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(Top) 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Awards and honors 4 Selected filmography 4.1 Feature films and shorts 4.2 Television 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

Kevin Janssens (actor)

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Kevin Janssens
Janssens in 2011
Born	(1979-08-21) 21 August 1979 (age 44)^{[citation needed]} Antwerp, Belgium^{[citation needed]}
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002-present^{[citation needed]}

Kevin Janssens (born 21 August 1979) is a Belgian actor.^[1]

Early life and education[edit]

He studied under Guido Henderickx at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp, graduating in 2003.^[1]

Career[edit]

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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 Anna Ingrid LutzinCoralie 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 KurylenkoinChristian 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]

Awards and honors[edit]

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]}

Animage 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]

Selected filmography[edit]

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Feature films and shorts[edit]

Janssens has appeared in more than twenty films.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Television[edit]

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Janssens has appeared in more than twenty television series.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Feuillère, Anne (13 February 2007). "Kevin Janssens • Actor". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

^ Lemercier, Fabien (22 January 2018). "Revenge: A Violent Rebirth" (movie review). Retrieved 10 August 2022.

^ Berlatsky, Noah (21 July 2020). "The New Horror Movie 'The Room' Breaks Under the Weight of a Brilliant Concept" (movie review). Polygon. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

^ SmithsonianMag.com Staff (November 2019). "17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest: People—Kevin Janssens". Retrieved 10 August 2022.

^ "Gluren bij BV's: Kevin Janssens geeft voorsmaakje van nieuwe film... in bloot bovenlijf". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

^ Undercover (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb, retrieved 24 November 2022

^ "New movies to stream this week: 'The Rental,' 'Amulet' and more". The Washington Post. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

^ Whittock, Jesse (15 November 2022). "'Fair Trade': Season 2 Of Belgian Cop Drama Rolling Out On Amazon And Streamz". Deadline. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

External links[edit]

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