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Noël Godin

Noël Godin

Actor · Born 1945-09-13 · Liège, Belgium

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Biography

Noël Godin (born 13 September 1945) is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with a pie. After bombarding Gates, Godin allegedly said, "My work is done here." Godin insists he is non-violent and is careful to use only what he calls a "tarte classique", filled with whipped cream and perhaps a little chocolate in soft sponge cake. He says his humor can be traced back through Jerry Lewis, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers and yippies like Abbie Hoffman. Godin is inspired (for instance in his Anthologie de la subversion carabinée (1989)) by the works of the Utopian philosophers Tommaso Campanella (Civitas Solis) and Charles Fourier (La Phalange, Le Phalanstère). His ideal society is one where there is no struggle for power or money and where everybody can live in a state of perfect happiness. He is also an admirer of the anarchist Ravachol without approving his violence, sentiment which inspired him to his pie-attacks. Godin has a particularly colourful way of expressing himself, using terms like "tempêtes patissières" (pa…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Royal Palace (2005) — Georges Le Gloupier
  2. Grand Prix (1966) — Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
  3. The Big Night (2012) — Le marié
  4. Henri (2013) — L'ami colombophile
  5. The Antics Roadshow (2011) — Himself
  6. La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos (1996) — Pierre Mertens
  7. Mr. Manatane's Notebooks (1997)
  8. Cinématon (1978) — N°214
  9. Satan Bouche un Coin (1968)
  10. Painting with Falls (1997)
  11. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
  12. La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques (2000)
  13. Tout est calme (2000) — Porte
  14. Le sexe enragé (1970) — Le curé
  15. Cream and Punishment (1997) — Le Gloupier
  16. The Political Life of the Belgians (2002) — L'entarteur
  17. Les Vacances de Noël (2005) — Noël
  18. La société du spectacle et ses commentaires (2003) — Self
  19. Mad in Belgium (2022)
  20. Wallonie 2084 (2004)
  21. Le journal de Joseph M. (2000) — Man throw a pie in Brussels
  22. Easy in Mind (1989) — Le bavard
  23. Homo Cinematographicus (1998) — Self
  24. Peccato (1997)
  25. Faut Savoir se Contenter de Beaucoup (2015) — Noël
  26. En Marche vers l'Effondrement ! (2023) — Mr Sweet
  27. Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou? (2006) — Himself - Host
  28. Dans l’ère du temps
  29. Grève et pets (1975)
  30. Boudou prend son bain (1991)
  31. 2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder (2007) — Self (archive footage)
  32. Cinématon XXII (1982) — N°214
  33. Cinématon n°214 : Noël Godin (1982)

Directed

  1. Prout prout tralala (1974) — Director
  2. Les cahiers du cinéma (1972) — Director
  3. Grève et pets (1975) — Director