--- name: "François Damiens" canonical: "https://film.one/person/francois-damiens" fi1m_id: "francois-damiens" imdb_id: "nm1460782" tmdb_id: 24041 wikidata_id: "Q164976" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 January 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-02T22:10:49.273793+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # François Damiens ## Identity François Damiens - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-damiens - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** francois-damiens - **IMDb ID:** nm1460782 - **TMDB ID:** 24041 - **Wikidata ID:** Q164976 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1460782/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24041 Actor. Born 17 January 1973 in Uccle, Belgium. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 January 1973, Uccle, Belgium - **Also known as:** 프랑수아 다미앵, Brian Courts, François L'Embrouille - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1460782/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24041 ## Coming up - *Le Faux Soir* (2026-12-02) - *L’Adoption* (2027-01-13), as Paul ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies*](https://film.one/film/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography François Damiens is a Belgian actor and comedian. Born on 17 January 1973 in Uccle, he began his career in the 1990s with hidden-camera videos under the persona François l'Embrouille, which brought him popularity in Belgium before he continued the work in France and Switzerland. Damiens has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. His credits include *Dikkenek* (2006), *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006) as Raymond Pelletier, *Taxi 4* (2007), *JCVD* (2008), *Little Nicholas* (2009), *Heartbreaker* (2010), *Nothing to Declare* (2010), *The Bélier Family* (2014) and *The Brand New Testament* (2015). He made his feature directorial debut with *Mon Ket* in 2018. He is trilingual, speaking French, Dutch and English, and has two sons. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006), Fi1m 76, as Raymond Pelletier — [page](https://film.one/film/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies.md) ## Complete filmography (86) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *L’Adoption* (2027), as Paul - *Le Faux Soir* (2026), Actor - *Angles morts* (2026), series, as Spyro Vanderrost - *Flashback to the 80s* (2026), as Yvon - *Cash Queens* (2026), series, as Michel Marionnaud - *Class Reunion* (2025), as Maxime - *Love Is Overrated* (2025), as François - *La Fille d'un grand amour* (2025), as Yves - *Le Monde magique de Jérôme Commandeur* (2024), series, Actor - *The Art of Nothing* (2024), Actor - *Dog on Trial* (2024), as Dariuch Michovski - *Headwind* (2024), as Alain - *La Graine* (2023), as Mr. Peeters - *Killing Blues* (2023), as Max - *The Lulus* (2023), as Abbé Turpin - *Good People* (2022), series, as Michel Chamfort - *The French Mans* (2022), series, as Alban - *Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde* (2022), as Jean-Marc Bastos - *En même temps* (2022), as Le patron du diner - *Adieu Paris* (2022), as Loucky - *Stuck Together* (2021), as Tony - *Love Song for Tough Guys* (2021), as Jeff - *My Cousin* (2020), as Adrien - *A Friendly Tale...* (2020), as Francis - *The Lost Prince* (2020), as Pritprout - *Of Love and Lies* (2019), as Laurent - *The World Is Yours* (2018), as René - *Dany* (2018), as Dany Versavel · Director, Writer - *Little Spirou* (2017), as Monsieur Mégot - *Just to Be Sure* (2017), as Erwan Gourmelon - *The Dancer* (2016), as Marchand - *The Jews* (2016), as Roger - *News from Planet Mars* (2016), as Philippe Mars - *Les Cowboys* (2015), as Alain Balland - *The Brand New Testament* (2015), as François - *The Bélier Family* (2014), as Rodolphe Bélier - *Les Caméras Planquées de François Damiens en Corse, Vol. 1* (2014), Production Design, Director - *Nicholas on Holiday* (2014), as Blédurt - *Le Débarquement 2* (2013), as Various Characters - *Suzanne* (2013), as Nicolas Merevsky - *Playing Dead* (2013), as Jean Renault - *Tip Top* (2013), as Robert Mendès - *Gare du Nord* (2013), as Sacha - *Tango Libre* (2012), as Jean-Christophe - *Les nouvelles caméras planquées de François Damiens, Vol. 1* (2012), Writer, Director - *Les nouvelles caméras planquées de François Damiens, Vol. 2* (2012), Director, Writer - *Porn in the Hood* (2012), as Claude Fachoune - *Torpédo* (2012), as