Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Benny (Matthijs van Sande Bakhuyzen) and Gini (Loïs de Jong) in 2008
Born Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
16 October 1988
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Matthijs Nicolaas van de Sande Bakhuyzen (born 16 October 1988) is a Dutch movie and television actor and former child actor.

Biography

Van de Sande Bakhuyzen was born on 16 October 1988 in Amsterdam, the son of movie director Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen. In 1992 his little sister Roeltje van de Sande Bakhuyzen, who is also an actress, was born.

His big break was in 1999, when he got the role of Erik in the VPRO television series De Daltons. He later played small roles in several films directed by his father, including Cloaca (2003) and Leef! (2005). That same year, his father died of cancer.

In 2006, he got his first big role in a movie when he beat 4000 other guys for the role of Jordi in the movie Afblijven, a teen-oriented film based on a novel by Carry Slee.[1]

Van de Sande Bakhuyzen received acting lessons from Carla van Driel and Tom de Ket in the same year.[2] At the ending of 2006, he was busy with filming De Daltons, de jongensjaren, the sequel of De Daltons which was aired in the 2007-2008 television season.

In 2008, Van de Sande Bakhuyzen played in the telefilm Bloedbroeders. In 2009 he was busy with the shootings of Het Leven uit een dag (2009). In 2011 he graduated from the Theatre Academy Maastricht.[2] He is currently appearing in the musical Help! at Seattle Children's Theatre.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2001 Saint Amour Louis at age 12 Television movie
2003 Cloaca Bram Television movie
2005 Leef! Boy in coffeeshop
2006 Penvriendin Johan Short film
Absolutely Positive Boy #1 Short film
Keep Off Jordi
2008 Bloedbroeders Arnout van Riebeeck Telefilm
Dunya & Desie Brother of Desie
2009 Het Leven uit een Dag Benny
2013 APP Benny

References

  1. RTL Boulevard Dutch clip about Matthijs in Afblijven
  2. 2.0 2.1 Official site of Bloedbroeders Cast & Crew, including biographies (Dutch)

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