Noël Godin
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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
Credits
Le Banquet (1995)
Actor
Grand Prix (1966)
as Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)
Easy in Mind (1989)
as Le bavard
Homo Cinematographicus (1998)
as Self
Faut Savoir se Contenter de Beaucoup (2015)
as Noël
Satan Bouche un Coin (1968)
Actor
Les Vacances de Noël (2005)
as Noël
Dans l’ère du temps (—)
Actor
Wallonie 2084 (2004)
Actor
Grève et pets (1975)
Actor
Cinématon (1978)
as N°214
Royal Palace (2005)
as Georges Le Gloupier
Tout est calme (2000)
as Porte
The Big Night (2012)
as Le marié
The Antics Roadshow (2011)
as Himself
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos (1996)
as Pierre Mertens
Le sexe enragé (1970)
as Le curé
La société du spectacle et ses commentaires (2003)
as Self
Mais qui est donc Jean-Pierre Bouyxou? (2006)
as Himself - Host
Painting with Falls (1997)
Actor
2 ou 3 choses que je sais de Joseph Morder (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Mad in Belgium (2022)
Actor
Cinématon n°214 : Noël Godin (1982)
Actor
En Marche vers l'Effondrement ! (2023)
as Mr Sweet
The Political Life of the Belgians (2002)
as L'entarteur
Henri (2013)
as L'ami colombophile
Le journal de Joseph M. (2000)
as Man throw a pie in Brussels
Cream and Punishment (1997)
as Le Gloupier
Boudou prend son bain (1991)
Actor
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 4 - La jouissance des hystériques (2000)
Actor
Cinématon XXII (1982)
as N°214
Peccato (1997)
Actor