What is Pascal Duquenne?
'''Pascal Duquenne''' is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[actor]]. He was born in [[Vilvoorde]], [[Flanders]], [[Belgium]] on [[8 August]] [[1970]]. He was diagnosed with [[Down syndrome]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.hetvolk.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=nbra20112002_037 | title= Mentaal gehandicapten komen thuis | work= [[Het Volk]] | date= November 20, 2002 | author= Stefaan Sercu |language=Dutch}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9605/20/cannes/index.html | title= 'Secrets and Lies' takes top honor at Cannes Film Festival | work= [[CNN]] | date= May 20, 1996 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_03.13.97/film/onscreen.php |title= On Screen: Guilt And The Survivor |date= March 13, 1997 |format= html |work= [[Eye Weekly]] |access-date= May 15, 2007 |archive-date= May 22, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110522150832/http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_03.13.97/film/onscreen.php |url-status= dead }}</ref> It was [[Jaco van Dormael]] who noticed him (as Ducquenne was playing theatre). Dormael offered him his first roles in movies. In [[1996]] Pascal Duquenne and [[Daniel Auteuil]] were awarded a [[prize]] (for best male interpretation) at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. Duquenne received the prize for the role of a boy who has Down syndrome. The movie was called ''[[Le Huitième Jour]]'' (''The Eighth Day''). He also has acted in other movies. Currently he lives in [[Brussels]]. ==Films he acted in== * ''Toto le hèros'' (Toto the Hero), by Jaco van Dormael (1991) * ''Le Huitième Jour'' (The Eight Day), also by van Dormael (1995) * ''Lumière et compagnie'' (Light & Co.); a documentary made by about 40 authors (1996) * ''The Room'', by [[Giles Daoust]] (2006) * ''Un Noël pas comme les autres '' (A Christmas not like the others), by [[Nancy Franck]] (1997, Television) * An episode of the Series ''Commissaire Moulin'' (2004, Television) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Duquenne, Pascal}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living