# Eric Godon

Eric Godon (born 7 February 1959) is a Belgian character actor, director and writer. Recognisable by his burly appearance and deep voice, he is perhaps best known in English language circles, for his roles in In Bruges, and The Missing.

## Life and career

Eric Godon studied Germanic Philology in Brussels, and was once a member of the Belgian Junior national basketball team. He practiced various professions before embarking on a career as an actor at the age of 42. He is largely self-taught, and is well versed in improvisation.
He speaks many languages, which have proven useful in his international acting career. In addition to his native language (French), he is fluent in Dutch, Flemish, English and German, and is also reasonable in Spanish, Italian and Russian.
He is pursuing an international career. After Fishing Without Nets, an American independent film by Cutter Hodierne shot in Kenya, he played the character of mayor Georges Deloix in the first series of the BBC drama The Missing. In 2015, he appeared alongside Sean Bean in the recurring role of older Ivanenko in the TNT series Legends, an American TV series produced by Fox 21 for the TNT network. More recently, he played in Luc Besson's movie Anna.. He's been recently playing in Italian, French, Belgian, British, Finnish, Serbian, German, Swedish, Mexican and Spanish productions, in various languages (Italian, Spanish, German, English, Flemish and French)

## Filmography
### Actor

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2002 | Petites misères | Man In The Car | Laurent Brandenbourger & Philippe Boon | |
| 2002 | Tous les chagrins se ressemblent | Commissioner Refaeli | Luc Béraud | TV movie |
| 2003 | Dédales | The Gunsmith | René Manzor | |
| 2003 | Sauveur Giordano | The Vigil | Pierre Joassin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Tomorrow We Move | Mover | Chantal Akerman | |
| 2004 | Julie Lescaut | The Brutal Employee | Dominique Tabuteau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | P.J. | Alex Mouliet | Gérard Vergez | TV series (1 episode)... Peter Bouckaert, Eric Godon, Kadija Leclere |
| 2004 | Avocats & associés | André | Olivier Barma | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Franck Keller | Lab Technician | Stéphane Kappes | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2005 | Ultranova | Boss | Bouli Lanners | |
| 2005 | De indringer | Victor Philips | Frank van Mechelen | |
| 2005 | Comme sur des roulettes | Minou | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld | TV movie |
| 2005 | Nom de code : DP | Assidon | Patrick Dewolf | TV movie |
| 2005 | Lucile et le petit prince | Starkovsky | Marian Handwerker | TV movie |
| 2005 | La battante | Barbier | Didier Albert | TV mini-series |
| 2006 | Le Lièvre de Vatanen | Sam Bougreau | Marc Rivière | |
| 2006 | Stormforce | Defence Minister | Hans Herbots | |
| 2006 | Pom, le poulain | The Driver | Olivier Ringer | |
| 2006 | Induction | | Nicolas Provost | Short |
| 2006 | Ysé | | Lionel Jadot | Short |
| 2006 | Avec le temps... | Olivier Lutman | Marian Handwerker (2) | TV movie |
| 2006 | Trois pères à la maison | Carlos | Stéphane Kappes (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | A Secret | Serge Klarsfeld | Claude Miller | |
| 2007 | J'aurais voulu être un danseur | Tony | Alain Berliner | |
| 2007 | La fille du chef | The Barman | Sylvie Ayme | TV movie |
| 2007 | Russian Dolls: Sex Trade | Jean-Paul | Guy Goossens & Mark Punt | TV mini-series |
| 2007 | Flikken | Charlie De Kuyper | Rik Daniëls | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Carla Rubens | Victor Reinhart | Bernard Uzan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Commissaire Cordier | Erwan Sauter | Olivier Langlois | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Septième ciel Belgique | Victor Sauvage | Stéphane Vuillet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Yuri | Martin McDonagh | |
| 2008 | Trouble at Timpetill | Bucher Stettner | Nicolas Bary | |
| 2008 | Les insoumis | Johan Pauwels | Claude-Michel Rome | |
| 2008 | Complot d'amateurs | Van Der Slagmolen | Vincent Monnet | TV movie |
| 2008 | Les poissons marteaux | Pierre's Father | André Chandelle | TV movie |
| 2008 | Chez Maupassant | The Commissioner | Jacques Santamaria | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Un flic | Rouvières | Frédéric Tellier | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Sauveur Giordano | School Director | Pierre Joassin (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | The Vintner's Luck | Father Lesy | Niki Caro | |
| 2009 | Sister Smile | The Bailiff | Stijn Coninx | |
| 2009 | Une chaîne pour deux | Richard Arnoux | Frédéric Ledoux | |
| 2009 | Combat avec l'ange | | Marian Handwerker (3) | |
| 2009 | Légende de Jean l'Inversé | | Philippe Lamensch & Françoise Duelz | Short |
| 2009 | Otages | Delgado | Didier Albert (2) | TV movie |
| 2009 | Section de recherches | Louis Marzin | Gérard Marx | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | Jes | Hans | Nathalie Basteyns | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009-2012 | A tort ou à raison | Prosecutor Orban | Alain Brunard & Pierre Joassin (3) | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2010 | From Paris with Love | Foreign Minister Francois | Pierre Morel | |
| 2010 | Nothing to Declare | Chief Willems | Dany Boon | |
| 2010 | The Pack | Jean-Jean | Franck Richard | |
| 2010 | Frits and Freddy | René Beurlet | Guy Goossens (2) | |
| 2010 | Cannibal | The Gypsy | Benjamin Viré | |
| 2010 | Ladyboys | | Joel Warnant | |
| 2010 | Dominique | The Model Agent | Jim Taihuttu | Short |
| 2010 | La marquise des ombres | The Envoy of The King | Édouard Niermans | TV movie |
| 2010 | En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! | The Notary | Stefan Liberski | TV movie |
| 2010 | Tombé sur la tête | Sébastien | Didier Albert (3) | TV movie |
| 2010 | Julie Lescaut | Plon | Jérôme Navarro | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Les Bleus | Artiguste | Christophe Douchand | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Dag & nacht | Antoine Chabert | Geoffrey Enthoven | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Vidocq | The Ambassador | Alain Choquart | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Empreintes criminelles | Panama's Man | Christian Bonnet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | The Long Falling | Debacker | Martin Provost | |
| 2011 | All Our Desires | Gallois | Philippe Lioret | |
| 2011 | The Incident | The Pill Inmate | Alexandre Courtes | |
| 2011 | La Chance de ma vie | Dr. Py | Nicolas Cuche | |
| 2011 | About a Spoon | The Wishesman | Philippe Lamensch (2) | Short |
| 2011 | Kerozene | The Guard | Joachim Weissmann | Short |
| 2011 | Il n'y a pas sans toi | The Father | Christophe Johanns | Short |
| 2011 | Pasteur, l'homme qui a vu | Napoleon III | Alain Brunard (2) | TV movie |
| 2011 | Het goddelijke monster | | Hans Herbots (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Braquo | Hugo Christiaens | Philippe Haïm & Eric Valette | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2012 | Erased | Maitland | Philipp Stölzl | |
| 2012 | La clinique de l'amour ! | Giuseppe Severini | Artus de Penguern & Gábor Rassov | |
| 2012 | Innocent Belgium | Louis | Steve De Roover | |
| 2012 | 10 jours en or | The Slumlord | Nicolas Brossette | |
| 2012 | Dépression et des potes | Romain's Father | Arnaud Lemort | |
| 2012 | Les hommes plantes | The Supervisor | Boris Kish | Short |
| 2012 | Les yeux de la vigne | The Father | Margot Testemale | Short |
| 2012 | Que la suite soit douce | | Alice De Vestele | Short |
| 2012 | Witse | Francis Gastmans | Luc Coghe | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | Arrêtez-moi | The Guardian | Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (2) | |
| 2013 | Chambre double | The Hotel Receptionist | Mathieu Mortelmans | Short |
| 2013 | Salamander | Jean-Jacques | Frank van Mechelen (2) | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2014 | Suite Française | Monsieur Joseph | Saul Dibb | |
| 2014 | Fishing Without Nets | Captain Charlie | Cutter Hodierne | |
| 2014 | The Connection | Zampa's Lawyer | Cédric Jimenez | |
| 2014 | Infiltrant | Di Mateo | Shariff Korver | |
| 2014 | Tombville | | Nikolas List | |
| 2014 | Sacré Charlemagne | The School Director | Adrien François | Short |
| 2014 | Août 1914 | | Fedrik De Beul | Short |
| 2014 | Marge d'erreur | Maarten | Joël Santoni | TV movie |
| 2014 | Marie Curie, une femme sur le front | Raymond Poincaré | Alain Brunard (3) | TV movie |
| 2014 | Aspe | Serge Monbailliu | Jeroen Dumoulein | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | De Ridder | Julien Vandenbroeck | Lars Goeyvaerts | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | The Missing | Georges Deloix | Tom Shankland | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2015 | Kidnapping Freddy Heineken | The Cop | Daniel Alfredson | |
