Bouli Lanners

Bouli Lanners

1965-05-20 Moresnet-Chapelle, Belgium 97 Credits

Biography

Philippe "Bouli" Lanners (born 20 May 1965 in Moresnet-Chapelle, in the Redeemed Cantons near Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian actor, author and film director. He is also known as a painter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bouli Lanners , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

2024

as José Bové

6.6
Acting

2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member...

Second Tour

Second Tour

2023

as Entraineur de foot

6.3
Acting

A disgraced political journalist placed in the soccer section, Miss Pove is asked to follow the presidential campaign in progress. The front-runner is...

A Real Job

A Real Job

2023

as Benjamin's Father

6.3
Acting

Benjamin is a PhD student without scholarship support. Under the pressure of his parents, and in need of money, he becomes a substitute teacher in a m...

Paint it Gold

Paint it Gold

2023

as Renzo Nervi

6.1
Acting

Arthur, a passionate Parisian art gallery owner, represents Renzo, a longtime friend, and radical figurative painter stuck in an existential crisis. S...

The Night of the 12th

The Night of the 12th

2022

as Marceau

6.9
Acting

Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara's murder case lands on his desk. Vivé...

Mad in Belgium

Mad in Belgium

2022

2.0
Acting

A cinematographic “cadavre exquis”, whose entrails reveal the odd nature of a (un)certain Belgian cinema. Authors, directors, actors who have proved t...

Nobody Has to Know

Nobody Has to Know

2022

as Phil

6.7
Acting

After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with hi...

Nobody Has to Know

Nobody Has to Know

2022

Writer, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

After a stroke and no memories from his past, Phil encounters Millie who inhabits a desert part of Isle of Lewis. She will shortly entrust him with hi...

Love Song for Tough Guys

Love Song for Tough Guys

2021

as Poussin

6.0
Acting

In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, lov...

The Summer Holidays

The Summer Holidays

2021

as Cochon / Simon / Facteur (voice)

6.2
Acting

School is out, and Indian and Cowboy are bored. Watching an old pirate film gets them out of their funk and they decide to build a ship and go off on ...

Bye Bye Morons

Bye Bye Morons

2020

as Suze's doctor

7.2
Acting

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she...

Delete History

Delete History

2020

as Dieu

4.9
Acting

In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s fami...

Amerigo and the New World

Amerigo and the New World

2019

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

How did America get the Name we Use Today, ... Amerigo Vespucci, ... The name on the Map he had made for the New World, ... An Avid Explorer and Merch...

Notre Dame

Notre Dame

2019

as Didier

4.9
Acting

Maud is an architect and a mother. Due to a misunderstanding, she wins the competition to refurbish the parvis of Notre-Dame. Torn between these respo...

Panique au village : La Foire agricole

Panique au village : La Foire agricole

2019

as Cochon (voice)

7.4
Acting

Indian and Cowboy finally pass their exams. Horse buys them tickets for the County Fair. But at the last moment, he slips and comes crashing down on h...

Patrick

Patrick

2019

as Mon

6.7
Acting

Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When...

Real Love

Real Love

2019

as Mario

6.1
Acting

Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He...

Wide Load

Wide Load

2019

as Patrick Boyard

4.1
Acting

This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin. All this would be trivial if one of them had a scary ...

Third Wedding

Third Wedding

2018

as Martin

5.5
Acting

Martin, a homosexual widower and whimsical of fifty years, sees itself propose to contract a marriage white with a Congolese of twenty years, Tamara. ...

Double Plus Ungood

Double Plus Ungood

2018

as Lawyer

Acting

In 2018, in a country that doesn't exist, Dago Cassandra, a small time crook, returns to his kingdom after fifteen years in exile, invested with a div...

Above the Law

Above the Law

2017

as Danny Bouvy

5.8
Acting

Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find th...

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

2017

as Self

Acting
Bloody Milk

Bloody Milk

2017

as Jamy

6.9
Acting

Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he t...

Dog

Dog

2017

as Max

4.8
Acting

Jacques Blanchot loses everything: his wife, his home, his job. He gradually alienates himself from the world around him. Until the day when the owner...

Spit’n’Split

Spit’n’Split

2017

10.0
Acting

Nothing could be cooler than a rock-band on tour. Hordes of screaming fans who want to give up their virginity for an autograph, free drugs in all siz...

Raw

Raw

2016

as Truck Driver

7.0
Acting

In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sist...

Heal the Living

Heal the Living

2016

as Dr. Pierre Révol

6.4
Acting

The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

A Town Called Panic: Double Fun

A Town Called Panic: Double Fun

2016

as Père Noël / Facteur / Simon (voice) (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

With disarming wit and hilarious visuals, A Town Called Panic: Double Fun revels in the simple setup of three plastic toys sent on increasingly surrea...

Raw

Raw

2016

as Le routier

Acting

Justine, a lifelong vegetarian, is forced to eat raw meat during her time in veterinary school. From then on, her life turns upside down as she develo...

A Town Called Panic: Back to School Panic!

A Town Called Panic: Back to School Panic!

