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Gourmet in 2008, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Olivier Omer Gourmet
Place of Birth: Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Date of Birth: 22 July, 1963
Ethnicity: Belgian Walloon
Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He often works with the Dardenne brothers.
He is of Walloon descent. The Walloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium.
Olivier’s maternal grandfather was Omer Arthur Louis Leonard (the son of Louis Joseph Leonard and Rosa Rezette). Omer was born in Chiny/Jamoigne, Luxembourg. Olivier’s great-grandfather Louis was the son of François Joseph Leonard and Marie Flore Lurkin. Rosa was the daughter of François Rezette and Marie Joseph Jacques.
Olivier’s maternal grandmother was named Juliette Momper.
Source: Genealogy of Olivier Gourmet (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://gw.geneanet.org