Eric Godon Explained

Eric Godon
Birth Date:1959 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Baudour, Belgium
Occupation:Actor, director, writer
Years Active:2002–present
Website:http://www.ericgodon.com

Eric Godon (born 7 February 1959) is a Belgian character actor, director and writer.[1] [2] Recognisable by his burly appearance and deep voice, he is perhaps best known in English language circles, for his roles in In Bruges, and The Missing.

Life and career

Eric Godon studied Germanic Philology in Brussels, and was once a member of the Belgian Junior national basketball team. He practiced various professions before embarking on a career as an actor at the age of 42. He is largely self-taught, and is well versed in improvisation.[3]

He speaks many languages, which have proven useful in his international acting career. In addition to his native language (French), he is fluent in Dutch, Flemish, English and German, and is also reasonable in Spanish, Italian and Russian.[4]

He is pursuing an international career. After Fishing Without Nets, an American independent film by Cutter Hodierne shot in Kenya, he played the character of mayor Georges Deloix in the first series of the BBC drama The Missing. In 2015, he appeared alongside Sean Bean in the recurring role of older Ivanenko in the TNT series Legends, an American TV series produced by Fox 21 for the TNT network. More recently, he played in Luc Besson's movie Anna..He's been recently playing in Italian, French, Belgian, British, Finnish, Serbian, German, Swedish, Mexican and Spanish productions, in various languages (Italian, Spanish, German, English, Flemish and French)

