Benoît Poelvoorde

Acting · 1.2 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: September 22, 1964
From: Namur, Belgium

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 César nomination. His versatility allowed him to transition into more dramatic roles, such as Entre ses mains (2005) and Coco avant Chanel (2009), where he starred alongside Audrey Tautou. In recent years, Poelvoorde has continued to balance absurdist comedy (Au poste !, Fumer fait tousser) with auteur-driven projects (Le Tout Nouveau Testament, Saint-Amour). His ability to oscillate between slapstick humor and introspective performances makes him one of the most distinctive actors in European cinema

Works

98 films

Asterix at the Olympic Games

20085.2

Beating Hearts

20247.2

Family for Rent

20155.2

Dead Weight

20025.8

The Brand New Testament

20156.7

Nothing to Declare

20105.9

Coco Before Chanel

20096.9

Lucky Star

20255.7

How to Make a Killing

20256.4

Sink or Swim

20186.9

Man Bites Dog

19927.2

3 Hearts

20145.5

Keep an Eye Out

20186.7

Modèle déposé

19957.1

How I Became a Superhero

20206.1

Smoking Causes Coughing

20226.0

Savages

20246.9

The Colors of Fire

20226.8

White as Snow

20195.1

Romantics Anonymous

20106.5

Le Pied

20038.0

La reconnaissance

2026

Venice Calling

20195.9

Narco

20045.7

Le Signaleur

19977.3

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

20215.0

Park Benches

20095.4

Podium

20046.0

An Indian Tale

20175.9

The Jews

20164.3

Jean-Philippe

20065.7

Saint Amour

20165.7

Louise-Michel

20086.1

Aaltra

20046.2

Just for Laughs

19976.6

Adoration

20205.8

Delete History

20205.0

My Worst Nightmare

20115.5

Cowboy

20075.8

Two Worlds

20075.1

5H48, Place des Martyrs

2027

A Town Called Panic: Double Fun

20168.0

Inexorable

20216.1

The Carriers Are Waiting

19996.5

The Price of Fame

20155.3

A Wonderful Girl

20235.6

En chantier, monsieur Tanner !

20104.4

Tied

20134.4

Mammuth

20105.8

I Love Peru

20255.6

Father & Sons

20195.5

Démodé

2026

A Town Called Panic

20097.5

The Big Night

20125.8

Pourquoi pas nous ?

2026

The Big Bad Wolf

20135.2

Mr. Manatane's notebooks

20037.4

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

20027.0

Adieu Paris

20224.7

Le Serpent majuscule

2026

Mama's Lover

1987

The Return of James Battle

20045.6

Raoul Taburin

20195.8

Beauties at War

20094.9

Charlie Says

20065.3

Laughter and Punishment

20035.5

Panique tous courts

2017

Kill Me Please

20106.3

My Father's Stories

20215.5

The Other Dumas

20105.9

Normal

20236.2

Hikers in Saint-Tropez

20085.0

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

20016.0

Zebra Stripes

20144.7

In His Hands

20056.0

One Fine Day

20065.0

Twice Upon a Time

20126.1

The Art of Nothing

20245.2

A Place on Earth

20135.8

Doors of Glory

20015.3

The Green Shutters

20225.4

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

20237.5

Hikers

19975.7

A Town Called Panic: Back to School Panic!

20166.9

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

20197.0

Panique au village : La Foire agricole

20197.3

Akoibon

20054.9

A Town Called Panic: The Summer Holidays

20215.7

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!

20137.1

Fausse note

2026

The Political Life of the Belgians

20027.0

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

19968.0

No C4 for Daniel Daniel

19875.1

Les Shadoks et la maladie mystérieuse

20166.2

Mad in Belgium

20222.0

L'Année des Guignols - Les Voleurs de patates

199610.0

Beware of the Ravens

1989

Le Palmier

2026