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| 3 | Benoît Poelvoorde (born September 22, 1964 in Namur) is a UsefulNotes/{{Belgi|um}}an actor. |
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| 5 | Coming from the French-speaking region of Wallonia, [[StarMakingRole he was noticed]] thanks to the role of a wacky SerialKiller he played in the 1992 independent BlackComedy {{Mockumentary}} film ''Film/ManBitesDog'' (''C'est arrivé près de chez vous''). |
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| 7 | Further works on French television and cinema cemented his prominence in the European francophone film and TV industries, particularly French comedies. |
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| 9 | !!Works with pages on TV Tropes: |
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| 11 | * ''Film/ManBitesDog'' (1992) |
| 12 | * ''Film/LesRandonneurs'' (1997) |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheCarriersAreWaiting'' (1999) |
| 14 | * ''Film/LeBoulet'' (2002) |
| 15 | * ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' (2008) |
| 16 | * ''Film/LouiseMichel'' (2008) as Guy |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Dumas|2010}}'' (2010) |
| 18 | * ''Film/MyWorstNightmare'' (2011) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheBrandNewTestament'' (2015) |
| 20 | * ''Film/KeepAnEyeOut'' (2018) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Sink or Swim|2018}}'' (2018) |
| 22 | * ''Film/SmokingCausesCoughing'' (2022) |
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| 24 | !!Tropes in his works: |
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| 26 | * [[invoked]]FakeNationality: He has played many French characters due to often working in the French movie industry, and he's Belgian. [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent His accent is noticeable]] sometimes. |
| 27 | * {{Jerkass}}: This defines most of his film roles. |
| 28 | * [[invoked]]StarMakingRole: He came to be noticed with ''Film/ManBitesDog'' (1992), which received international attention when it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. |
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