2016

as Simon (voice)

6.7
Acting

Indian and Cowboy are about to set off on a magnificent cruise on a luxury liner, but they have made a big mistake. They completely forgot that today ...

The First, the Last

The First, the Last

2016

as Gilou

6.5
Acting

Apocalyptic neo-western about two gangsters, a town full of crazy people and Jesus...

The First, the Last

The First, the Last

2016

Director, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

Apocalyptic neo-western about two gangsters, a town full of crazy people and Jesus...

April and the Extraordinary World

April and the Extraordinary World

2015

as Pizoni (voice)

7.0
Acting

It’s 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist...

I'm Dead But I Have Friends

I'm Dead But I Have Friends

2015

as Yvan

6.3
Acting

Four bearded, hairy rock musicians - and Belgians - bury the singer of their group. Out of friendship and to prove to itself that nothing can stop the...

All Cats Are Grey

All Cats Are Grey

2014

as Paul

6.8
Acting

Paul is a chubby kind-­‐hearted amateur detective. Dorothy is an intense upper class teenager. Paul is into quoting Sherlock Holmes and watching Derri...

Nicholas on Holiday

Nicholas on Holiday

2014

as Mr. Bernique

5.3
Acting

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards ...

La part de l’ombre

2014

7.4
Acting

La part de l’ombre recovers the life of the Hungarian photographer Oskar Benedek, who disappeared the day his exhibition opened; what happened to him?...

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!

A Town Called Panic: Christmas Panic!

2013

as Père Noël / Facteur / Simon (voice)

7.1
Acting

The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overex...

Brotherhood of Tears

Brotherhood of Tears

2013

as Le Hibou

5.9
Acting

Gabriel Chevalier, 45 years old, is an ex-policeman. Unemployed, lonely and depressed,he lives like a ghost and hardly takes care of his only teenage ...

Lulu in the Nude

Lulu in the Nude

2013

as Charles

6.2
Acting

After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.

9 Month Stretch

9 Month Stretch

2013

as Video surveillance policeman

6.4
Acting

Ariane Felder is pregnant! This is surprising with her being a young hardened judge with strict morals. But what is more surprising is that, accordin...

Tour de Force

Tour de Force

2013

as Rémi Pletinckx

5.5
Acting

François decides to participate in the Tour de France alone, inspiring a wave of media enthusiasm, much to the chagrin of the Tour's pros.

11.6

11.6

2013

as Arnaud

5.6
Acting

In November 2009, French security van driver Toni Musulin makes off with nearly 12 million euros, then turns himself over to the authorities a week la...

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia

2012

as Grossebaf

5.1
Acting

Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

The Big Night

The Big Night

2012

as Le Vigile

5.8
Acting

An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Ke...

Rust and Bone

Rust and Bone

2012

as Martial

7.2
Acting

Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a kille...

Headwinds

Headwinds

2011

as Monsieur Bréhel

5.8
Acting

Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his chil...

The Giants

The Giants

2011

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

Brothers Danny and Zak, ages 15 and 13 ¾, are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is othe...

On the road again, le cinéma de Bouli Lanners

2011

as Self

Acting

Documentary about belgian actor and director Bouli Lanners

Nothing to Declare

Nothing to Declare

2010

as Bruno Vanuxem

5.9
Acting

During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.

Kill Me Please

Kill Me Please

2010

as M. Vidal

6.6
Acting

Doctor Kruger dreams to insert “the suicide in modernity”. He offers to his patients the service of a private clinic where one can die in all peace, c...

Special Treatment

Special Treatment

2010

as Xavier Demestre

4.4
Acting

Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist-both have clients, both charge for sessions, both ta...

Mammuth

Mammuth

2010

as Le recruteur

5.8
Acting

Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60. He has worked since the age of 16, never unemployed, never sick. But the hour of retirement has come, and it is d...

Le vilain : Instantanés

Le vilain : Instantanés

2010

as Nick Korazy

Acting
White Snow

White Snow

2010

as Simon

6.0
Acting

Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is p...

Chicas

Chicas

2010

as Maurice

1.0
Acting

Pilar is a Spanish widow who has raised her three daughters in France. In love with Fernand, the manager of the building in which she lives, she organ...

The Villain

The Villain

2009

as Nick Korazy

6.4
Acting

With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, ...

The Ordinary People

The Ordinary People

2009

as Pierrick Barbieri

5.6
Acting

The Muller company organizes a reception to mark the launch of a new product. During the evening, we discover that this is actually a coaching exercis...

A Town Called Panic

A Town Called Panic

2009

as Facteur / Simon / Vache (voice)

7.5
Acting

Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll nee...

Louise-Michel

Louise-Michel

2008

as Michel Pinchon

6.2
Acting

In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man t...

Eldorado

Eldorado

2008

as Yvan

6.7
Acting

Yvan finds a burglar in his house. After some consideration, Yvan decides not to call the police and to drop the lad near the nearby city but he ends ...

Eldorado

Eldorado

2008

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

Yvan finds a burglar in his house. After some consideration, Yvan decides not to call the police and to drop the lad near the nearby city but he ends ...

