Benoît Poelvoorde

Acting · 1.3 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

The Brand New Testament

20156.7

Dead Weight

20025.8

Family for Rent

20155.2

Lucky Star

20255.7

Man Bites Dog

19927.2

Coco Before Chanel

20096.9

How to Make a Killing

20256.4

3 Hearts

20145.5

Nothing to Declare

20105.9

Sink or Swim

20186.9

White as Snow

20195.1

The Colors of Fire

20226.8

Modèle déposé

19957.1

Keep an Eye Out

20186.7

Podium

20046.0

Savages

20246.9

Romantics Anonymous

20106.5

How I Became a Superhero

20206.1

Just for Laughs

19976.6

Smoking Causes Coughing

20226.0

Park Benches

20095.4

Do You Do You Saint-Tropez

20215.0

Narco

20045.7

Le Pied

20038.0

Le Signaleur

19977.3

Aaltra

20046.2

La reconnaissance

2026

Louise-Michel

20086.1

Adoration

20205.8

An Indian Tale

20175.9

Venice Calling

20195.9

My Worst Nightmare

20115.5

The Jews

20164.3

Jean-Philippe

20065.7

The Price of Fame

20155.3

Saint Amour

20165.7

Cowboy

20075.8

A Wonderful Girl

20235.6

Inexorable

20216.1

The Big Bad Wolf

20135.2

Two Worlds

20075.1

The Carriers Are Waiting

19996.5

Démodé

2026

Delete History

20205.0

I Love Peru

20255.6

5H48, Place des Martyrs

2027

Mammuth

20105.8

Father & Sons

20195.5

En chantier, monsieur Tanner !

20104.4

Le Serpent majuscule

2026

The Return of James Battle

20045.6

Mr. Manatane's notebooks

20037.4

A Town Called Panic

20097.5

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

20027.0

Tied

20134.4

Adieu Paris

20224.7

Pourquoi pas nous ?

2026

Raoul Taburin

20195.8

The Big Night

20125.8

Mama's Lover

1987

A Town Called Panic: Double Fun

20168.0

Normal

20236.2

My Father's Stories

20215.5

In His Hands

20056.0

Hikers in Saint-Tropez

20085.0

Beauties at War

20094.9

Laughter and Punishment

20035.5

Kill Me Please

20106.3

Hikers

19975.7

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

20016.0

Charlie Says

20065.3

Panique tous courts

2017

The Other Dumas

20105.9

The Green Shutters

20225.4

Zebra Stripes

20144.7

The Art of Nothing

20245.2

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

20237.5

Akoibon

20054.9

Doors of Glory

20015.3

One Fine Day

20065.0

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow

20197.0

A Place on Earth

20135.8

Twice Upon a Time

20126.1

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!

20137.1

A Town Called Panic: Back to School Panic!

20166.9

Fausse note

2026

Panique au village : La Foire agricole

20197.3

A Town Called Panic: The Summer Holidays

20215.7

No C4 for Daniel Daniel

19875.1

Beware of the Ravens

1989

The Political Life of the Belgians

20027.0

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

19968.0

Le Palmier

2026

Les Shadoks et la maladie mystérieuse

20166.2

L'Année des Guignols - Les Voleurs de patates

199610.0

Mad in Belgium

20222.0