- Jan Decleir
Infobox actor
name = Jan Decleir
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caption = Jan Decleir as Angelo Ledda in "The Alzheimer Case "
birthname = Jan Amanda Gustaaf Decleir
birthdate = birth date and age|1946|2|14
location = flagicon|BelgiumNiel ,Belgium
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notable role = "Priest Daens" in "Daens ";
"Dreverhaven" in "Character";
"Angelo Ledda" in "The Memory of a Killer
academyawards =
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goldencalfawards = Best Supporting Actor
2007 "Wolfsbergen"
Culture Prize
2003 Lifetime Archievement
Grolsch Film Award
1997 "Character"
spouse =Jan Decleir (born
February 14 ,1946 ), is a prolific Flemishmovie and stageactor born inNiel ,Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium).He had his first big role in "
Fons Rademakers "' "Mira" (1971 ) and has since then appeared in countless Flemish and Dutch films and tv productions. He starred in Academy Award winning movies as "Karakter" and "Antonia " and the Oscar-nominated social drama "Daens". More recently he turned down roles inStanley Kubrick 's "Eyes Wide Shut " (due to commitments to other projects) and the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough ".In 2003 he had the starring role in the critically acclaimed thriller "
The Memory of a Killer " (The Alzheimer Case) of which the leading American criticRoger Ebert wrote in his review: "Jan Decleir never goes for the easy effect, never pushes too hard, is a rock-solid occupant of his character. Everything he has to say is embodied, not expressed. Talks are under way for a Hollywood remake, but this performance will not be easily equaled. Gene Hackman, maybe. Morgan Freeman. Robert Mitchum, if he were alive. Decleir is the real thing."Filmography
* "Heeft geleden onder Pontius Pilatus" (1966)
* "Geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr." (1968)
* "Het huis met de maskers" (1968)
* "De meeuw" (1968)
* "Klucht van de brave moordenaar" (1969)
* "Koning Lear" (=King Lear) (1969)
* "Het Helleschip" (1969)
* "Zeven miljoen molekulen" (1970)
* "De Familie Tot" (1971)
* "Mira , aka Mira of de teleurgang van de waterhoek" (1971)
* "August, August, August" (1971)
* "Rolande met de bles" (1972)
* "De Loteling" (=The Conscript) (1973)
* "De Vrek" (1974)
* "Verloren maandag" (1974)
* "Verbrande burg" (Burned bridge) (1975)
* "Pallieter" (1976)
* "De man in de rok en de man zonder" (1976)
* "Niet alle dieven komen ongelegen" (1976)
* "Als schilders konden spreken" (1976)
* "Une page d'amour" (=one page of love) (1978)
* "Doodzonde" (=Deadly sin) (1978)
* "De proefkonijnen" (1979)
* "Grueten broos" (1979)
* "Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven" (1981)
* "Twee vorstinnen en een vorst" (=Two queens and one consort) (1981)
* "Tijd om gelukkig te zijn" (=Time to be happy) (1982)
* "Het verleden" (1982)
* "Toute une nuit" (=A Whole/Entire Night) (1982)
* "Maria Danneels (of het leven dat we droomden)" (1982)
* "Zware jongens" (1984)
* "De Loteling" (1984)
* "John The Fearless" (1984)
* "De Leeuw van Vlaanderen " (= the Flemish lion) (1985)
* "Het gezin van Paemel " (=The Van Paemel family) (1986)
* "De Tijger" (1988)
* "Het eerste mirakel van kindeke Jesus" (1988)
* "Het Sacrament " (1990)
* "Koko Flanel " (1990)
* "Dilemma" (1990)
* "Anchoress" (1993)
* "Daens" (1993)
* "Beck - De gesloten kamer" (1993)
* "Antonia" (=Antonia's line) (1995)
* "Camping Cosmos " (1996)
* "Karakter " (=Character) (1997)
* "S." (1998)
* "Taming the Floods" (1999)
* "Retour Den Haag" (1999)
* "Molokai: The story ofFather Damien " (aka Molokai: the forbidden island) (1999)
* "Shades" (1999)
* "Kruimeltje" (=Little crumb) (1999)
* "Running free" (1999)
* "Lijmen/Het Been " (=The publishers) (2000)
* "Mariken" (2000)
* "De omweg" (2000)
* "De verlossing" (=Closure aka The other life) (2001)
* "Villa des Roses " (2002)
* "Hop" (2002)
* "Brush with Fate" (2003)
* "Rosenstrasse"(2003) (=Rosenstraße)
* "SuperTex" (= Supertex - Eine Stunde im Paradies)
* "Till Eusterspiegel" (=Jester Till) (2003)
* "Vlucht der verbeelding" (2003)
* "De Zaak Alzheimer " (2003)
* "L'Autre" (=The missing) (2003)
* "De passievrucht" (=Father's affair) (2003)
* "Edelweißpiraten" (=Edelweiss pirates) (2004)
* "De kus" (=The Kiss) (2004)
* "Off screen" (2005)
* "Een Ander Zijn Geluk " (2005)
* "Verlengd weekend" (2005)
* "nlil|Het Paard van Sinterklaas" (2005)
* "Crusade in Jeans" (2005)
* "Wolfsbergen " (2007) - seeNanouk Leopold
* "Man zkt vrouw (A Perfect Match)" (2007)He is also known from Flemish TV series such as:
* Keromar (1971)
* Sil de strandjutter (1976)
* Adriaen Brouwer (1986)
* Klein Londen, Klein Berlijn (1988)
* Moeder, waarom leven wij? (1993)
* Dag Sinterklaas (1993)
* Ons geluk (1995)
* Gaston Berghmans Show (1995)
* Kulderzipken (1996)
* Diamant (1997)
* Grote boze wolf show (2000)
* Stille waters (2001)
* De 9 dagen van de gier (2001)
* Meiden van De Wit (2002)
* Koning van de wereld (2005)
* Als 't maar beweegt (2005)
* De kavijaks (2005)External links
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