Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne (born 8 August 1970 in Vilvoorde, Belgium) is a Belgian actor. He shared the prize for a male role in 1996 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Georges in the movie The Eighth Day, with Daniel Auteuil, who played Harry.[1] He lives in Brussels. He has Down syndrome.[2][3][4] In 2004, he received the very high civil distinction of Commander in the Order of the Crown (Belgium).[5]

Pascal Duquenne
Pascal Duquenne (1996)
Born (1970-08-08) 8 August 1970
Vilvoorde, Flanders, Belgium
Years active1991-present
AwardsBest Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
1996 The Eighth Day
Joseph Plateau Award for Best Actor
1996 The Eighth Day

Films
  • Toto le héros, 1991 (minor part)
  • Le Huitième Jour (The Eighth Day), 1996 (lead role)
  • Lumière et compagnie, 1996 (supporting role)
  • The Room by Giles Daoust, 2006 (lead role)
  • Mr. Nobody, 2009 (supporting role)
  • The Brand New Testament, 2015 (supporting role)

All these movies are directed by Jac Van Dormael, and they are close to each other.

TV series
  • Le commissaire Moulin, 2004
gollark: It just is. I tried it.
gollark: So how goes your potatoBIOS analysis?
gollark: I mean, more than that, potatoBIOS is 1200 lines of cryptic code I barely understand half the time with terrible documentation.
gollark: So what do you plan to do with it?
gollark: Some offense but you aren't exactly a great programmer.

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Le huitième jour". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  2. Stefaan Sercu (20 November 2002). "Mentaal gehandicapten komen thuis". Het Volk (in Dutch).
  3. "'Secrets and Lies' takes top honor at Cannes Film Festival". CNN. May 20, 1996.
  4. "On Screen: Guilt And The Survivor". Eye Weekly. March 13, 1997.
  5. Buitenlandse zaken (7 July 2004). "Persdienst Buitenlandse Zaken: Persberichten". Persberichten diplomatie België (in Dutch).


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