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Popular Film Actors from the Netherlands
List of famous film actors and actresses from Netherlands, listed by their popularity with photos when available. Netherlands has given birth to some great movie actors and actresses over the years, many of who have gone on to star in comedies, dramas, horror movies and more. These are some of the best Dutch screen actors in the history of the world, so if you're a native of Netherlands and an aspiring actor/actress then these are people you should look up to.
This is a list that includes film actors like Ton Lensink and Ana Popović.
This list answers the questions, "Who are the best Dutch actors?" and "Which movies stars are from Netherlands?"
You can click on the names of these legendary movie stars of Netherlands in order to get more information about each one. If you're a film buff use this list of talented Dutch film actors to find some new movies you haven't already seen.- Batman Begins, Blade Runner, Sin City
- Birthplace: Breukelen, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (Dutch: [ˈrɵtxər ˈulsə(n) ˈɦʌuər]; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public the Best Dutch Actor ...more - Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, Roman Holiday
- Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
- Nationality: United Kingdom
Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden ...more - X-Men, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men 2
- Birthplace: Amstelveen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch: [ˈfɑmkə ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born c. 1964) is a Dutch actress, director, screenwriter, and former fashion model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix ...more - War and Peace - 1914, Majoor Frans, De kroon der schande
- Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Jan van Dommelen (28 April 1878 – 26 October 1942) was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 44 films between 1911 and 1939. - Godforsaken, Down, I Love You Too
- Birthplace: Uithoorn, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Angela Schijf is a Dutch actress. On 3 July 2002 she married the Belgian actor Tom Van Landuyt; together, they have 3 daughters. She is best known for playing Eva van Dongen in the Dutch tv-series ...more - The Fugitive, Ocean's Twelve, Ever After
- Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Jeroen Aart Krabbé (Dutch pronunciation: [jəˈrun ˈaːrt krɑˈbeː]; born 5 December 1944) is a Dutch actor and film director who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1963, including Soldaat van ...more - War and Peace - 1914, Majoor Frans, De kroon der schande
- Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Johanna "Annie" Bos (10 December 1886 – 3 August 1975) was a Dutch theater and silent film actress, known as Holland's first movie star and diva. Bos started her acting career in Antwerp, but soon ...more - Deep Impact, When a Stranger Calls, Three Men and a Baby
- Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Dick Hein "Derek" de Lint (Dutch pronunciation: [dɪk ɦɛin ˈdɛrək də lɪnt]; born 17 July 1950) is a Dutch film and television actor, best known for playing the role of Derek Rayne in Poltergeist: The ...more - Spartacus, An American in Paris, The Ten Commandments
- Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands, United States of America
Nina Foch (; born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock; April 20, 1924 – December 5, 2008) was a Dutch American actress. After signing a contract with Columbia Pictures at age 19, Foch became a regular in the ...more 
The Assault, Han de Wit, R.I.P.- Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Huub van der Lubbe is an actor, poet and singer- Men in Black, The Witches of Eastwick, The Addams Family
- Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
- Nationality: United States of America,Netherlands
Carel Struycken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈstrœy̯kə(n)]; born 30 July 1948) is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing the Giant/Fireman in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, ...more - Mottige Janus, Artistenrevue
- Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Koos Speenhoff was an actor, screenwriter and film score composer. - Love is All, Yes Nurse! No Nurse!, Alle tijd
- Birthplace: Netherlands, Rotterdam
- Nationality: Netherlands
Paul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor. De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though ...more - De Vriendschap, Links, Loft
- Birthplace: Roosendaal, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Jeroen van Koningsbrugge is a film and television actor. - Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, In love with Ibiza
- Birthplace: Netherlands, Rotterdam
- Nationality: Netherlands
Jan Kooijman is an actor. - Eric in the Land of Insects, Costa!, May 6th
- Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Georgina Carolina Verbaan (born 9 October 1979) is a Dutch actress and singer. Verbaan is best known for her recurring role in soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. She has also appeared in ...more - Pain & Gain, Deadly Game, Turkse chick
- Birthplace: Ibiza, Spain
- Nationality: Netherlands, Spain
Yolanthe Cabau (née Cabau van Kasbergen; 19 March 1985) is a Spanish-Dutch actress, model and television host. - Anne Frank Remembered, Anne Frank A Legacy For Our Time, Just a Diary: An Educational Film for Students 13 and Older About the Life and Diary of Anne Frank
- Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
- Nationality: Germany
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (German: [anəˈliːs maˈʁiː ˈfʁaŋk], Dutch: [ɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk]); 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Dutch-Jewish diarist. One of the most ...more - Bride Flight, Sonny Boy, Doodeind
- Birthplace: Netherlands, Zaandam
- Nationality: Netherlands
Micha Hulshof is an actor. - Private School, Private Lessons, Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Birthplace: Utrecht, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 – 17 October 2012) was a Dutch model and actress who appeared in over 50 films. She is best remembered as the eponymous character in five of the seven ...more - War and Peace - 1914, Bulldog Drummond, Majoor Frans
- Birthplace: Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Willem van der Veer (26 May 1887 – 21 June 1960) was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 32 films between 1913 and 1937. - Camping
- Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Frank Groothof is an actor. - Inkheart, The Deaths of Ian Stone
- Birthplace: Axel, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Marnix van den Broeke (born 24 February 1976 in Axel) is a Dutch actor and stuntman. After an education in dance at the Fontys dance academy in Tilburg, he joined in 1999 the Dutch National Ballet in ...more - A Strange Love Affair
- Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Ben van Os was a Dutch production designer and art director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. - Battleground, The Blue Angel, The Fighting 69th
- Birthplace: Utrecht, Netherlands
- Nationality: Netherlands
Roland Varno was a character actor from Utrecht, Netherlands. He appeared in dozens of films in the 1930s and 1940s including the Return of the Vampire, My Name is Julia Ross, Gunga Din, Three Faces ...more
