Biography
Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor born on 22 July 1963 in Namur. He trained at the Conservatoire royal de Liège, where he won a first prize after two years of study.
Gourmet is closely associated with the Dardenne brothers, appearing in several of their films including La Promesse (1996), Rosetta (1999) as the boss, Le Fils (2002) and L'Enfant (2005). He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils. Other credits include The Kid with a Bike (2011) as the bar owner, Two Days, One Night (2014) and The Unknown Girl (2016).
