Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor.
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. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant.
Selected filmography
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! Title
! Role
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| 1996
|The Eighth Day
|The father at the restaurant
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| 1996
|La promesse
|Roger
|Namur Film Festival Best Actor Award
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| 1998
|Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
|Bernard
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| 1999
|Rosetta
|The Boss
|Nominated—Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor
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| 1999
|Nadia and the Hippos
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| 2000
|Nationale 7
| René
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| 2001
|Sur mes lèvres
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| 2001
|A Moment of Happiness
| Father
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| 2001
|The Milk of Human Kindness
| Doctor Gérald Cafarelli
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| 2002
|The Son
|Olivier
|Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award<br/>Fajr Film Festival Best Actor Award<br/>Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor<br/>Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actor
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| 2002
|A Piece of Sky
| Joanna's Lawyer
| Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor
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| 2002
|Safe Conduct
| Roger Richebé
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| 2002
| Peau d'Ange
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| 2003
|Time of the Wolf
| Koslowski
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| 2003
|Where Is Madame Catherine?
| Eric
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| 2004
|Le pont des Arts
| Jean-Astolphe Méréville
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| 2005
|L'Enfant
|Policier en civil
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| 2005
|Le Couperet
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| 2005
|Burnt Out
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| 2006
|The Colonel
| Colonel Raoul Duplan
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| 2006
|Les Brigades du Tigre
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| 2006
|Congorama
| Michel Roy
| Jutra Award for Best Actor<br/>Nominated—Genie Award for Best Actor
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| 2007
|Hidden Love
| Morris
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| 2008
|Mesrine
|Le commissaire Broussard
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| 2008
|Lorna's Silence
| L'inspecteur
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| 2008
|Home
| Michel
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| 2009
|Angel at Sea
| Le père
|Karlovy Vary Film Festival Best Actor Award<br/>Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actor
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| 2009
|Altiplano
| Max
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| 2009
|Park Benches
| Maurice Begeard
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| 2010
|Nothing to Declare
|Le prêtre de Chimay
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| 2010
|Black Venus
| Réaux
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| 2011
| The Minister
|Bertrand Saint-Jean
| Magritte Award for Best Actor<br>Mar del Plata International Film Festival Award for Best Actor<br/>Nominated—César Award for Best Actor<br/>Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor<br/>Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Actor
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| 2011
| The Kid with a Bike
|Le patron du bar
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| 2011
| My Wife's Romance
| Chollet
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| 2013
|Grand Central
|Gilles
| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor<br/>Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor
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|2013
|Violette
|Jacques Guérin
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|2013
|The Marchers
| Dubois
|Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor
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|2014
|Two Days, One Night
|Jean-Marc
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|2014
|Madame Bovary
|Monsieur Rouault
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| 2014
|The Gate
|Marsac
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| 2015
|L'Affaire SK1
|Bougon
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| 2015
|The Night Watchman
|Franck
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| 2015
|April and the Extraordinary World
|Paul
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| 2015
|L'Odeur de la mandarine
|Charles
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| 2015
|En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait
|Paul
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| 2016
|Chocolat
|Joseph Oller
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| 2016
|The Unknown Girl
|Lambert's son
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|2016
|The Woman in the Silver Plate
|Stéphane
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|2016
|A Wedding
|André
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|2017
|The Midwife
|Paul Baron
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|2017
|Above the Law
|Frank Valken
|Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actor
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|2017
|The Young Karl Marx
|Pierre Proudhon
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|2021
|Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century
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|2023
|Turtles (Les Tortues)
|Henri Janssens
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|2025
|Néro the Assassin
|Horace (monk)
|Netflix series
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