marc Paquet) is the black sheep of his bourgeois family. One day, he meets a free-spirited waitress named Audrey (Catherine De Léan) who changes h ...
(La Vie secrète des gens heureux)'' and at the
16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champi ...
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 François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Car ...
's film ''
Hochelaga, Land of Souls ''Hochelaga, Land of Souls'' () is a 2017 Canadian historical drama film directed and written by François Girard and starring Gilles Renaud, Samian and Tanaya Beatty. Dramatizing several centuries of Quebec history and the local history of ...
'', as a Montreal archaeologist in search of Hochelaga.


Filmography


Film


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renaud, Gilles 1944 births Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Living people Male actors from Montreal