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 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.
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Acting
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Royal Palace
as Georges Le Gloupier
2005
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Grand Prix
as Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
1966
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The Big Night
as Le marié
2012
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Henri
as L'ami colombophile
2013
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The Antics Roadshow
as Himself
2011
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La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos
as Pierre Mertens
1996
TV
Mr. Manatane's Notebooks
1997
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Cinématon
as N°214
1978
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Satan Bouche un Coin
1968
Movie
Painting with Falls
1997
TV
Apostrophes
as Self
1975
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La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques
2000
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Tout est calme
as Porte
2000
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Le sexe enragé
as Le curé
1970
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The Political Life of the Belgians
as L'entarteur
2002
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Cream and Punishment
as Le Gloupier
1997
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Les Vacances de Noël
as Noël
2005
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La société du spectacle et ses commentaires
as Self
2003
Movie
Mad in Belgium
2022
Movie
Wallonie 2084
2004
Movie
Le journal de Joseph M.
as Man throw a pie in Brussels
2000
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Easy in Mind
as Le bavard
1989
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Homo Cinematographicus
as Self
1998
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Peccato
1997
