Benoît Poelvoorde
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Benoît Poelvoorde (born September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium) is a Belgian actor best known for his role in the cult film Man Bites Dog.
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Career
His first movie was the 1987 student film "Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel". It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film. It was followed by C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog internationally) was a low-budget school graduation project (1992), which went on to become a critically acclaimed cult movie.
He subsequently starred in several movies which made him famous in France and Belgium, and was selected to be member of the Cannes Film Festival Jury in 2004, on request of Quentin Tarantino, a big fan of his first movie.
In 2005 he came in 7th place in the Walloon version of De Grootste Belg (the Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he came in nr. 300 outside the official list of nominations.
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1992 | C'est arrivé près de chez vous ("Man Bites Dog") | Ben | Rémy Belvaux and André Bonzel |
1997 | Pour rire ("Just for Laughs") | The innocent | Lucas Belvaux |
1997 | Les Randonneurs ("Hikers") | Éric | Philippe Harel |
1998 | Les convoyeurs attendent ("The Carriers Are Waiting") | Roger | Benoît Mariage |
2001 | Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert ("Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle") | Ghislain Lambert | Philippe Harel |
2002 | Le Boulet ("Dead Weight") | Francis Reggio | Alain Berberian |
2003 | Rire et Châtiment ("Laughter and Punishment") | The first aid instructor | Isabelle Doval |
2004 | Podium | Bernard Frédéric | Yann Moix |
2004 | Atomik Circus, le retour de James Bataille ("The Return of James Battle") | Allan Chiasse | Didier Poiraud and Thierry Poiraud |
2004 | Narco | Lenny Bar | Tristan Aurouet and Gilles Lellouche |
2004 | Aaltra | The motocross layman | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern |
2005 | Akoibon | Jean-Mi | Édouard Baer |
2005 | Entre ses mains ("In His Hands") | Laurent Kessler | Anne Fontaine |
2006 | Jean-Philippe | Bernard Frédéric | Laurent Tuel |
2006 | Selon Charlie ("Charlie Says") | Joss | Nicole Garcia |
2008 | Astérix aux Jeux olympiques ("Asterix at the Olympic Games") | Brutus | Thomas Langmann and Frédéric Forestier |
2008 | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Guy, the engineer | Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine |
2009 | La Guerre des miss ("Beauties at War") | Franck Chevrel | Patrice Leconte |
2009 | Coco avant Chanel ("Coco Before Chanel") | Anne Fontaine | Étienne Balsan |
2009 | Bancs publics (Versailles Rive-Droite) ("Park Benches") | The customer at the wardrobe | Bruno Podalydès |
2010 | L'Autre Dumas ("The Other Dumas") | Auguste Maquet | Safy Nebbou |
2010 | Mammuth | the competitor | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern |
2010 | Les Émotifs anonymes ("Romantics Anonymous") | Jean-René Van Den Hugde | Jean-Pierre Améris |
2010 | Kill Me Please | Monsieur Demanet | Olias Barco |
2011 | Rien à déclarer ("Nothing to Declare") | Ruben Vandevoorde | Dany Boon |
2011 | Mon pire cauchemar ("My Worst Nightmare") | Patrick | Anne Fontaine |
2012 | Le Grand Soir | Benoît Savelli a.k.a. "Not" | Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine |
2013 | Une histoire d'amour | The banker | Hélène Fillières |
2014 | Three Hearts | Marc | Benoît Jacquot |
2015 | Le tout nouveau Testament | God | Jaco Van Dormael |
2016 | Saint-Amour | Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine |
Voice acting
- 2009 : A Town Called Panic
Short films
- 1997 : Le Signaleur
- 1988 : Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel by Rémy Belvaux and André Bonzel