Kevin Janssens | |
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Born | citation needed] Antwerp, Belgium[citation needed] | 21 August 1979 [
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002-present[citation needed] |
Kevin Janssens (born 21 August 1979) is a Belgian actor.[1]
He studied under Guido Henderickx at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp, graduating in 2003.[1]
In 2006, at age 27, Janssens played the lead role in the film (and preceding television series), King of the World, which was shot in Cuba; he also starred in Hans Herbots' Stormforce that was released in that year.[1]
Janssens costarred alongside Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz in Coralie Fargeat's Revenge (2017), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, was given a mise-en-scene award at Sitges, and was given a Midnight session slot at Sundance in 2018.[2] He has more recently appeared alongside Olga Kurylenko in Christian Volckman's 2019 horror film, The Room.[3]
As of 2022. Janssens had made more than 40 appearances on the big and small screen.[citation needed]
Janssens' stage work includes his 2007 appearance and touring in a production of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin.[1]
Janssens was Belgium's nominee for Europe's Shooting Star award in 2007.[1] He was nominated for the Magritte Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in Patrick in 2019.[citation needed]
An image of Janssens shot with a Nikon D850 by Pieter Clicteur during Filmfestival Oostende was a submission to the 17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest.[4]
Janssens has appeared in more than twenty films.[citation needed]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Stormforce | Rick Symons | |
2011 | Madonna's Pig | Tony Roozen | |
2015 | The Ardennes | Jessica | |
2017 | Revenge | Richard | Lead role |
2017 | Above the Law | Vik | |
2018 | To the Ends of the World | Chenle | |
2018 | Catacombe | Mary | |
2018 | The Bouncer | Geert | |
2019 | The Room | Matt | |
2019 | Patrick | Patrick | Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actor |
2019 | Savage State | Victor |
Janssens has appeared in more than twenty television series.[citation needed]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | King of the World[1] | Miniseries, 5 episodes[citation needed] | |
2019 | Undercover[5] | Jurgen van Kamp | 6 episodes[6][7] |
2021 | Fair Trade | Walter Wilson | 8 episodes[8] |
2023 | Rough Diamonds | Noah Wolfson | 8 episodes |