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

2008

as Léon

7.3
Acting

Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they migh...

Asterix at the Olympic Games

Asterix at the Olympic Games

2008

as King Aderlas

5.2
Acting

Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to h...

Hand of the Headless Man

Hand of the Headless Man

2007

as Mathias

5.0
Acting

Eva, a 25-year-old woman, is an Olympic diver: a champion. Her father, Peter, is her coach. During a competition, Eva climbs up to the 10-meter platfo...

Cowboy

Cowboy

2007

as Debaest

5.6
Acting

Daniel Piron has the blues. His relationship is monotonous, his ideals have vanished, and even his job as a journalist is a joke. The only idea that s...

Avida

Avida

2006

as Le patron du zoo

5.7
Acting

The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to ma...

Locked Out

Locked Out

2006

as Youssouf

6.2
Acting

Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...

Bunker Paradise

Bunker Paradise

2006

as David d'Ermont de Viard

5.2
Acting

Friendly and broke, Mimmo dreams of being rich and famous, but for now he's a taxi driver. One evening, he meets John Deveau, a wealthy and perverse m...

Saddam Hussein Is Alive

Saddam Hussein Is Alive

2006

as Saddam Hussein

Acting

Saddam Hussein is alive and well and he lives in Brussels.

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

2005

as Self

Acting
Ultranova

Ultranova

2005

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

A 25-year-old real estate agent allows some salacious rumours about his past to run rife to attract the attentions of two women.

A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

2004

as Chardolot

7.3
Acting

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. ...

When the Sea Rises

When the Sea Rises

2004

as Le patron du marché

6.3
Acting

An actress, who goes all over rural France with her monologe "Sex and Crime", meets and falls in love with a man, since that moment starts helping him...

25 Degrees in Winter

25 Degrees in Winter

2004

as (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

An Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his wife. He ends up helping her to find her husband who had ...

The Return of James Battle

The Return of James Battle

2004

as Chip

5.5
Acting

James Bataille is in love. He attempts to stage an elaborate motorcycle stunt to impress the girl, but when it goes sour, he ends up in prison with a ...

Aaltra

Aaltra

2004

as Le chanteur finlandais

6.3
Acting

In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up,...

Madame Edouard

Madame Edouard

2004

as Gégé

4.4
Acting

In Brussels, one discovers the bodies of young women buried behind the tombs of famous painters… In each of them, it lacks the right forearm. Yarn nee...

The Missing Half

The Missing Half

2003

as Le directeur de l'institution

6.0
Acting

Claire and Pierre's marriage hits the skids after Claire, pregnant with twins, feels that one embryo is crushing the other and decides to abort half t...

En territoire indien

En territoire indien

2003

as un gendarme

5.6
Acting

Jean-Claude, a bent night-club owner, on his way escaping to Mexico, unfortunately had an accident with a young couple on a motorcycle. But Cédric has...

Feathers in My Head

Feathers in My Head

2003

as Sergio

5.3
Acting

Jean-Pierre and his wife Blanche live a quiet but happy life in their small Belgian town. But their world is shattered when their young son goes missi...

Dead Man's Hand

Dead Man's Hand

2002

as Eddy

4.2
Acting

Jean V., a forty-year-old bailiff, practises his profession with talent, but without humanity. He is married to Nicole, a 35-year-old consumer in cris...

Muno

2001

Director

Directing
Alien Adventure

Alien Adventure

1999

as (voice)

Acting

The movie begins with an extraterrestrial humanoid species, the Glegoliths, wandering through space in search of a new world. Encountering an unknown ...

Travellinckx

Travellinckx

1999

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

Didier, 39, an unemployed artist, depressive and hypochondriac, is persuaded he is going to die within one or two months because of the asbestos conta...

The Carriers Are Waiting

The Carriers Are Waiting

1999

as L'entraîneur

6.4
Acting

Roger Closset is a man who obviously loves his family, though that doesn't always make them feel better. Dad is an obsessive type with a short fuse an...

There Is No Love Without Stories

There Is No Love Without Stories

1998

as Le chauffeur du camien

8.0
Acting

Monique is a single mother who lives with her son Olivier in a town of North of France.She wanted to have a child and the father went away.Besides Mon...

Le signaleur

1997

6.5
Acting
Arlette

Arlette

1997

as Émile le routier

5.4
Acting

An actor owes big bucks to the Vegas mob. He's all set to pay them off; he's conned a rich widow into marrying him. But the mobsters blow his cover be...

Les soeurs Van Hoof

1996

Director

Directing

A delirious introspection of an aspiring traumatisme. Dixit Bouli Lanners.

Non Wallonie, ta culture n'est pas morte

1995

Director

Directing
Toto the Hero

Toto the Hero

1991

7.1
Acting

80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken away from...

Les Saigneurs

N/A

Acting

Le Palmier

N/A

Acting

The Perfect Boyfriend

N/A

Acting

The film is set in a world where androids have replaced humans for menial tasks, leading unskilled humans to pretend to be robots in order to get a jo...

Jours de chance

N/A

Acting

Le faux soir

N/A

Acting