Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 13, 1945
Died
Aug 23, 2026
Place of Birth
Liège, Belgium
Credits
36 titles
Noël Godin
Biography
Noël Godin (13 September 1945 - 23 august 2026) was 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 insisted he was 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 said his humor can be traced back through Jerry Lewis, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers and yippies like Abbie Hoffman. Godin was 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 was also an admirer of the anarchist Ravachol without approving his violence, sentiment which inspired him to his pie-attacks. Godin had a particularly colourful way of expressing himself, using terms like "tempêtes patissières" (pastry storm) to describe his pieing.
Known For
Filmography
En Marche vers l'Effondrement !
Mr Sweet
Mad in Belgium
Faut Savoir se Contenter de Beaucoup
Noël
Henri
L'ami colombophile
The Big Night
Le marié
The Antics Roadshow
Himself
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder
Self (archive footage)
Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou?
Himself - Host
Royal Palace
Georges Le Gloupier
Les Vacances de Noël
Noël
Wallonie 2084
La société du spectacle et ses commentaires
Self
The Political Life of the Belgians
L'entarteur
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques
Le journal de Joseph M.
Man throw a pie in Brussels
Tout est calme
Porte
Homo Cinematographicus
Self
Mr. Manatane's Notebooks
Cream and Punishment
Le Gloupier
Painting with Falls
Peccato
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos
Pierre Mertens
Le Banquet
Boudou prend son bain
Easy in Mind
Le bavard
Cinématon XXII
N°214
Cinématon n°214 : Noël Godin
Cinématon
N°214
Apostrophes
Self
Grève et pets
Prout prout tralala
Writer
Les Cahiers du cinéma
Director
Le sexe enragé
Le curé
Satan Bouche un Coin
Grand Prix
Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
Dans l’ère du temps