Kevin Janssens
Janssens in 2011
Born (1979-08-21) 21 August 1979
Antwerp, Belgium
OccupationActor
Years active2002-present

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

Early life and education

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

Career

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.

Janssens' stage work includes his 2007 appearance and touring in a production of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin.[1]

Awards and honors

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.

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]

Selected filmography

Feature films and shorts

As of 2022, Janssens had appeared in more than twenty films.

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

As of 2022, Janssens had appeared in more than twenty television series.

Year Title Role Notes
2006 King of the World[1] Miniseries, 5 episodes
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Feuillère, Anne (13 February 2007). "Kevin Janssens • Actor". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Lemercier, Fabien (22 January 2018). "Revenge: A Violent Rebirth" (movie review). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ SmithsonianMag.com Staff (November 2019). "17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest: People—Kevin Janssens". Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Undercover (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb, retrieved 24 November 2022
  7. ↑ "New movies to stream this week: 'The Rental,' 'Amulet' and more". The Washington Post. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (15 November 2022). "'Fair Trade': Season 2 Of Belgian Cop Drama Rolling Out On Amazon And Streamz". Deadline. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

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