Eric Godon studied Germanic Philology in Brussels, and was once a member of the Belgian Junior national basketball team. He practiced various professions before embarking on a career as an actor at the age of 42. He is largely self-taught, and is well versed in improvisation. He speaks many languages, which have proven useful in his international acting career. In addition to his native language (French), he is fluent in Dutch, Flemish, English and German, and reasonable in Spanish, Italian and Russian. He is pursuing an international career. After
Fishing Without Nets, an American independent film by
Cutter Hodierne shot in Kenya, he played the character of mayor Georges Deloix in the first series of the BBC drama
The Missing. In 2015, he appeared alongside
Sean Bean in the recurring role of older Ivanenko in the TNT series
Legends, an American TV series produced by Fox 21 for the
TNT network. More recently, he played in Luc Besson's movie
Anna.. He's been recently playing in Italian, French, Belgian, British, Finnish, Serbian, German, Swedish, Mexican and Spanish productions, in various languages (Italian, Spanish, German, English, Flemish and French) ==Filmography==