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Kevin Janssens (actor)
Belgian actor (born 1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kevin Janssens (born 21 August 1979) is a Belgian actor.[1]
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Early life and education
Janssens studied under Guido Henderickx at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp, graduating in 2003.[1]
Career
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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 Lutz in Coralie Fargeat's Revenge (2017), which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival,[2][3] was awarded Best Director at Sitges Film Festival,[4] and was selected in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[5] He appeared alongside Olga Kurylenko in Christian Volckman's 2019 horror film, The Room.[6]
In 2022, Janssens played Peter, Rémi's father, in Lukas Dhont's Close, which won Grand Prix at the 75th Festival de Cannes,[7] and was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[8]
Janssens' stage work includes his 2007 appearance and touring in a production of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin.[1]
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Awards and honors
Janssens was Belgium's nominee for the European Shooting Stars Award in 2007.[9][1] He was nominated for the Magritte Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in Patrick in 2019.[10][11]
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.[12]
Selected filmography
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Feature films and shorts
Janssens has appeared in more than twenty films.[citation needed]
Television
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Janssens has appeared in more than twenty television series.[citation needed]
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