- Jeroen Krabbé
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birthname = Jeroen Aart Krabbé
birthdate = Birth date and age|1944|12|5|mf=y
location =Amsterdam ,Netherlands
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yearsactive = 1963–"present"
spouse = Herma (1964 to date)
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goldencalfawards = Culture Prize
1996 Lifetime Archievement
tonyawards =Jeroen Aart Krabbé (born
December 5 ,1944 ) is a Dutch actor and film director who has appeared in many Dutch and international films.Krabbé was born in
Amsterdam ,Netherlands , the son of Margreet (née Reiss), a film translator, and Maarten Krabbé, a painter. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/72/Jeroen-Krabbe.html Jeroen Krabbe Biography (1944-) ] ] Born into an artistic family, he first came to prominence in fellow Dutch countrymanPaul Verhoeven 's films "Soldier of Orange " oppositeRutger Hauer and "The Fourth Man " withRenée Soutendijk .His first big American film was the
Whoopi Goldberg comedy "Jumpin' Jack Flash". However, it is as the 'bad guy' in a string of international films from the late 1980s which brought him international stardom, with notable films being "No Mercy " (1986), theJames Bond film "The Living Daylights " (1987), "The Punisher" (1989), and "The Fugitive" (1993). He has also appeared in numerous TV productions, and as 'Satan ' in the TV production "Jesus".He has also been both director, and producer recently with a film about Orthodox Jews during the 1970s in
Antwerp (Flanders) co-starringIsabella Rossellini , andMaximilian Schell called Left Luggage made in 1998 and theHarry Mulisch novel adapted into film "The Discovery of Heaven ".Apart from acting and directing he is an accomplished artist (his paintings have graced Dutch postal stamps) and co-authored a Dutch cook-book. In November 2004 he released the book "schilder", which is an overview of his paintings.
Krabbé has three sons, Martijn, Jasper and Jacob.
Filmography
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Soldier of Orange " (1977)
*"The Fourth Man " (1983)
*"Turtle Diary " (1985)
*"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986)
*"No Mercy" (1986)
*"The Living Daylights " (1987)
*"Crossing Delancey " (1988)
*"Shadow Man" (1988)
*"The Punisher" (1989)
*"Robin Hood" (1991)
*"Kafka" (1991)
*"The Prince of Tides " (1991)
*"Stalin" (1992)
*"For a Lost Soldier " (1993)
*"The Fugitive" (1993)
*"Immortal Beloved" (1994)
*"Farinelli" (1994)
*"Left Luggage" (1998)
*"Ever After " (1998)
*"Jesus" (1999)"
*"An Ideal Husband" (1999)
*"The Discovery of Heaven" (2001)
*"Ocean's Twelve " (2004)
*"" (2005)
*"Offscreen " (2005)
*"Snuff-Movie" (2005)Director
*"Left Luggage" (1998)
*"The Discovery of Heaven" (2001)Bibliography
*"Het eenvoudige kookboek" with
Marjan Berk .
*"Schilder"References
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