Benoît Poelvoorde
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-09-22 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Namur, Belgium
Also known As
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Benoît Poelvoorde
Biography
Benoît Poelvoorde is a Belgian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, born on September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium. He first gained recognition with the cult film C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992), a darkly comedic mockumentary where he played a serial killer with unsettling charm. This film launched his career and established his unique blend of humor and intensity. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, Poelvoorde became a staple of Franco-Belgian cinema, starring in comedies like Les Randonneurs (1997), Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001), and Podium (2004), where he portrayed an obsessive Claude François impersonator—a role that earned him a ...
Acting
2022
as Lézardin
2008
as Brutus
1992
as Ben
2004
as Lenny Barr
2007
as Daniel Piron
2009
as Etienne Balsan
2008
as Guy l'ingénieur
2022
as Benoît
1999
as Roger
2004
as L'amateur de moto-cross
2004
as Allan Chiasse
2022
as Félix
2006
as François Berthier
2006
as Bernard Frédéric, double of Claude François
1997
as Éric Jacquemart
2001
as Ghislain Lambert
2008
as Éric Jacquemart
2009
as Steven (voice)
2023
as Self - Guest
2009
as Franck Chevrel
2004
as Bernard Frédéric
2007
as Rémy Bassano
2010
as Auguste Maquet
2005
as Jean-Mi
2005
as Laurent Kessler
2024
as La Brosse
2010
as Le récupérateur de métal
2009
as Customer at the hook
2010
as M. Demanet
2001
as Regis Demanet
2002
as Francis Reggio
2003
as Le prof de secourisme
2006
as Joss
2010
as Jean-César Astor
2002
2010
as Jean-René Van Den Hugde
2012
as Benoît Bonzini, alias NOT
2010
as Ruben Vandevoorde
2017
as Steven (voice)
2011
as Patrick Demeuleu
1987
1995
as René Altrus
2013
as Le banquier
2023
as Paul
2012
as Jean Esnart
2023
as William
2013
as Antoine Dumas
2024
as Yves Machond
2013
as Philippe
2014
as José
2015
as Eddy
2014
as Marc Beaulieu
2022
1987
as Daniel Daniel
1989
as The director
2015
as God
2025
as Major Roland Bodin
2015
as Paul-André
2025
as Chevalin
2016
as Bruno
2024
as Father (voice)
2016
as Boris
2013
as Steven (voice)
2003
as Mr. Manatane
2017
as Pierre
1997
as L'organisateur
2018
as Marcus
2020
as Hinkel
2016
as (voice)
2018
as Commissaire Buron
2019
as Charles
2019
as Raoul Taburin
2019
as Joseph
2016
as Steven (voice)
2019
as Bernard Chamodot
2019
as Self - Guest
2020
as Monté Carlo
2020
as Le livreur Alimazone
2019
as Steven (voice)
1996
as Multiples voix
2021
as André Choulans
2016
as Steven (voice) (archive footage)
1997
as L'innocent
2022
as Marcel Bellmer
1996
2021
as Claude Tranchant
2022
as Gustave Joubert
2021
as Steven (voice)
2003
as Le pied (voice)
2002
Production
1992
as Screenplay
1992
as Producer
1992
as Director
2001
as Writer
1995
as Writer
1987
as Director
1987
as Writer
1995
as Director
2003
as Idea
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