Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1945-09-13 (Age: 81)
Place of Birth
Liège, Belgium
Noël Godin
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" (pastry storm) to describe his pieing. Source: Article "Noël Godin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography (29)
En Marche vers l'Effondrement !
2023
Mad in Belgium
2022
Henri
2013
The Big Night
2012
The Antics Roadshow
2011
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
2007Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou?
2006
Royal Palace
2005
Les Vacances de Noël
2005
Wallonie 2084
2004La société du spectacle et ses commentaires
2003The Political Life of the Belgians
2002
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques
2000
Le journal de Joseph M.
2000
