Julien Schoenaerts
Julien Schoenaerts (born August 3, 1925 in Eigenbilzen ; † September 7, 2006 in Antwerp ) was a Dutch- speaking Belgian actor . After the Second World War, he was considered one of the best actors in the Flemish part of Belgium . He was the father of Matthias Schoenaerts .
biography
Julien Schoenaerts played in numerous plays and in film and television.
His first role is the most important in one of the important Belgian films of the 1950s. Meeuwen sterven in de haven (1955).
During this decade, the actor interprets, among others, the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the Guardian by Harold Pinter . He then settled in the Netherlands.
Julien Schoenaerts also played the role of Pieter de Coninck in De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1985) by Hugo Claus and that of Bishop Antoine Stillemans in Priests of the Disenfranchised (1993). In 1994 he appeared in Taxandria by Raoul Servais . He had his last role in the film Ellen Calling - Message from Fate (2004), in which his son also starred.
Since the 1970s Julien Schoenaerts suffered from severe mental health problems and lived in various psychiatric hospitals.
He died on September 8, 2006 at the age of 81.
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Meeuwen sterven in de haven
- 1985: De Leeuw van Vlaanderen
- 1993: Priest of the Disenfranchised (Daens)
- 1994: Taxandria
- 2004: Ellen Calling - Message from Fate (Ellektra)
bibliography
- Stan Lauryssens , Schoenaerts , Brussels, Manteau , 2014
Web links
- Julien Schoenaerts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Julien Schoenaerts at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoenaerts, Julien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eigenbilzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2006 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |