Portrait of Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne

Acting

Biography

Pascal Duquenne (born 8 August 1970) is a Belgian actor. He shared the Best Actor Award in the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Georges in the movie The Eighth Day, with Daniel Auteuil, who played Harry. He lives in Brussels. He has Down syndrome. In 2004, he received the very high civil distinction of Commander in the Order of the Crown (Belgium). Source: Article "Pascal Duquenne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: August 8, 1970

Place of Birth: Vilvoorde, Bruxelles, Belgium

Filmography

2009
Mr. Nobody

as Henry

2006
The Room

as Alex

1996
The Eighth Day

as Georges

1995
Lumière & Company

as (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")

1991
Toto the Hero

as Adult Cèlestin