| 2015 | The Ardennes | Gérard | Robin Pront | |
| 2015 | Nothing Sacred | Hermes | Morgan Pehme & Dylan Bank | |
| 2015 | Johnny Walker | Jean | Kris De Meester & Anton Scholten | |
| 2015 | Plein soleil | Haral Willems | Frédéric Castadot | Short |
| 2015 | Tom & Harry | President of The Event | Toon Slembrouck | TV mini-series |
| 2015 | Vermist | Car Owner | Cecilia Verheyden | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2015 | Legends | Older Ivanenko | Several | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2016 | The Unreal Root | Mr. Carlson | Romy Meyer | |
| 2016 | Professor T. | Commissioner Cedric Fouchet | Indra Siera | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2016 | Public Enemy | Etienne Gomez | Matthieu Frances & Gary Seghers | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2017 | Pilgrimage | Baron De Merville | Brendan Muldowney | |
| 2017 | The Young Karl Marx | The Foreman | Raoul Peck | |
| 2017 | Het Tweede Gelaat | Concierge | Jan Verheyen | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time | | Annick Christiaens | Short |
| 2017 | The Halcyon | Count Of St Claire | Rob Evans | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2018 | The Most Assassinated Woman in the World | Georges | Franck Ribière | |
| 2018 | Monica's List | Policeman | Emmanuel Sapolsky | TV movie |
| 2018 | Yummy! | Professor K | Lars Damoiseau | |
| 2018 | Le Temps est assassin | Basile Spinello | Claude-Michel Rome | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2018 | Greenhouse Academy | The Henchman | Amir Mann | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2018 | 48h- L'affaire Nicolas Charbonnier | Philippe Hittinger | Vincent Trisolini | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2019 | Rebelles | Le Belge | Alan Mauduit | Feature film |
| 2019 | Anna | Vassiliev | Luc Besson | Feature film |
| 2019 | Tsokos | Capitaine Mercier | Hansjörg Thurm | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2019 | Freaks out | Gus | Gabriele Mainetti | Feature film |
| 2019 | Undergods | Hans | Chino Moya | Feature film |
| 2019 | GR5 | Pol Martin | Jan Matthys | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2020 | Calibro 9 | Gianni | Toni D'Angelo | Feature film |
| 2020 | Fils de | Rudy | Franck Prevost | TV series |
| 2021 | Diario di Spezie | Clemensau | Massimo Donati | Feature film |
| 2021 | The Madame Blanc Mysteries | Father Donadieu | Dermot Boyd | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2021 | Onder Vuur | Snake Tamer | Joost Wynant | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2021 | Zeppos en het mercatoorspoor | Italian Councilman | Douglas Boswell | TV series |
| 2021 | The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself | Henri Ozanne | Rachna Suri | Netflix TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2022 | Everybody Loves Diamonds | Interior minister | Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Amazon TV series |
| 2022 | Un homme en fuite | Carbolet | Baptiste Debraux | French feature film |
| 2022 | Last to brake | Burek | Simon Kaijser | Finnish mini TV serie |
| 2022 | Dune – the sisterhood - pilot ep | Evgueny Harkonnen | Johann Renk | HBO TV series |
| 2022 | Everybody Loves Diamonds | Interior minister | Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | BBC TV series |
| 2022 | World on fire | Monsieur Berthaud | Meenu Gaur | Amazon TV series |
| 2022 | Estonia | Hermann Abel | Mans Mansson | Swedish TV series |
| Great expectations | Dorget | Brady Hood | BBC TV series |
| 2023 | Flikken Maastricht | Erwin Declercq | Pieter van Rijn | Dutch TV series |
| 2023 | La abadesa | Demetrio | Antonio Chavarrias | Spanish feature film |
| 2023 | Beneath the houses | older Georges | Neven Rufio | Serbian Feature film |
| 2023 | Doktrinen | Sasja | Jens Jonsson | Swedish TV series |
| 2023 | Last to brake | Burek | Simon Kaijser | Finnish TV series |
| 2023 | Blutspur Antwerpen | Abel Hoffman | Anna-Katharina Maier | German ARD TV series |
| 2023 | 2024 | The gringo hunters | Michael Napoletano | Adrian Grunberg | Netflix Mexican TV series |
| 2023 | 2024 | Jaren van lood | Felix Vrooman | Wim Geudens | Flemish TV series |

### Director / Writer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2013 | Rosa | Short |
| 2013 | Marguerite | Short |
| 2013 | Emma | Short |