Benoît Poelvoorde

ActorWriterDirectorProducer Sep 22 (age 61) Namur, Belgium 1987–2026 (39 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Sink or Swim

Marcus

Film

Man Bites Dog

Ben

Film

Beating Hearts

La Brosse

Film

The Brand New Testament

God

Film

Coco Before Chanel

Étienne Balsan

Film

Keep an Eye Out

Commissioner Buron

Film

Nothing to Declare

Ruben Vandevoorde

Film

Romantics Anonymous

Jean-René Van Den Hugde

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (96)

Fausse note

2026 Upcoming

as Alexandre Miller

Apr 29

I Love Peru

2025

5.6

How to Make a Killing

2025

as Major Roland Bodin

6.5

Lucky Star

2025

as Jean Chevalin /Jacob

Beating Hearts

as La Brosse

Savages

as Father (voice)

The Art of Nothing

as Yves Machond

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

as Self - Guest

Normal

as William

A Wonderful Girl

as Paul

The Colors of Fire

as Gustave Joubert

Smoking Causes Coughing

as Lézardin

Adieu Paris

as Benoît

Mad in Belgium

The Green Shutters

as Félix

My Father's Stories

as André Choulans

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

as Claude Tranchant

Inexorable

as Marcel Bellmer

The Summer Holidays

as Steven (voice)

How I Became a Superhero

as Monté Carlo

Adoration

as Hinkel

Delete History

as Le livreur Alimazone

White as Snow

as Charles

Raoul Taburin

as Raoul Taburin

Father & Sons

as Joseph

Venice Calling

as Bernard Chamodot

Panique au village : La Foire agricole

2019

as Steven (voice)

7.2

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

as Self - Guest

Sink or Swim

as Marcus

Keep an Eye Out

as Commissioner Buron

An Indian Tale

as Pierre

Panique tous courts

as Steven (voice)

The Jews

2016

as Boris

4.3

Les Shadoks et la maladie mystérieuse

as (voice)

Saint Amour

as Bruno

A Town Called Panic: Double Fun

2016

as Steven (voice) (archive footage)

8.0

A Town Called Panic: Back to School Panic!

2016

as Steven (voice)

6.7

The Brand New Testament

as God

Family for Rent

as Paul-André

The Price of Fame

as Eddy

Zebra Stripes

as José

3 Hearts

as Marc Beaulieu

The Big Bad Wolf

as Philippe

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!

as Steven (voice)

A Place on Earth

as Antoine Dumas

Tied

as Le banquier

Twice Upon a Time

as Jean Esnart

The Big Night

as Benoît Bonzini, alias NOT

My Worst Nightmare

as Patrick Demeuleu

The Other Dumas

as Auguste Maquet

Nothing to Declare

as Ruben Vandevoorde

Mammuth

as Le récupérateur de métal

5.8

En chantier, monsieur Tanner !

2010

as Jean-César Astor

4.6

Romantics Anonymous

2010

as Jean-René Van Den Hugde

Kill Me Please

as M. Demanet

Coco Before Chanel

as Étienne Balsan

A Town Called Panic

as Steven (voice)

Park Benches

as Customer at the hook

5.5

Beauties at War

2009

as Franck Chevrel

5.0

Asterix at the Olympic Games

as Brutus

Louise-Michel

as Guy l'ingénieur

Hikers in Saint-Tropez

as Éric Jacquemart

Two Worlds

as Rémy Bassano

Cowboy

as Daniel Piron

Charlie Says

as Joss

Jean-Philippe

as Bernard Frédéric, double of Claude François

One Fine Day

as François Berthier

Akoibon

as Jean-Mi

In His Hands

as Laurent Kessler

Narco

as Lenny Barr

Aaltra

as the moto-cross fan

6.2

Podium

2004

as Bernard Frédéric

5.9

The Return of James Battle

2004

as Allan Chiasse

5.5

Laughter and Punishment

2003

as Le prof de secourisme

5.4

Le Pied

2003

as Le pied (voice)

8.0

Mr. Manatane's notebooks

2003

as Mr. Manatane

7.4

The Political Life of the Belgians

2002

as self

Dead Weight

2002

as Francis Reggio

5.8

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

as Ghislain Lambert

Doors of Glory

as Regis Demanet

The Carriers Are Waiting

as Roger

Hikers

as Éric Jacquemart

Le Signaleur

as L'organisateur

Just for Laughs

as L'innocent

L'Année des Guignols - Les Voleurs de patates

1996

as (voice)

10.0

L'Année des Guignols - Du cul, du cul, du cul !

as Multiples voix

Modèle déposé

as René Altrus

Man Bites Dog

as Ben

Beware of the Ravens

as The director

No C4 for Daniel Daniel

1987

as Daniel Daniel

4.9

Mama's Lover

1987

Démodé

Le Palmier

Le Serpent majuscule

Pourquoi pas nous ?

Television (10)

Super Plan

2025

as Self - Guest

Beau geste

as Self

Represent

as Éric Andréï

Quelle époque !

as Self - Guest

Bonsoir !

as Self - Guest

Quotidien

as Self - Guest

C à vous

as Self - Guest

A Town Called Panic

as Steven (voice)

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Mr. Manatane's Notebooks

1997

as Monsieur Manatane

8.2

Crew (9)

Movies (9)

Mr. Manatane's notebooks

2003

Idea

7.4

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

Writer

Modèle déposé

Director

Modèle déposé

Writer

Man Bites Dog

Director

Man Bites Dog

Producer

Man Bites Dog

Screenplay

No C4 for Daniel Daniel

1987

Director

4.9

No C4 for Daniel Daniel

1987

Writer

4.9