Éric 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 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 Tous les chagrins se ressemblent Commissioner Refaeli Luc Béraud TV movie 2003 Dédales The Gunsmith René Manzor Sauveur Giordano The Vigil Pierre Joassin TV series (1 episode) 2004 Tomorrow We Move Mover Chantal Akerman Julie Lescaut The Brutal Employee Dominique Tabuteau TV series (1 episode) P.J. Alex Mouliet Gérard Vergez TV series (1 episode)... Peter Bouckaert, Eric Godon, Kadija Leclere Avocats & associés André Olivier Barma TV series (1 episode) Franck Keller Lab Technician Stéphane Kappes TV series (1 episode) 2005 Ultranova Boss Bouli Lanners De indringer Victor Philips Frank van Mechelen Comme sur des roulettes Minou Jean-Paul Lilienfeld TV movie Nom de code : DP Assidon Patrick Dewolf TV movie Lucile et le petit prince Starkovsky Marian Handwerker TV movie La battante Barbier Didier Albert TV mini-series 2006 Le Lièvre de Vatanen Sam Bougreau Marc Rivière Stormforce Defence Minister Hans Herbots Pom, le poulain The Driver Olivier Ringer Induction Nicolas Provost Short Ysé Lionel Jadot Short Avec le temps... Olivier Lutman Marian Handwerker (2) TV movie Trois pères à la maison Carlos Stéphane Kappes (2) TV series (1 episode) 2007 A Secret Serge Klarsfeld Claude Miller J'aurais voulu être un danseur Tony Alain Berliner La fille du chef The Barman Sylvie Ayme TV movie Russian Dolls: Sex Trade Jean-Paul Guy Goossens & Mark Punt TV mini-series Flikken Charlie De Kuyper Rik Daniëls TV series (1 episode) Carla Rubens Victor Reinhart Bernard Uzan TV series (1 episode) Commissaire Cordier Erwan Sauter Olivier Langlois TV series (1 episode) Septième ciel Belgique Victor Sauvage Stéphane Vuillet TV series (1 episode) 2008 In Bruges Yuri Martin McDonagh Trouble at Timpetill Bucher Stettner Nicolas Bary Les insoumis Johan Pauwels Claude-Michel Rome Complot d'amateurs Van Der Slagmolen Vincent Monnet TV movie Les poissons marteaux Pierre's Father André Chandelle TV movie Chez Maupassant The Commissioner Jacques Santamaria TV series (1 episode) Un flic Rouvières Frédéric Tellier TV series (1 episode) Sauveur Giordano School Director Pierre Joassin (2) TV series (1 episode) 2009 The Vintner's Luck Father Lesy Niki Caro Sister Smile The Bailiff Stijn Coninx Une chaîne pour deux Richard Arnoux Frédéric Ledoux Combat avec l'ange Marian Handwerker (3) Légende de Jean l'Inversé Philippe Lamensch & Françoise Duelz Short Otages Delgado Didier Albert (2) TV movie Section de recherches Louis Marzin Gérard Marx TV series (1 episode) 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 Nothing to Declare Chief Willems Dany Boon The Pack Jean-Jean Franck Richard Frits and Freddy René Beurlet Guy Goossens (2) Cannibal The Gypsy Benjamin Viré Ladyboys Joel Warnant Dominique The Model Agent Jim Taihuttu Short La marquise des ombres The Envoy of The King Édouard Niermans TV movie En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! The Notary Stefan Liberski TV movie Tombé sur la tête Sébastien Didier Albert (3) TV movie Julie Lescaut Plon Jérôme Navarro TV series (1 episode) Les Bleus Artiguste Christophe Douchand TV series (1 episode) Dag & nacht Antoine Chabert Geoffrey Enthoven TV series (1 episode) Vidocq The Ambassador Alain Choquart TV series (1 episode) Empreintes criminelles Panama's Man Christian Bonnet TV series (1 episode) 2011 The Long Falling Debacker Martin Provost All Our Desires Gallois Philippe Lioret The Incident The Pill Inmate Alexandre Courtes La Chance de ma vie Dr. Py Nicolas Cuche About a Spoon The Wishesman Philippe Lamensch (2) Short Kerozene The Guard Joachim Weissmann Short Il n'y a pas sans toi The Father Christophe Johanns Short Pasteur, l'homme qui a vu Napoleon III Alain Brunard (2) TV movie Het goddelijke monster Hans Herbots (2) TV series (1 episode) Braquo Hugo Christiaens Philippe Haïm & Eric Valette TV series (2 episodes) 2012 Erased Maitland Philipp Stölzl La clinique de l'amour ! Giuseppe Severini Artus de Penguern & Gábor Rassov Innocent Belgium Louis Steve De Roover 10 jours en or The Slumlord Nicolas Brossette