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Kevin Janssens
Janssens in 2011
Born	(1979-08-21) 21 August 1979 (age 45) Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002-present

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

Early life and education

Janssens studied under Guido Henderickx at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp, graduating in 2003.

Career

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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.

Janssens costarred alongside Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz in Coralie Fargeat's Revenge (2017), which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, was awarded Best Director at Sitges Film Festival, and was selected in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. He appeared alongside Olga Kurylenko in Christian Volckman's 2019 horror film, The Room.

In 2022, Janssens played Peter, Rémi's father, in Lukas Dhont's Close, which won Grand Prix at the 75th Festival de Cannes, and was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

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

Awards and honors

Janssens was Belgium's nominee for the European Shooting Stars Award in 2007. 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.

Selected filmography

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Feature films and shorts

Janssens has appeared in more than twenty films.

Television

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Janssens has appeared in more than twenty television series.

References

1. ^ Feuillère, Anne (13 February 2007). "Kevin Janssens • Actor". Cineuropa. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. Erbland, Kate (13 September 2017). "'Revenge': Inside the TIFF Midnight Madness Premiere So Intense That Paramedics Were Called". IndieWire. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
3. Keslassy, Elsa (15 September 2017). "Coralie Fargeat's Midnight Madness Hit 'Revenge' Sells Nearly Worldwide for Charades (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
4. Mayorga, Emilio (14 October 2017). "'Jupiter's Moon' Tops Spain's Sitges Festival". Variety. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
5. "Women Filmmakers at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
6. Noah, Berlatsky (21 July 2020). "The New Horror Movie 'The Room' Breaks Under the Weight of a Brilliant Concept". Polygon. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
7. "The 75th Festival de Cannes winners' list". Festival de Cannes. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
8. Cohn, Gabe (24 January 2023). "Oscars 2023 Nominee List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
9. Mitchell, Wendy (10 January 2007). "EFP selects 25 actors for 10th Shooting Stars in Berlin". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
10. Bradfer, Fabienne (8 January 2020). "«Duelles» et «Le jeune Ahmed» en tête des nominations des Magritte". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
11. Lonbois, Mathieu (8 January 2020). "Veerle Baetens en Kevin Janssens genomineerd voor Belgische filmawards Magritte du Cinéma". VRT (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
12. SmithsonianMag.com Staff (November 2019). "17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest: People—Kevin Janssens". Retrieved 10 August 2022.
13. Zilko, Christian (22 May 2022). "'Close' First Look: Lukas Dhont Returns to Cannes with Intimate Boyhood Drama". IndieWire. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
14. D'Alessandro, Anthony (26 May 2022). "A24 Takes Domestic On Lukas Dhont's 'Close' – Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
15. "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.
16. O'Sullivan, Michael (23 July 2020). "New movies to stream this week: 'The Rental,' 'Amulet' and more". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
17. Whittock, Jesse (15 November 2022). "'Fair Trade': Season 2 Of Belgian Cop Drama Rolling Out On Amazon And Streamz". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

Further reading

• Filmography list at CineNews.be.
• Actor entry at Burie Burie talent.
• Filmography and news at Cineuropa.org.

External links

• Kevin Janssens at IMDb

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