Jan Decleir

Actor Feb 14 (age 80) Niel, Flanders, Belgium 1968–2025 (57 year career)

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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 i…

Known For

Film

Loft

Ludwig Tyberghein

Film

Character

Dreverhaven

Film

Antonia's Line

Sebastian

Film

The Memory of a Killer

Angelo Ledda

Film

Flying Home

Jos Pauwels

Film

WILL

The Professor

Film

The Claus Family

Noël Claus

Film

Priest Daens

Adolf Daens

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (97)

The Baronesses

as Lucien

WILL

as The Professor

The Claus Family 3

as Noël Claus

The Claus Family 2

as Noël Claus

The Claus Family

as Noël Claus

The Barefoot Emperor

as Willy Brandt

Een verkeerde toekomst

2019

as Jules

This Magnificent Cake!

as The King (voice)

Don't Shoot

as Albert

Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten

2018

as Sinterklaas

7.0

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint

2018

as Sinterklaas

The Blind Spot

2017

as Partijvoorzitter

5.9

Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint

2017

as Sinterklaas

Café Derby

as Bisschop

Me and Kaminski

as Holm

The Surprise

as Cornald Muller

Ay Ramon!

as Saint Nicholas

Wat Mannen Willen

as Pastoor

Szvo

as Szvo

Flying Home

2014

as Jos Pauwels

5.9

14-18 Spektakel-Musical

as Verteller

Finn

as Luuk

Nova Zembla

as Petrus Plancius

The Spring of César

as Buyer

De Sint Danst de Tango

2011

as Sinterklaas

Smoorverliefd

as Bob Seynens

Marieke, Marieke

as Jacoby

Omokage

Limo

Sister Smile

as Lucien Deckers

Les Barons

as Julien

Ob ihr wollt oder nicht

as Henning Brühl

Loft

as Ludwig Tyberghein

Blind

as Dokter Victor Verbeecke

Paparazzo

as Jeff Castelli

Firmin

as Freddy White

A Perfect Match

as Leopold

Wolfsbergen

as Ernst

Where Is Winky's Horse?

2007

as Oom Siem/Sinterklaas

6.7

King of the World

2006

as Max

De Zondvloed

2006

as man

Off Screen

as John Voerman

Long Weekend

as Jos

Winky's Horse

as Oom Siem / Sinterklaas

6.6

Someone Else's Happiness

2005

as Johnny De Flow

6.1

The Edelweiss Pirates

as Ferdinand Kütter

The Kiss

as Marcel Lenaerts

Brush with Fate

as Old Laurens

Rosenstrasse

as Nathan Goldberg

The Memory of a Killer

as Angelo Ledda

SuperTex

The Missing Half

as Le gynécologue

Flight of the Imagination

Father's Affair

as Huib Minderhout

Villa Des Roses

Hop

De Verlossing

as Oscar

Lijmen/Het been

as rechter Teugels

the Detour

Mariken

as Archibald

Running Free

as Boss Man

Shades

as Freddy Lebecq

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

as Bishop Köckerman

Little Crumb

as Vader Keyzer

Taming the Floods

as Moeders vriend

Character

as Dreverhaven

La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos

as Arno's friend

Antonia's Line

as Sebastian

Anchoress

as Mason

Beck – De gesloten kamer

as Beck

Priest Daens

as Adolf Daens

Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven

as Jacob

Koko Flanel

as Azère Smellekens

Dilemma

as Leon Bekkers

The Sacrament

1990

as Albert

5.2

The van Paemel Family

as Masco

The Lion of Flanders

as Jan Breydel

Permeke

as Stem van Permeke (voice)

John the Fearless

1984

as John the Fearless / Jan zonder Vrees (voice)

Zware jongens

as Gevangene 1

Toute une nuit

The Life We Dreamt Of

1982

as Kommentaar

Tijd om gelukkig te zijn

1982

as De man

Things Past

1982

as Kees

Two Queens and One Consort

as Vader

Le Filet Américain

De Proefkonijnen

as Jef

Mortal Sin

as Marcels vader

A Page of Love

as Un ouvrier

Burned Bridges

as Charel

Pallieter

as Bohumil

Verloren maandag

as Katangees

The Conscript

as Jan Braems

Chronicle of a Passion

1973

as Renier Joskin de Lamarache

5.5

Mira

1971

as Lander

5.0

De geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr.

1968

as Hendrik Vandersteen

Television (21)

Tytgat Chocolat

2017

as Achille Verherstraeten

7.4

The Eleventh of the Eleventh

2016

as Hubert Geunings

5.3

New Texas

2015

as Ludo Vrancken (oud)

7.0

Sinteressante dingen

2009

as Sinterklaas

Holland's past

2008

as Voice

Koning van de Wereld

as Max

De Kavijaks

as De Generaal

De zaak Alzheimer

Meiden van de Wit

as Klaas de Wit

Stille Waters

as Stan Moreels

Stille Waters

as Stan Moereels

9 Days of the Vulture

2001

as Victor Dielemans

8.0

De grote boze wolf show

2000

as Bob de Beer

Diamant

as Karel Van Grieken

Kulderzipken

as Koning Jozef

Buiten De Zone

as Uitvinder van het woordenboek

8.9

Moeder, waarom leven wij?

Dag Sinterklaas

as Sinterklaas

Sil de strandjutter

Keromar

as Odo

Wij Heren Van Zichem

1968

as Stegger

6.0