Olivier Gourmet Explained

Olivier Gourmet
Birth Date:	1963 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Namur, Belgium
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1990–present

Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor.^[1]

Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.^[2] He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Eighth Day	The father at the restaurant
1996	La promesse	Roger	Namur Film Festival Best Actor Award
1998	Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	Bernard
1999	Rosetta	The Boss	Nominated—Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor
1999	Nadia and the Hippos
2000	Nationale 7	René
2001	Sur mes lèvres
2001	The Milk of Human Kindness	Doctor Gérald Cafarelli
2002	The Son	Olivier	Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award Fajr Film Festival Best Actor Award Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actor
2002	A Piece of Sky	Joanna's Lawyer	Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor
2002	Safe Conduct	Roger Richebé
2002	Peau d'Ange
2003	Time of the Wolf	Koslowski
2003	Where Is Madame Catherine?	Eric
2004	Le pont des Arts	Jean-Astolphe Méréville
2005	L'Enfant	Policier en civil
2005	Le Couperet
2005	Burnt Out
2006	The Colonel	Colonel Raoul Duplan
2006	Les Brigades du Tigre
2006	Congorama	Michel Roy	Jutra Award for Best Actor Nominated—Genie Award for Best Actor
2007	Hidden Love	Morris
2008	Mesrine	Le commissaire Broussard
2008	Lorna's Silence	L'inspecteur
2008	Home	Michel
2009	Angel at Sea	Le père	Karlovy Vary Film Festival Best Actor Award Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actor
2009	Altiplano	Max
2009	Park Benches	Maurice Begeard
2010	Nothing to Declare	Le prêtre de Chimay
2010	Black Venus	Réaux
2011	The Minister	Bertrand Saint-Jean	Magritte Award for Best Actor Mar del Plata International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated—César Award for Best Actor Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor
2011	The Kid with a Bike	Le patron du bar
2011	My Wife's Romance	Chollet
2013	Grand Central	Gilles	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013	Violette	Jacques Guérin
2013	The Marchers	Dubois	Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014	Two Days, One Night	Jean-Marc
2014	Madame Bovary	Monsieur Rouault
2014	The Gate	Marsac
2015	L'Affaire SK1	Bougon
2015	The Night Watchman	Franck
2015	April and the Extraordinary World	Paul
2015	L'Odeur de la mandarine	Charles
2015	En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait	Paul
2016	Chocolat	Joseph Oller
2016	The Unknown Girl	Lambert's son
2016	The Woman in the Silver Plate	Stéphane
2016	A Wedding	André
2017	The Midwife	Paul Baron
2017	Above the Law	Frank Valken	Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actor
2017	The Young Karl Marx	Pierre Proudhon
2021	Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century
2023	Turtles (Les Tortues)	Henri Janssens

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olivier Gourmet. https://web.archive.org/web/20071120101958/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/239398/Olivier-Gourmet. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2007. 2007-11-20.
2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: The Son . 2009-10-25 . festival-cannes.com . 10 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010043809/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3152912/year/2002.html . live .