# François Damiens

François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (French:; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor.

## Career

He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started his career doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in Belgium. He had to stop filming in 2004 because he could no longer perform without being recognized. He then moved to France to continue with his work. There, as well as in Switzerland, he acquired a certain celebrity thanks to the dissemination of his hoaxes on Canal+ and internet.
He made his directorial feature debut in 2018 with the drama film Mon Ket.

## Personal life

He has two sons: Jack and Jimmy.
He is trilingual, speaking French, Dutch, and English.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2000 | La Commune (Paris, 1871) | Repairman Guns | Peter Watkins | |
| 2001 | Le grand jeu | Thomas | Étienne Dhaene | TV movie |
| 2006 | Dikkenek | Claudy | Olivier Van Hoofstadt | |
| 2006 | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | Raymond Pelletier | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| 2007 | Taxi 4 | Serge | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 2007 | Cow-Boy | Franz | Benoît Mariage | |
| 2007 | Surprise ! | The fleurist | Fabrice Maruca | Short |
| 2007 | Mariage surprise | Marciano | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 2008 | JCVD | Bruges | Mabrouk El Mechri | |
| 2008 | Me Two | Doctor Cogip | Nicolas & Bruno | |
| 2008 | 2 Alone in Paris | The captain of the opposing curling team | Éric Judor & Ramzy Bedia | |
| 2008 | 15 ans et demi | Jean-Maxence | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| 2008 | Behind the Walls | The Chief Officer | Christian Faure | |
| 2008 | Le premier venu | Real Estate Dealer | Jacques Doillon | |
| 2008 | Trouble at Timpetill | The delivery guy | Nicolas Bary | |
| 2009 | Incognito | The driver | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2009 | Little Nicholas | Blédur | Laurent Tirard | |
| 2009 | La famille Wolberg | Simon | Axelle Ropert | |
| 2010 | Heartbreaker | Marc | Pascal Chaumeil | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2010 | Protéger & servir | Roméro | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2010 | Nothing to Declare | Jacques Janus | Dany Boon | |
| 2011 | Delicacy | Markus Lundell | David & Stéphane Foenkinos | Sarlat International Cinema Festival – Best Actor |
| 2011 | Une pure affaire | David Pelame | Alexandre Coffre | Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival – Best Acting |
| 2011 | Holidays by the Sea | Monsieur Fraises | Pascal Rabaté | |
| 2012 | Torpedo | Michel Ressac | Matthieu Donck | |
| 2012 | Tango libre | Jean-Christophe | Frédéric Fonteyne | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actor |
| 2012 | Porn in the Hood | Claude Fachoune | Franck Gastambide | |
| 2013 | Tip Top | Robert Mendès | Serge Bozon | |
| 2013 | Suzanne | Nicolas Merevsky | Katell Quillévéré | Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Special Artistic Achievement Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2013 | Playing Dead | Jean Renault | Jean-Paul Salomé | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actor |
| 2013 | Gare du Nord | Sacha | Claire Simon | |
| 2014 | La Famille Bélier | Rodolphe Bélier | Éric Lartigau | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actor |
| 2015 | Les Cowboys | Alain Balland | Thomas Bidegain | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actor |
| 2015 | The Brand New Testament | François | Jaco Van Dormael | |
| 2016 | The Jews | Roger | Yvan Attal | |
| 2016 | The Dancer | Edouard Marchand | Stéphanie Di Giusto | |
| 2016 | News from Planet Mars | Philippe Mars | Dominik Moll | |
| 2017 | Just to Be Sure | Erwan Gourmelon | Carine Tardieu | Nominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actor |
| 2017 | Le petit Spirou | Monsieur Mégot | Nicolas Bary | |
| 2018 | Mon Ket | Daniel "Dany" Versavel | Himself | Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Film Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Actor |
| 2018 | The World Is Yours | René | Romain Gavras | |
| 2019 | Fourmi | Laurent | Julien Rappeneau | |
| 2020 | Mon cousin | Adrien Pastié | Jan Kounen | |
| 2020 | Le prince oublié | Pritprout | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| 2020 | Le bonheur des uns... | Francis Léger | Daniel Cohen | |
| 2021 | Adieu Paris | | Édouard Baer | |
| 2021 | Stuck Together | Tony | Dany Boon |
| 2021 | Cette musique ne joue pour personne | | Samuel Benchetrit | |
| 2022 | En même temps | The diner owner | Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern | |
| 2024 | The Art of Nothing | Claude Fouasse | Stefan Liberski | |

## Dubbing

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2009 | Suske en Wiske: De Texas rakkers | Sherif |
| 2011 | The Rabbi's Cat | The reporter |
| 2012 | A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | Phillippe |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Duke |