Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in
cinema
Cinema may refer to:
Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
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Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for ''
The Secret Life of Happy People
''The Secret Life of Happy People'' (french: La vie secrète des gens heureux) 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 A ...
(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 champio ...
in 2014 for ''
The Dismantling
''The Dismantling'' (french: Le Démantèlement), also released in the United States under the title ''The Auction'', is a 2013 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sébastien Pilote. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema sec ...
(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
''Hochelaga, Land of Souls'' (french: Hochelaga, Terre des âmes) 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 h ...
'', as a Montreal archaeologist in search of Hochelaga.