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRole DirectorNotes
2002Petites misèresMan In The CarLaurent Brandenbourger & Philippe Boon
Tous les chagrins se ressemblentCommissioner RefaeliLuc BéraudTV movie
2003DédalesThe GunsmithRené Manzor
Sauveur GiordanoThe VigilPierre Joassin TV series (1 episode)
2004Tomorrow We MoveMover
Julie LescautThe Brutal EmployeeDominique Tabuteau TV series (1 episode)
P.J.Alex Mouliet Gérard Vergez TV series (1 episode)... Peter Bouckaert, Eric Godon, Kadija Leclere
Avocats & associésAndréOlivier Barma TV series (1 episode)
Franck KellerLab TechnicianStéphane Kappes TV series (1 episode)
2005UltranovaBossBouli Lanners
De indringerVictor Philips Frank van Mechelen
Comme sur des roulettesMinou TV movie
Nom de code : DPAssidon Patrick Dewolf TV movie
Lucile et le petit princeStarkovsky Marian Handwerker TV movie
La battanteBarbierDidier Albert TV mini-series
2006Le Lièvre de VatanenSam Bougreau
StormforceDefence MinisterHans Herbots
Pom, le poulainThe DriverOlivier Ringer
InductionNicolas ProvostShort
YséLionel Jadot Short
Avec le temps...Olivier LutmanMarian Handwerker (2)TV movie
Trois pères à la maisonCarlos Stéphane Kappes (2)TV series (1 episode)
2007A SecretSerge KlarsfeldClaude Miller
J'aurais voulu être un danseurTony
La fille du chefThe Barman Sylvie Ayme TV movie
Jean-Paul Guy Goossens & Mark Punt TV mini-series
FlikkenCharlie De Kuyper Rik DaniëlsTV series (1 episode)
Carla RubensVictor Reinhart Bernard Uzan TV series (1 episode)
Commissaire CordierErwan Sauter Olivier LangloisTV series (1 episode)
Septième ciel BelgiqueVictor Sauvage Stéphane Vuillet TV series (1 episode)
2008In BrugesYuri Martin McDonagh
Trouble at TimpetillBucher Stettner Nicolas Bary
Les insoumisJohan Pauwels Claude-Michel Rome
Complot d'amateursVan Der Slagmolen Vincent Monnet TV movie
Les poissons marteauxPierre's FatherAndré Chandelle TV movie
Chez MaupassantThe CommissionerJacques Santamaria TV series (1 episode)
Un flicRouvières Frédéric Tellier TV series (1 episode)
Sauveur GiordanoSchool DirectorPierre Joassin (2) TV series (1 episode)
2009The Vintner's LuckFather Lesy Niki Caro
Sister SmileThe BailiffStijn Coninx
Une chaîne pour deuxRichard Arnoux Frédéric Ledoux
Combat avec l'angeMarian Handwerker (3)
Légende de Jean l'InverséPhilippe Lamensch & Françoise Duelz Short
OtagesDelgado Didier Albert (2)TV movie
Section de recherchesLouis Marzin Gérard MarxTV series (1 episode)
JesHans Nathalie Basteyns TV series (1 episode)
2009-2012A tort ou à raisonProsecutor OrbanAlain Brunard & Pierre Joassin (3)TV series (3 episodes)
2010From Paris with LoveForeign Minister FrancoisPierre Morel
Nothing to DeclareChief Willems Dany Boon
The PackJean-Jean Franck Richard
Frits and FreddyRené BeurletGuy Goossens (2)
CannibalThe GypsyBenjamin Viré
LadyboysJoel Warnant
DominiqueJim Taihuttu Short
La marquise des ombresThe Envoy of The KingÉdouard NiermansTV movie
En chantier, monsieur Tanner !The NotaryStefan Liberski TV movie
Tombé sur la têteSébastien Didier Albert (3)TV movie
Julie LescautPlonJérôme Navarro TV series (1 episode)
Les BleusArtiguste Christophe DouchandTV series (1 episode)
Dag & nachtAntoine Chabert Geoffrey EnthovenTV series (1 episode)
VidocqThe AmbassadorAlain ChoquartTV series (1 episode)
Empreintes criminellesPanama's ManChristian Bonnet TV series (1 episode)
2011The Long FallingDebacker Martin Provost
All Our DesiresGalloisPhilippe Lioret
The IncidentThe Pill Inmate Alexandre Courtes
La chance de ma vieDr. Py Nicolas Cuche
About a SpoonThe Wishesman Philippe Lamensch (2)Short
KerozeneThe GuardJoachim Weissmann Short
Il n'y a pas sans toiThe FatherChristophe Johanns Short
Pasteur, l'homme qui a vuNapoleon IIIAlain Brunard (2)TV movie
Het goddelijke monsterHans Herbots (2)TV series (1 episode)
BraquoHugo Christiaens Philippe Haïm & Eric Valette TV series (2 episodes)
2012ErasedMaitland Philipp Stölzl
La clinique de l'amour !Giuseppe Severini Artus de Penguern & Gábor Rassov
Innocent BelgiumLouis Steve De Roover
10 jours en orThe Slumlord Nicolas Brossette
Dépression et des potesRomain's FatherArnaud Lemort
Les hommes plantesThe Supervisor Boris Kish Short
Les yeux de la vigneThe FatherMargot Testemale Short
Que la suite soit douceAlice De Vestele Short
