Jacques Dumesnil (born Marie Émile Eugène André Joly; 9 November 1903 – 8 May 1998) was a French film and television actor.

Jacques Dumesnil was born as Marie Émile Eugène André Joly on 9 November 1903, in Paris, France.

After starting as a secretary at the aviation school, he became an industrial designer, a profession he left to devote himself to the theater.

Having spent two years at the Comédie-Française, he played among other things in Les Tontons flingueurs and provided the French voice of Charlie Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and A King in New York (1957).

His role as Duke of Plessis-Vaudreuil in the television series Au plaisir de Dieu, earned him a resurgence of popularity and the 7 d'Or for best actor.