About Pascal Duquenne
Born 1970. Pascal Duquenne is a Belgian stage actor, film actor, television actor and actor.
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).
Films Toto le héros, 1991 (minor part) Le Huitième Jour (The Eighth Day), 1996 (lead role) Lumière et compagnie, 1996 (supporting role) The Room by Giles Daoust, 2006 (lead role) Mr. Nobody, 2009 (supporting role) The Brand New Testament, 2015 (supporting role)
All these movies are directed by Jaco Van Dormael.
TV series Le commissaire Moulin, 2004
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Who is Pascal Duquenne?
Belgian actor
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Pascal Duquenne was born on 8 August 1970 in Vilvoorde.
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Pascal Duquenne is a stage actor, film actor, television actor and actor.
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Pascal Duquenne is Belgian.
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