Dépression et des potes Romain's Father Arnaud Lemort Les hommes plantes The Supervisor Boris Kish Short Les yeux de la vigne The Father Margot Testemale Short Que la suite soit douce Alice De Vestele Short Witse Francis Gastmans Luc Coghe TV series (1 episode) 2013 Arrêtez-moi The Guardian Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (2) Chambre double The Hotel Receptionist Mathieu Mortelmans Short Salamander Jean-Jacques Frank van Mechelen (2) TV series (5 episodes) 2014 Suite Française Monsieur Joseph Saul Dibb Fishing Without Nets Captain Charlie Cutter Hodierne The Connection Zampa's Lawyer Cédric Jimenez Infiltrant Di Mateo Shariff Korver Tombville Nikolas List Sacré Charlemagne The School Director Adrien François Short Août 1914 Fedrik De Beul Short Marge d'erreur Maarten Joël Santoni TV movie Marie Curie, une femme sur le front Raymond Poincaré Alain Brunard (3) TV movie Aspe Serge Monbailliu Jeroen Dumoulein TV series (1 episode) De Ridder Julien Vandenbroeck Lars Goeyvaerts TV series (1 episode) The Missing Georges Deloix Tom Shankland TV series (7 episodes) 2015 Kidnapping Freddy Heineken The Cop Daniel Alfredson The Ardennes Gérard Robin Pront Nothing Sacred Hermes Morgan Pehme & Dylan Bank Johnny Walker Jean Kris De Meester & Anton Scholten Plein soleil Haral Willems Frédéric Castadot Short Tom & Harry President of The Event Toon Slembrouck TV mini-series Vermist Car Owner Cecilia Verheyden TV series (1 episode) Legends Older Ivanenko Several TV series (5 episodes)2016 The Unreal Root Mr. Carlson Romy Meyer Professor T. Commissioner Cedric Fouchet Indra Siera TV series (3 episodes) Public Enemy Etienne Gomez Matthieu Frances & Gary Seghers TV series (8 episodes) 2017 Pilgrimage Baron De Merville Brendan Muldowney The Young Karl Marx The Foreman Raoul Peck Het Tweede Gelaat Concierge Jan Verheyen Once Upon a Time Annick Christiaens Short The Halcyon Count Of St Claire Rob Evans ITV series (1 episode) 2018 The Most Assassinated Woman in the World Georges Franck Ribière Monica's List Policeman Emmanuel Sapolsky TV movie Yummy! Professor K Lars Damoiseau Le Temps est assassin Basile Spinello Claude-Michel Rome TV series (5 episodes) Greenhouse Academy The Henchman Amir Mann TV series (8 episodes) 48h- L'affaire Nicolas Charbonnier Philippe Hittinger Vincent Trisolini TV series (1 episode) 2019 Rebelles Le Belge Alan Mauduit Feature film Anna Vassiliev Luc Besson Feature film Tsokos Capitaine Mercier Hansjörg Thurm TV series (1 episode) Freaks out Gus Gabriele Mainetti Feature film Undergods Hans Chino Moya Feature film GR5 Pol Martin Jan Matthys TV series (6 episodes) 2020 Calibro 9 Gianni Toni D'Angelo Feature film Fils de Rudy Franck Prevost TV series 2021 Diario di Spezie Clemensau Massimo Donati Feature film The Madame Blanc Mysteries Father Donadieu Dermot Boyd TV series (1 episode) Onder Vuur Snake Tamer Joost Wynant TV series (1 episode) Zeppos en het mercatoorspoor Italian Councilman Douglas Boswell TV series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself Henri Ozanne Rachna Suri Netflix TV series (2 episodes) 2022Un homme en fuite Carbolet Baptiste Debraux French feature film Everybody Loves Diamonds Interior minister Gianluca Maria Tavarelli BBC TV series (1 episode) World on Fire Monsieur Berthaud Meenu Gaur Amazon TV series (2 episodes) 2023 Estonia Hermann Abel Mans Mansson Swedish TV series (3 episodes) Great Expectations Dorget Brady Hood BBC TV series (1 episode) Flikken Maastricht Erwin Declercq Pieter van Rijn Dutch TV seriesLa abadesa Demetrio Antonio Chavarrias Spanish feature film Beneath the Houses older Georges Neven Rufio Serbian Feature film Doktrinen Sasja Jens Jonsson Swedish TV series Last to Brake Burek Simon Kaijser Finnish TV series Blutspur Antwerpen Abel Hoffman Anna-Katharina Maier German ARD TV series 2024 The Gringo Hunters Michael Napoletano Adrian Grunberg Netflix Mexican TV series (1 episode) Jaren van lood Felix Vrooman Wim Geudens Flemish TV series 2026 Vigil Korotayev Gareth Bryn / Faye GilbertBritish TV series

Director / Writer Year Title Notes2013 Rosa Short Marguerite Short Emma Short