- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 13, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Liège, Belgium
Noël Godin
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 mon…
Filmography
movieEn Marche vers l'Effondrement !
2023 · Mr Sweet
movieMad in Belgium
2022
movieFaut Savoir se Contenter de Beaucoup
2015 · Noël, Writer
movieHenri
2013 · L'ami colombophile
movieThe Big Night
2012 · Le marié
movieThe Antics Roadshow
2011 · Himself
movie2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou?
movieMais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou?
2006 · Himself - Host
movieRoyal Palace
2005 · Georges Le Gloupier
Les Vacances de Noël
movieLes Vacances de Noël
2005 · Noël
movieWallonie 2084
2004
La société du spectacle et ses commentaires
movieLa société du spectacle et ses commentaires
2003 · Self
The Political Life of the Belgians
movieThe Political Life of the Belgians
2002 · L'entarteur
movieLa Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques
2000
movieLe journal de Joseph M.
2000 · Man throw a pie in Brussels
movieTout est calme
2000 · Porte
Homo Cinematographicus
movieHomo Cinematographicus
1998 · Self
Cream and Punishment
movieCream and Punishment
1997 · Le Gloupier
moviePainting with Falls
1997
Peccato
moviePeccato
1997
tvMr. Manatane's Notebooks
1997
movieLa Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos
1996 · Pierre Mertens
movieBoudou prend son bain
1991
movieEasy in Mind
1989 · Le bavard
Cinématon XXII
movieCinématon XXII
1982 · N°214
movieCinématon n°214 : Noël Godin
1982
movieCinématon
1978 · N°214
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
Grève et pets
movieGrève et pets
1975 · , Writer, Director
Prout prout tralala
movieProut prout tralala
1974 · Director, Writer
Les cahiers du cinéma
movieLes cahiers du cinéma
1972 · Director
movieLe sexe enragé
1970 · Le curé
movieSatan Bouche un Coin
1968
movieGrand Prix
1966 · Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
movieDans l’ère du temps
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