WitseFrancis GastmansLuc CogheTV series (1 episode)
2013Arrêtez-moiThe Guardian Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (2)
Chambre doubleThe Hotel Receptionist Short
SalamanderJean-Jacques Frank van Mechelen (2) TV series (5 episodes)
2014Suite FrançaiseMonsieur Joseph Saul Dibb
Fishing Without NetsCaptain Charlie Cutter Hodierne
The ConnectionZampa's LawyerCédric Jimenez
InfiltrantDi Mateo Shariff Korver
TombvilleNikolas List
Sacré CharlemagneThe School DirectorAdrien François Short
Août 1914Fedrik De Beul Short
Marge d'erreurMaarten Joël SantoniTV movie
Marie Curie, une femme sur le frontRaymond PoincaréAlain Brunard (3)TV movie
AspeSerge Monbailliu Jeroen Dumoulein TV series (1 episode)
De RidderJulien Vandenbroeck Lars Goeyvaerts TV series (1 episode)
The MissingGeorges Deloix Tom ShanklandTV series (7 episodes)
2015Kidnapping Freddy HeinekenThe CopDaniel Alfredson
The ArdennesGérard Robin Pront
Nothing SacredHermes Morgan Pehme & Dylan Bank
Johnny WalkerJean Kris De Meester & Anton Scholten
Plein soleilHaral Willems Frédéric Castadot Short
Tom & HarryPresident of The EventToon Slembrouck TV mini-series
VermistCar OwnerCecilia VerheydenTV series (1 episode)
LegendsOlder Ivanenko SeveralTV series (5 episodes)
2016The Unreal RootMr. CarlsonRomy Meyer
Professor T.Commissioner Cedric FouchetIndra SieraTV series (3 episodes)
Public EnemyEtienne GomezMatthieu Frances & Gary SeghersTV series (8 episodes)
2017PilgrimageBaron De MervilleBrendan Muldowney
The Young Karl MarxThe ForemanRaoul Peck
Het Tweede GelaatConciergeJan Verheyen
Once Upon a TimeAnnick ChristiaensShort
The HalcyonCount Of St ClaireRob EvansTV series (1 episode)
2018The Most Assassinated Woman in the WorldGeorgesFranck Ribière
Monica's ListPoliceman Emmanuel SapolskyTV movie
Yummy!Professor KLars Damoiseau
Le Temps est assassinBasile SpinelloClaude-Michel RomeTV series (5 episodes)
Greenhouse AcademyThe HenchmanAmir Mann TV series (8 episodes)
48h- L'affaire Nicolas CharbonnierPhilippe HittingerVincent TrisoliniTV series (1 episode)
2019RebellesLe BelgeAlan MauduitFeature film
AnnaVassilievLuc BessonFeature film
TsokosCapitaine MercierHansjörg ThurmTV series (1 episode)
Freaks outGusGabriele MainettiFeature film
UndergodsHansChino MoyaFeature film
GR5Pol MartinJan MatthysTV series (6 episodes)
2020Calibro 9GianniToni D'AngeloFeature film
Fils deRudyFranck PrevostTV series
2021Diario di SpezieClemensauMassimo DonatiFeature film
The Madame Blanc MysteriesFather DonadieuDermot BoydTV series (1 episode)
Onder VuurSnake TamerJoost WynantTV series (1 episode)
Zeppos en het mercatoorspoorItalian CouncilmanDouglas BoswellTV series
The Bastard Son & The Devil HimselfHenri OzanneRachna SuriNetflix TV series (2 episodes)
2022Everybody Loves DiamondsInterior ministerGianluca Maria TavarelliAmazon TV series
Un homme en fuite CarboletBaptiste DebrauxFrench feature film
Last to brakeBurekSimon KaijserFinnish mini TV serie
Dune – the sisterhood - pilot epEvgueny HarkonnenJohann RenkHBO TV series
Everybody Loves DiamondsInterior ministerGianluca Maria TavarelliBBC TV series
World on fireMonsieur BerthaudMeenu GaurAmazon TV series
EstoniaHermann AbelMans ManssonSwedish TV series
Great expectationsDorgetBrady HoodBBC TV series
2023Flikken MaastrichtErwin DeclercqPieter van Rijn Dutch TV series
La abadesa DemetrioAntonio ChavarriasSpanish feature film
Beneath the houses older GeorgesNeven Rufio Serbian Feature film
DoktrinenSasjaJens Jonsson Swedish TV series
Last to brakeBurekSimon Kaijser Finnish TV series
Blutspur Antwerpen Abel HoffmanAnna-Katharina Maier German ARD TV series
2024The gringo huntersMichael NapoletanoAdrian Grunberg Netflix Mexican TV series
Jaren van loodFelix VroomanWim GeudensFlemish TV series

Director / Writer

YearTitleNotes
2013RosaShort
MargueriteShort
EmmaShort

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric GodonBFI . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326170105/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd095b58b . dead . 26 March 2019 . 19 June 2021 . British Film Institute.
  2. News: …Peter Bouckaert, Eric Godon, Kadija Leclere . 18 January 2021 . Cinevox.
  3. Web site: Eric Godon /// Biography. www.ericgodon.com.
  4. Web site: e-TALENTA. www.e-talenta.eu.