Benoît Poelvoorde

I always find it funny that the database tags Benoît Poelvoorde as an "American actor" when he is about as Belgian as it gets, born in Namur in 1964. To me he is one of those performers who never quite fit a single box, working as an actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter all at once. The 1992 Best Actor nod at Sitges and his 2005 knighthood in the Order of Leopold tell me he was respected at home long before wider audiences caught on. What draws me to him is that comic unpredictability that feels distinctly European rather than Hollywood-polished.

Name (English)

Benoît Poelvoorde

Name (Japanese)

ブノワ・ポールヴールド

Reading

ぶのわ・ぽーるゔーるど

Born

September 22, 1964 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Namur, Province of Namur, Belgium

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / film actor

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Knight of the Order of Leopold
• 1992 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.benoitpoelvoorde.be/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• Province of Namur
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.