Willem Nijholt
Acting
Biography
Willem Adrianus Nijholt (1934) is a Dutch actor, dancer and singer who has been immensely succesful in Dutch theatre, film and tv. In his later career he would frequently act as jury member, teacher and trainer of young talent.
Born: July 19, 1934
Place of Birth: Gombong
Known For
Bij Nader Inzien
Six friends from college in post-war Europe form a bond. Thirty years on, one of them writes a book on it, calling it the tombstone to their friendship, exposing their bond, analyzing, then totally destroying the false imprints of their alleged connections. A final get-together brings it all out into the open. Based on J.J. Voskuil's novel "Bij Nader Inzien".
De Kris Pusaka
Corrie en Haar Mannen
Penoza
Carmen, the daughter of a notorious Amsterdam drug lord, reluctantly takes charge of the family's smuggling business in order to clear her husband's debts.
Alaska
A slaughterhouse worker appears to be romantically involved with his boss's wife. They plan to leave the country together, but at the airport she waits for him in vain. Slowly but surely the three of them get entangled in a fateful web of betrayal, jealousy and revenge.
Ciske de Rat
Separated from his father and neglected by his mother, Ciske spends most of his time getting into scrapes on the streets of Amsterdam.
Hans, Life Before Death
Hans: Het Leven voor de dood (Hans, Life Before Death) is a documentary feature film about the life of the young composer Hans van Sweeden (1939-1963) and those who knew him intimately. The film is about the harrowing life of the musician, poet and actor Hans van Sweeden (1939-1963), who ended his life at the age of 24. Simultaneously, the film offers a poignant portrait of his contemporaries in the turbulent fifties and sixties and the children of the Nazis. It won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film in 1983. Award of the Dutch film critics, 1983; the Belgian film critics Award, 1984; Best Dutch Documentary 1980-1990. (Wikipedia)
Ciske the Rat
Lovable Amsterdam street urchin, 11 year old Ciske is nevertheless much in need of love as the Dutch 1984 title suggests. He is a scamp with a heart of gold. He causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one of the only children to befriend him and is bullied as a result. His mother works in a bar and Ciske helps out often late into the night - his father is at sea and his mother supplements her income with prostitution. Ciske is also a very angry young man and he smoulders with rage at life's injustices.
The Hidden Force
In the sweltering Dutch East Indies, the European colonizers are plagued by a hidden force; a combination of tropical magic, Eastern inscrutability and mutual incomprehension. Blind and deaf to the slumbering powers of the East Indian people, resident Van Oudyck, his son, daughter and seductive wife slowly but surely fall prey to this mysterious force...
Ciske de Rat
Filmography
as Henk Ooms
as Tour guide / Count Vlapono
as Self
as Stark
as Gijsbrecht van der Zee / Anthony Seawell
as Henri
as Willem
as Etienne
as Jules Coulée
as Ewout Lorentz
as Lucas Goudvis
as Man
as Havinck
as Henri
as Oom Henri
as Filips II
as Himself
as Self
as Ben Van Rooyen
as Ben van Rooyen
as Theo van Oudijck
as Willem Nijholt
as Nanning Storm