François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor.
Career
He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started out doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. He gained great popularity in Belgium and had to stop filming in 2004 because he could no longer play without being recognized; he then came to France to continue his activity. There, as in Switzerland, he acquired a certain celebrity thanks to the dissemination of his hoaxes on
Canal+
Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several ki ...
and internet.
He made his directorial feature debut in 2018 with the drama film ''
Mon Ket
''Mon Ket'', also known as ''Dany'', is a 2018 Belgian drama film directed by François Damiens in his directorial debut. It was written by Damiens with Benoît Mariage. It was screened at the 2018 CPH PIX Film Festival. It received three nomin ...
''.
Personal life
He has two sons: Jack & Jimmy.
He is trilingual, in addition to French, he speaks Dutch and English.
Filmography
Dubbing
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
People from Uccle
21st-century Belgian male actors
Belgian male film actors
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