Benoît Poelvoorde Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter

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Les Randonneurs A Saint-Tropez

Actors: Philippe Harel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Karin Viard

4/9/08
Asterix at the Olympic Games

Actors: Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alain Delon, Stéphane Rousseau

Synopsis: Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's internationally popular cartoon characters Asterix and Obelix take on the world of athletics in this live-action comedy-adventure. It's 50 B.C., and short but wily Asterix (Clovis Cornillac) and his rotund sidekick Obelix (Gerard Depardieu) hit the road for Rome Read More

2008
Cow-boy

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Gilbert Melki, Francois Damiens, Julie Depardieu, Bouli Lanners

Synopsis: A former leftwing activist sets in motion a chain of events that spin far outside of his control - and finds himself branded a hijacker - in this political comedy starring rubber-faced European funnyman Benoit Poelvoorde. For many years, Daniel Piron (Poelvoorde) has regretted taking the path that Read More

12/5/07
Les Deux mondes

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde

Synopsis: Director Daniel Cohen's French-language sci-fi adventure comedy Les Deux mondes stars rubber-faced European screen comic Benoit Poelvoorde as Rémy Bassano, a French family man who experiences a cosmic crisis. From time to time, Rémy slips through time and space and undergoes a journey to an Read More

2007
One Fine Day

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Anne Consigny, Rufus, Bernard Bloch, Constance Dolle

Synopsis: French director Philippe Le Guay's comedy One Fine Day observes the behavior that may erupt when fate deals a new set of cards to a perpetual loser. Seemingly for years on end, French banker François Berthier (Benoit Pooleverde) has endured a lackluster, burdensome existence, with no perceivable Read More

2006
Charlie Says

Actors: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Benoît Magimel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Patrick Pineau

Synopsis: Like the American pictures Magnolia and Happy Endings, French helmer Nicole Garcia's ensemble drama Charlie Says interweaves a tapestry of mordant and miserable existences. Garcia zeroes in on six vice-ridden Gallic men, all generally average and unremarkable individuals, and several at the Read More

2006
Cowboy

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Gilbert Melki, Julie Depardieu, Francois Damiens, Bouli Lanners

Synopsis: Benoit Mariage's Cowboy concerns a politically minded reporter who has an ambition to make a powerful movie. Sadly, none of his lofty plans seem to come through, and the production takes a number of unexpected turns. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
In His Hands

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Jonathan Zaccaï, Valérie Donzelli, Agathe Louvieaux

2005
Atomik Circus, le Retour de James Bataille

Synopsis: True love, motorcycle daredevils, and alien visitation all find their way into this wildly imaginative fantasy, written and directed by Didier Poiraud and his brother Thierry Poiraud, a pair of comic artists who adapted the story from their own work. James Bataille (Jason Flemyng) is in love with Read More

2004
Cinéastes à Tout Prix

Actors: Max Naveaux, Jacques Hardy, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Bouli Lanners, Benoît Poelvoorde

Synopsis: Three no-budget semi-professional filmmakers finally get their due in this witty but respectful documentary. Director Frederic Sojcher visits three fellow Belgian auteurs whose ambitions outstrip their budgets, or their recognition. Max Naveaux is a projectionist who decided to take a stab at Read More

2004
Podium

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Julie Depardieu, Marie Guillard, Anne Marivin, Odile Vuillemin

2004
Aaltra

Actors: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern, Aki Kaurismäki, Jason Flemyng, Benoît Poelvoorde

Synopsis: Two irascible farmers find their bitter rivalry taking on epic tones in this pitch black comedy starring, written, and directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern. They may spend their days toiling the land, but these two tillers of the soil are far from humble. When their ongoing feud Read More

2004
Rire et Chatiment

Actors: José Garcia, Isabelle Doval, Laurent Lucas, Benoît Poelvoorde

Synopsis: French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille (Doval), to the Read More

2003
Le Boulet

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou, Rossy de Palma

Synopsis: French filmmakers Alain Berberian and Frédéric Forestier direct the buddy action comedy Le Boulet (Dead Weight). Tough criminal Moltes (Gérard Lanvin) lands in jail after killing the brother of the Turk (José Garcia). Prison guard Reggio (Benoît Poelvoorde) lets Moltes have a weekly lottery ticket Read More

2002
Les Portes De La Gloire

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Julien Boisselier, Michel Duchaussoy, Etienne Chicot, Yvon Back

Synopsis: Four salesmen hit the open road, searching for adventure and hoping to unload some encyclopedias in this eccentric comedy from France. Jerome (Julien Boisselier) is a timid man who lands a job that doesn't seem immediately appropriate for his temperament -- he's become a door-to-door salesman Read More

2001
Le Velo De Ghislain Lambert

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Antoine de Caunes, José Garcia, Daniel Ceccaldi, Sacha Bourdo

Synopsis: One man's slow climb up the ladder to modest success is thwarted at every rung in this lightly downbeat comedy-drama. Ghislain Lambert (Benoit Poelvoorde) is a amateur bicycle racer who lives on a small farm in Belgium with his brother, Claude (Jose Garcia), and a hired hand who cannot speak Read More

2001
Les Convoyeurs Attendent

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Lanners, Dominique Baeyens, Philippe Grand'Henry

Synopsis: In Les Convoyeurs Attendent/The Carriers Are Waiting, Roger Closset (Benoit Poelvoorde) is a man who obviously loves his family, though that doesn't always make them feel better. Dad is an obsessive type with a short fuse and a long list of curious ideas, and his wife and children must often bear Read More

3/15/00
Les Randonneurs

Actors: Philippe Harel, Benoît Poelvoorde, Karin Viard, Géraldine Pailhas, Vincent Elbaz

Synopsis: A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives while becoming lost and contending with such obstacles as bad weather and aching bodies. Both of the female hikers are seeking love, though one of them is Read More

3/12/97
Man Bites Dog

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Benoît Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Jean-Marc Chenut

Synopsis: Man Bites Dog is a Belgian faux-documentary and high-concept satire of media violence which follows the lethal exploits of Benoit Benoit Poelvoorde, an affable, and very talkative, serial killer. He kills for money, and he kills for pleasure, and he talks all the while about philosophy and the Read More

1991