Michel Ressac - *Delicacy* (2011), as Markus Lundell - *Les Caméras planquées de François Damiens, Vol. 2* (2011), Writer, Director - *Holidays by the Sea* (2011), as Monsieur Fraises - *The Rabbi's Cat* (2011), as Reporter (voice) - *Borderline* (2011), as David Pelame - *Nothing to Declare* (2010), as Jacques Janus - *Les Caméras cachées de François Damien - L'intégrale* (2010), Actor - *Trader Games* (2010), as un trader - *Heartbreaker* (2010), as Marc - *Les Caméras planquées de François Damiens, Vol. 1* (2010), Writer, Director - *Protect and Serve* (2010), as Roméro - *The Wolberg Family* (2009), as Simon - *Little Nicholas* (2009), as Mr. Blédur - *Incognito* (2009), as Chauffeur accident - *Trouble at Timpetill* (2008), as Le livreur - *2 Alone in Paris* (2008), as Le joueur de curling - *Me Two* (2008), as Cogip's physician - *JCVD* (2008), as Bruges - *Daddy Cool* (2008), as Jean-Maxence - *Behind the Walls* (2008), as The Chief Supervisor - *Just Anybody* (2008), as L’agent immobilier - *Cowboy* (2007), as Franz - *Mariage Surprise* (2007), as Marciano - *Surprise!* (2007), as Le fleuriste - *Taxi 4* (2007), as Serge - *François Damiens - Tour de France, Vol.2* (2007), Director - *François Damiens - Tour de France, Vol.1* (2007), Director - *Dikkenek* (2006), as Claudy - *OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* (2006), as Raymond Pelletier — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies.md) - *Les pièges de François l'Embrouille* (2004), Director - *Les pièges de François l'Embrouille 3* (2004), Director - *Les pièges de François l'Embrouille 2* (2004), Director - *La Commune (Paris, 1871)* (2003), as Un réparateur de fusils de la garde nationale (uncredited) - *Le grand jeu* (2001), as Thomas - *Si c'était vous !* (1999), series, as François l'embrouille - *Chanteurs d'oiseaux*, Actor - *Les caméras cachées de François Damiens, le best of*, as Lui-même - *papa zéro défaut*, Actor ## Gallery - ![François Damiens au festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/5493863/gallery-26823d8a08f8.jpg) François Damiens au festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_Cannes_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![François Damiens à la cérémonie des César (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/5493863/gallery-2ca4531e8812.jpg) François Damiens à la cérémonie des César (2016) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_C%C3%A9sar_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![François Damiens](https://film.one/media/person/5493863/gallery-13b2128dcaff.jpg) François Damiens — Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_at_the_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_at_the_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![François Damiens, an actor in the film Dog on Trial, at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/5493863/gallery-1aef13624fd7.jpg) François Damiens, an actor in the film Dog on Trial, at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. — Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_at_the_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_at_the_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![François Damiens, co-skipper de l'IMOCA Initiatives Cœur, au départ de la Transat Jacques Vabre 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/5493863/gallery-a57e96b671f0.jpg) François Damiens, co-skipper de l'IMOCA Initiatives Cœur, au départ de la Transat Jacques Vabre 2013. — Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Transat_Jacques_Vabre_2013_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_02.JPG/1280px-Transat_Jacques_Vabre_2013_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_02.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![François Damiens, co-skipper de l'IMOCA Initiatives Cœur, au départ de la Transat Jacques Vabre 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/5493863/gallery-42d4e4e58a12.jpg) François Damiens, co-skipper de l'IMOCA Initiatives Cœur, au départ de la Transat Jacques Vabre 2013. — Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Transat_Jacques_Vabre_2013_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_03.JPG/1280px-Transat_Jacques_Vabre_2013_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens_03.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2011: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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