Renault brothers

The Renault brothers are a trio of characters from the television series "Twin Peaks", created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The three - Jacques, Bernard and Jean - are Franco-Columbians and heavily involved in various kinds of crime, especially drug running. No two of the three brothers are ever shown together on screen during the series. By the end of the series, all three are dead.

Jacques Renault

Jacques Renault (played by Walter Olkewicz) used to be a woodcutter but had to quit that job because of his weight. He then went to other jobs, working as a bartender at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks as well as a croupier at "One Eyed Jack's", a casino and brothel located across the Canadian border. Together with Leo Johnson, he is running drugs from Canada into Twin Peaks. Both Leo and Jacques had had sexual relations with Laura Palmer the night she was killed.

He flees from the Twin Peaks police into Canada but is questioned incognito by Agent Cooper at One Eyed Jacks. Cooper dupes him into returning to Twin Peaks, where he is ambushed and arrested on the charge of murdering Laura Palmer. Having been shot and wounded during the arrest, he is taken to hospital, where Laura's father Leland suffocates him, getting revenge on the supposed killer of his daughter.

Bernard Renault

Bernard Renault (played by Clay Wilcox) is the youngest of the Renault brothers. He helps Jacques in his drug running and warns him to stay away from the Roadhouse. He is interrogated by the Bookhouse Boys but refuses to answer all their questions properly. He is later murdered by Leo Johnson and left in the woods.

Jean Renault

Jean Renault (played by Michael Parks) is the eldest and most ruthless of the three brothers, but hides his ruthlessness behind a soft-spoken, charming appearance. He is being described as being involved in gambling, extortion, drug dealing and other crimes in the North-Western territories before his first appearance in the series.

He first appears during Blackie's attempt to wrest control of "One Eye Jack's" from the secret owner Benjamin Horne. He reportedly once sold an insurance for the brothel to Horne and is also the lover of Blackie's younger sister Nancy. Now, he acts as a go-between between Blackie, who's holding Horne's daughter Audrey ransom, and Horne, but he also has a personal score to settle: he wants to get revenge on Agent Cooper, whom he blames for the death of his younger brothers. His inentions are thwarted as Cooper and Sheriff Truman gatecrash "One Eyed Jack's" and rescue Audrey.

At the night Audrey is rescued, Jean kills Blackie and takes control of the brothel and acquires the services of Ben Horne's henchman Hank Jennings. Later, he stages a plot to convict Cooper of drug running, leading to Cooper's temporary suspension. He is eventually killed by Cooper during a gun battle at Dead Dog Farm.