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
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

Short films




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