
Jan Decleir
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Niel, Flanders, Belgium
Biography
Jan Decleir (born February 14, 1946, in Niel, Belgium) is a Belgian film, television and stage actor, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Flemish cinema. He made his film debut in Mira (1971) and gained international recognition for his performances in Character (1997), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Oscar nominated drama Daens (1992). Alongside his extensive screen career, he is also a highly respected theatre actor and a central figure in Flemish cultural life.
Known For
Filmography
10 Broeders
TV · 1 ep

Tummy Tom 3: Look Who's Visiting Tummy Tom!
Movie · as Verteller (BE)

The Baronesses
Movie · as Lucien

Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend for Tummy Tom
Movie · as Verteller (BE)

Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddybear
Movie · as Verteller (BE)

WILL
Movie · as The Professor

The Claus Family 3
Movie · as Noël Claus

The Claus Family 2
Movie · as Noël Claus

The Barefoot Emperor
Movie · as Willy Brandt

The Claus Family
Movie · as Noël Claus

Een verkeerde toekomst
Movie · as Jules

This Magnificent Cake!
Movie · as The King (voice)

Don't Shoot
Movie · as Albert

Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten
Movie · as Sinterklaas

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
Movie · as Sinterklaas

The Blind Spot
Movie · as Partijvoorzitter

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
Movie · as Sinterklaas

Tytgat Chocolat
TV · as Achille Verherstraeten · 7 eps

The Eleventh of the Eleventh
TV · as Hubert Geunings · 7 eps

Me and Kaminski
Movie · as Holm

The Surprise
Movie · as Cornald Muller

Ay Ramon!
Movie · as Saint Nicholas

Café Derby
Movie · as Bisschop

Wat Mannen Willen
Movie · as Pastoor
Szvo
Movie · as Szvo

14-18 Spektakel-Musical
Movie · as Verteller

New Texas
TV · as Ludo Vrancken (oud) · 13 eps

Flying Home
Movie · as Jos Pauwels

Finn
Movie · as Luuk
De Sint Danst de Tango
Movie · as Sinterklaas

Nova Zembla
Movie · as Petrus Plancius
The Spring of César
Movie · as Buyer

Omokage
Movie

Smoorverliefd
Movie · as Bob Seynens

Marieke, Marieke
Movie · as Jacoby

Les Barons
Movie · as Julien

Sister Smile
Movie · as Lucien Deckers

Limo
Movie

Ob ihr wollt oder nicht
Movie · as Henning Brühl

Sinteressante dingen
TV · as Sinterklaas · 13 eps

Loft
Movie · as Ludwig Tyberghein

Holland's past
TV · as Voice · 8 eps

Firmin
Movie · as Freddy White

Where Is Winky's Horse?
Movie · as Oom Siem/Sinterklaas

A Perfect Match
Movie · as Leopold

Wolfsbergen
Movie · as Ernst
Paparazzo
Movie · as Jeff Castelli

Blind
Movie · as Dokter Victor Verbeecke

Koning van de Wereld
TV · as Max · 5 eps

De Kavijaks
TV · as De Generaal · 5 eps
De Zondvloed
Movie · as man

King of the World
Movie · as Max
Crusade in Jeans
Movie · as Count of Rottweil

Long Weekend
Movie · as Jos

Winky's Horse
Movie · as Oom Siem / Sinterklaas

Someone Else's Happiness
Movie · as Johnny De Flow

Off Screen
Movie · as John Voerman

The Kiss
Movie · as Marcel Lenaerts

The Edelweiss Pirates
Movie · as Ferdinand Kütter

De zaak Alzheimer
TV · 3 eps

Father's Affair
Movie · as Huib Minderhout

Rosenstrasse
Movie · as Nathan Goldberg

The Memory of a Killer
Movie · as Angelo Ledda

Brush with Fate
Movie · as Old Laurens

SuperTex
Movie

The Missing Half
Movie · as Le gynécologue

Flight of the Imagination
Movie

Villa Des Roses
Movie

Hop
Movie

Meiden van de Wit
TV · as Klaas de Wit · 1 ep

De Verlossing
Movie · as Oscar

Stille Waters
TV · as Stan Moreels, Stan Moereels · 13 eps

9 Days of the Vulture
TV · as Victor Dielemans · 8 eps

Lijmen/Het been
Movie · as rechter Teugels

Mariken
Movie · as Archibald

the Detour
Movie · as Vader van Joanna

De grote boze wolf show
TV · as Bob de Beer · 39 eps

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Movie · as Bishop Köckerman

Running Free
Movie · as Boss Man

Taming the Floods
Movie

Little Crumb
Movie · as Vader Keyzer

Shades
Movie · as Freddy Lebecq

S.
Movie · as Moeders vriend

Character
Movie · as Dreverhaven

Diamant
TV · as Karel Van Grieken · 6 eps

Camping Cosmos
Movie · as Arno's friend

Antonia's Line
Movie · as Sebastian

Kulderzipken
TV · as Koning Jozef · 20 eps

Buiten De Zone
TV · as Uitvinder van het woordenboek · 1 ep

Anchoress
Movie · as Mason

Beck – De gesloten kamer
Movie · as Beck

Moeder, waarom leven wij?
TV · 6 eps

Daens
Movie · as Adolf Daens

Dag Sinterklaas
TV · as Sinterklaas · 20 eps

Koko Flanel
Movie · as Azère Smellekens

Dilemma
Movie · as Leon Bekkers

Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven
Movie · as Jacob

The Sacrament
Movie · as Albert

The van Paemel Family
Movie · as Masco

The Lion of Flanders
Movie · as Jan Breydel
Permeke
Movie · as Stem van Permeke (voice)

John the Fearless
Movie · as John the Fearless / Jan zonder Vrees (voice)

Zware jongens
Movie · as Gevangene 1
Things Past
Movie · as Kees
Tijd om gelukkig te zijn
Movie · as De man

Toute une nuit
Movie

The Life We Dreamt Of
Movie · as Kommentaar

Two Queens and One Consort
Movie · as Vader

Le Filet Américain
Movie

De Proefkonijnen
Movie · as Jef

Mortal Sin
Movie · as Marcels vader
A Page of Love
Movie · as Un ouvrier

Burned Bridges
Movie · as Charel

Sil de strandjutter
TV · 7 eps

Pallieter
Movie · as Bohumil

The Conscript
Movie · as Jan Braems

Verloren maandag
Movie · as Katangees

Chronicle of a Passion
Movie · as Renier Joskin de Lamarache

Mira
Movie · as Lander

Keromar
TV · as Odo · 13 eps
De geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr.
Movie · as Hendrik Vandersteen

Wij Heren Van Zichem
TV · as Stegger · 1 ep