Pascal Duquenne


Pascal Duquenne 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 Le Huitième Jour, 1996 Lumière et compagnie, 1996 The Room by Giles Daoust, 2006 Mr. Nobody, 2009 The Brand New Testament, 2015
All these movies are directed by Jaco Van Dormael, and they are close to each other.

TV series

Le commissaire Moulin, 2004