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Name
Jan Decleir

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1946-02-14 (80 years old)

Place of Birth
Niel, Flanders, Belgium

Biography

Jan Decleir (born February 14, 1946, in Niel, Belgium) is a Belgian film, television and stage actor, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Flemish cinema. He made his film debut in Mira (1971) and gained international recognition for his performances in Character (1997), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Oscar nominated drama Daens (1992). Alongside his extensive screen career, he is also a highly respected theatre actor and a central figure in Flemish cultural life.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2010 Omokage
1995 Antonia's Line as Sebastian
2021 The Claus Family 2 as Noël Claus
2003 Rosenstrasse as Nathan Goldberg
2003 Father's Affair as Huib Minderhout
2003 The Memory of a Killer as Angelo Ledda
1993 Anchoress as Mason
2011 De Sint Danst de Tango as Sinterklaas
2007 Firmin as Freddy White
1990 Koko Flanel as Azère Smellekens
2009 Les Barons as Julien
1975 Pallieter as Bohumil
1992 Priest Daens as Adolf Daens
2000 Lijmen/Het been as rechter Teugels
2005 Long Weekend as Jos
2009 Sister Smile as Lucien Deckers
1997 Character as Dreverhaven
2007 Where Is Winky's Horse? as Oom Siem/Sinterklaas
2005 Winky's Horse as Oom Siem / Sinterklaas
2010 Smoorverliefd as Bob Seynens
2009 Limo
1981 Two Queens and One Consort as Vader
2007 A Perfect Match as Leopold
1985 The Lion of Flanders as Jan Breydel
2005 Someone Else's Happiness as Johnny De Flow
2002 Villa Des Roses
1971 Mira as Lander
2003 Brush with Fate as Old Laurens
2000 Mariken as Archibald
2011 Nova Zembla as Petrus Plancius
2010 Marieke, Marieke as Jacoby
2007 Wolfsbergen as Ernst
2005 Off Screen as John Voerman
1984 John the Fearless as John the Fearless / Jan zonder Vrees (voice)
1978 Mortal Sin as Marcels vader
2023 WILL as The Professor
2004 The Kiss as Marcel Lenaerts
1982 Things Past as Kees
2013 Finn as Luuk
2003 SuperTex
1974 The Conscript as Jan Braems
2014 Flying Home as Jos Pauwels
2015 Me and Kaminski as Holm
1986 The van Paemel Family as Masco
1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Bishop Köckerman
1999 Running Free as Boss Man
1999 Taming the Floods
1990 The Sacrament as Albert
2007 Paparazzo as Jeff Castelli
1982 Tijd om gelukkig te zijn as De man
2015 The Surprise as Cornald Muller
1973 Chronicle of a Passion as Renier Joskin de Lamarache
1977 Burned Bridges as Charel
2022 The Claus Family 3 as Noël Claus
2001 De Verlossing as Oscar
2015 Ay Ramon! as Saint Nicholas
1982 All Night Long
2007 Blind as Dokter Victor Verbeecke
2006 De Zondvloed as man
2011 The Spring of César as Buyer
2015 Café Derby as Bisschop
2015 Wat Mannen Willen as Pastoor
1996 La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos as Arno's friend
1979 De Proefkonijnen as Jef
2025 The Baronesses as Lucien
2015 Szvo as Szvo
2017 The Blind Spot as Partijvoorzitter
2004 The Edelweiss Pirates as Ferdinand Kütter
2009 Ob ihr wollt oder nicht as Henning Brühl
2003 The Missing Half as Le gynécologue
1999 Little Crumb as Vader Keyzer
2018 This Magnificent Cake! as The King (voice)
2018 Don't Shoot as Albert
2020 The Barefoot Emperor as Willy Brandt
2018 Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten as Sinterklaas
1985 Permeke as Stem van Permeke (voice)
2006 King of the World as Max
1974 Verloren maandag as Katangees
1993 Beck – De gesloten kamer as Beck
1990 Dilemma as Leon Bekkers
2019 Een verkeerde toekomst as Jules
2015 14-18 Spektakel-Musical as Verteller
2003 Flight of the Imagination
1982 The Life We Dreamt Of as Kommentaar
1968 De geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr. as Hendrik Vandersteen
2002 Hop
2020 The Claus Family as Noël Claus
2008 Loft as Ludwig Tyberghein
1981 Le Filet Américain
1984 Zware jongens as Gevangene 1
1990 Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven as Jacob
1999 Shades as Freddy Lebecq
2017 Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2018 Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
2000 the Detour as Vader van Joanna
1998 S. as Moeders vriend
2006 Crusade in Jeans as Count of Rottweil
1978 A Page of Love as Un ouvrier

2002 Meiden van de Wit ( 1 episode ) as Klaas de Wit
2001 Stille Waters ( 13 episodes ) as Stan Moreels
1976 Sil de strandjutter ( 7 episodes )
1995 Kulderzipken ( 20 episodes ) as Koning Jozef
2008 Holland's past ( 8 episodes ) as Voice
2009 Sinteressante dingen ( 13 episodes ) as Sinterklaas
2004 De zaak Alzheimer ( 3 episodes )
2001 9 Days of the Vulture ( 8 episodes ) as Victor Dielemans
2016 The Eleventh of the Eleventh ( 7 episodes ) as Hubert Geunings
2007 Koning van de Wereld ( 5 episodes ) as Max
1997 Diamant ( 6 episodes ) as Karel Van Grieken
1992 Dag Sinterklaas ( 20 episodes ) as Sinterklaas
1993 Moeder, waarom leven wij? ( 6 episodes )
2000 De grote boze wolf show ( 39 episodes ) as Bob de Beer
2017 Tytgat Chocolat ( 7 episodes ) as Achille Verherstraeten
2015 New Texas ( 13 episodes ) as Ludo Vrancken (oud)
2007 De Kavijaks ( 5 episodes ) as De Generaal
1968 Wij Heren Van Zichem ( 1 episode ) as Stegger
1994 Buiten De Zone ( 1 episode ) as Uitvinder van het woordenboek
1971 Keromar ( 13 episodes ) as Odo
2001 Stille Waters ( 4 episodes ) as Stan Moereels
Soon 10 Broeders ( 1 episode )

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