
Age: 61
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Benoît Poelvoorde is a Belgian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, born on September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium. He first gained recognition with the cult film C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992), a darkly comedic mockumentary where he played a serial killer with unsettling charm. This film launched his career and established his unique blend of humor and intensity. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, Poelvoorde became a staple of Franco-Belgian cinema, starring in comedies like Les Randonneurs (1997), Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001), and Podium (2004), where he portrayed an obsessive Claude François impersonator—a role that earned him a César nomination. His versatility allowed him to transition into more dramatic roles, such as Entre ses mains (2005) and Coco avant Chanel (2009), where he starred alongside Audrey Tautou. In recent years, Poelvoorde has continued to balance absurdist comedy (Au poste !, Fumer fait tousser) with auteur-driven projects (Le Tout Nouveau Testament, Saint-Amour). His ability to oscillate between slapstick humor and introspective performances makes him one of the most distinctive actors in European cinema

Benoît Poelvoorde

Commissioner Lepoux
for Commissioner Lepoux in A Villain's Hangover Story
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Noticing that one of her fellow inmates in Arkham, the Riddler, is depressed after having recently been taken here after yet another defeat at the hands of the Dark Knight, Harley Quinn decides to organize a little escape for a getaway to the capital of Belgium, Brussels. In the company of the Scarecrow, Killer Croc and, of course, her "pudding", the Joker, they take advantage of a big costume party in the European city to party to unwind a little and forget their worries because of the Bat. However, the next morning, Harley, Joker, and Croc wake up with the worst hangover of their lives, with no memory of what happened the day before ! The scarecrow, who had left the old woman for a "doctor's seminar" in town, finds them and begins to try to help them understand what happened and, above all, to find Nigma, who's disappeared !