Benoît Poelvoorde

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Benoît Poelvoorde
Namur
, Belgium
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, director and producer
Years active1983–present

Benoît Poelvoorde (French pronunciation: [bənwa pulvɔʁd], Dutch: [pulˈvoːrdə]; born 22 September 1964) is a Belgian actor[1] and comedian.

Early life

His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a minor. He attended the Jesuit Boarding School of Godinne before he left home at 17 to take classes at the Félicien Rops Technical Institute in Namur (Belgium) where he met Rémy Belvaux. He developed a passion for theater and became noted for his atypical interpretations. Not only was he destined to become a draughtsman, he also developed professionality as a photographer. During his graphic design studies at the École de recherche graphique in Brussels, he also became friends with André Bonzel and, together with Rémy Belvaux, directed in 1988 Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel, his first movie, a student short film (which he co-directed and co-wrote). It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film.

Career

Benoît Poelvoorde in 2007

In 1992, Poelvoorde, Belvaux and Bonzel wrote, produced and directed together their first long feature C'est arrivé près de chez vous (

André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association
(UCC).

Poelvoorde subsequently starred in two series on the French pay-channel Canal+ and several movies such as Les Randonneurs, Le Boulet and Podium, which made him famous in France and Belgium. In 2001, he starred in Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert, a movie about one of his passions, bicycling. In 2002, he received the Jean Gabin Prize, which recognized the most hopeful young talents. Poelvoorde became a member of the Cannes Film Festival Jury in 2004 by request of Quentin Tarantino, a big fan of Man Bites Dog who had presided over the Jury that year.

In 2005 he ranked in 7th place in the

the Greatest Belgian. In the Flemish version
he came in at nr. 400 outside the official list of nominations.

In 2008, his performance in the movie Astérix aux Jeux olympiques won him critical acclaim by both film critics and the public at large. His recurrent character as a pretentious person and a sore loser has drawn comparisons between him and the beloved French comedian

Coco avant Chanel by Anne Fontain, with Audrey Tautou; as Jean-René in 2010 with Isabelle Carré in a comedy by Jean-Pierre Améris Émotifs anonymes about two extremely shy persons who fall in love, and also as August Maquet in L'autre Dumas by Safy Nebbou, alongside Gérard Depardieu and Dominique Blanc, a movie about the creative ghostwriter, Maquet, who played a crucial role in the production of French writer Alexandre Dumas
' Three Musketeers. For his work in A Place on Earth (2013), Poelvoorde received a Magritte Award for Best Actor.

Personal life

The actor revealed in interviews,[2] that he suffered from bipolar disorder.

In 2019, during the shooting of the movie Raoul Taburin a un secret, based on the book by Jean-Jacques Sempé, Poelvoorde had a bicycle accident and received 17 stitches.[3]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Director
1992 C'est arrivé près de chez vous ("Man Bites Dog") Ben[4] Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde
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") 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 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
2007
 Two Worlds Rémy Bassano Daniel Cohen
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") Étienne Balsan Anne Fontaine
2009
 Bancs publics (Versailles Rive-Droite) ("Park Benches") 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[5] Jean-Pierre Améris
2010
 Kill Me Please Monsieur Demanet Olias Barco
2010
 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 Banker Hélène Fillières
2013
The Big Bad Wolf
 		Philippe
Bruno Lavaine
2014
 The Price of Fame Eddy Ricaart Xavier Beauvois
2014
 Three Hearts Marc Benoît Jacquot
2015
 The Brand New Testament God Jaco Van Dormael
2015
 Une famille à louer Paul-André Delalande Jean-Pierre Améris
2016
 The Jews Boris Yvan Attal
2016
 Saint-Amour Bruno Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine
2018
Au poste !
 		Commissaire Buron Quentin Dupieux
2019 Adoration Hinkel Fabrice Du Welz
2020 Delete History Deliveryman
2021 Inexorable Marcel Bellmer Fabrice Du Welz
2024 Beating Hearts Gilles Lellouche

Voice acting

Short films

References

  1. ISBN 9781557832016
    . Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. ^ [in the Belgian newspaper Le Soir (6 February 2010 "Oui, je suis bipolaire")]
  3. ^ Fontaine, Mathilde (12 April 2019). "VIDEO Benoît Poelvoorde gravement blessé sur le tournage de son dernier film". Voici (in French). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ISBN 9780814331019
    .
  5. ISBN 9783319523620
    .

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