Olivier Gourmet

1963-

Biography: life and films

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Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian film actor. He was born in Namur, Belgium on 22 July 1963. It was through La Promise (1996), one of the first films from Belgium's leading auteur filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, that Gourmet first made an impression on francophone cinema. He subsequently featured in the Dardennes' acclaimed 1999 film Rosetta and then Le Fils (2002), for which he received the Best Actor Award at Cannes. Gourmet's naturalistic and introspective style of acting made him highly attractive to auteur filmmakers in France and Belgium and he has worked with some of the finest, including: Patrice Chéreau (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train), Jacques Audiard (Sur mes lèvres) and Ursula Meier (Home). In 2012 he received his first Cesar nomination, for his performance in Pierre Schöller' s political thriller L'Exercice de l'État (2011).
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Filmography

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La Promesse (1996) [a]

Le Huitième jour (1996) [a]

Cantique de la racaille (1998) [a]

Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train (1998) [a]

Je suis vivante et je vous aime (1998) [a]

Le Bal masqué (1998) [a]

Nadia et les hippopotames (1999) [a]

Peut-être (1999) [a]

Rosetta (1999) [a]

Nationale 7 (2000) [a]

Princesses (2000) [a]

Sauve-moi (2000) [a]

Toreros (2000) [a]

Le Lait de la tendresse humaine (2001) [a]

Mercredi, folle journée! (2001) [a]

Sur mes lèvres (2001) [a]

Laissez-passer (2002) [a]

Le Fils (2002) [a]

Peau d'ange (2002) [a]

Un moment de bonheur (2002) [a]

Une part du ciel (2002) [a]

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (2003) [a]

Le Temps du loup (2003) [a]

Les Mains vides (2003) [a]

Adieu (2004) [a]

Folle embellie (2004) [a]

Le Pont des Arts (2004) [a]

Les Fautes d'orthographe (2004) [a]

Pour le plaisir (2004) [a]

Quand la mer monte... (2004) [a]

L'Enfant (2005) [a]

La Petite Chartreuse (2005) [a]

Le Couperet (2005) [a]

Le Parfum de la dame en noir (2005) [a]

Sauf le respect que je vous dois (2005) [a]

Trouble (2005) [a]

Les Brigades du Tigre (2006) [a]

Mon colonel (2006) [a]

Congorama (2007) [a]

Cowboy (2007) [a]

Jacquou le croquant (2007) [a]

L'Amour caché (2007) [a]

Mon fils à moi (2007) [a]

Pars vite et reviens tard (2007) [a]

Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec (2008) [a]

Go Fast (2008) [a]

Home (2008) [a]

Le Silence de Lorna (2008) [a]

Mesrine: L'Ennemi public n°1 (2008) [a]

Altiplano (2009) [a]

Bancs publics (Versailles rive droite) (2009) [a]

Pour un fils (2009) [a]

Un ange à la mer (2009) [a]

Blanc comme neige (2010) [a]

Vénus noire (2010) [a]

L'Exercice de l'État (2011) [a]

Le Gamin au vélo (2011) [a]

Le Roman de ma femme (2011) [a]

Légitime défense (2011) [a]

Rien à déclarer (2011) [a]

Robert Mitchum est mort (2011) [a]

Hénaut président (2012) [a]

Le Guetteur (2012) [a]

Grand central (2013) [a]

La Marche (2013) [a]

La Tendresse (2013) [a]

Le Monde nous appartient (2013) [a]

Violette (2013) [a]

Deux jours, une nuit (2014) [a]

Le Temps des aveux (2014) [a]

Terre battue (2014) [a]

En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît (2015) [a]

Jamais de la vie (2015) [a]

L'Affaire SK1 (2015) [a]

L'Odeur de la mandarine (2015) [a]

Chocolat (2016) [a]

L'Ami: François d'Assise et ses frères (2016) [a]

La Fille inconnue (2016) [a]

Le Secret de la chambre noire (2017) [a]

Noces (2017) [a]



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