Rob Das (born 12 May 1969, in Delft, Netherlands) is a Dutch film and television actor, director and writer. His movie appearances include in '' The Damned'' (2002), ''

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'' (2001), and ''

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'' (2000). His TV appearances include in the miniseries '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001), ''

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'' (1996) and '' Vuurzee'' (2006). Besides, Das has also worked as the assistant director in the TV movies '' Gezocht: Man'' (2005) and ''

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'' (2004), and served as both the writer and director for the short movie '' Veilig Rijen'' (1997). One of the mostly known appearance of Das was as

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in the

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miniseries '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story''. The miniseries, which earned much fame, has been called "the best Anne Frank movie or miniseries" and it has been nominated for several

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awards, and it won an

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. Das starred alongside

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and

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. Recently, Rob Das has been reprising the role of Jan Gies in ANNE, a Dutch-language play based on Anne Frank's diary.

Filmography

As actor

;Theatre * ''

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'' (2018) as Bart * ''

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'' (2014 - 2016) as Jan Gies * '' De donkere kamer van Damokles'' (2013) ;Television * '' Recht Voor z'n Raab'' (1 episode, 1993) as Peter * ''

'' (1996) as Peter de Weerd * '' Russen'' (1 episode, 2000) as Johnny Zweers * '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001) as Jan Gies * ''

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'' (2 episodes, 1995–2002) * '' Zes Minuten'' (1 episode, 2004) as Bert * '' Vuurzee'' (7 episodes, 2005–2006) as Tom * '' Wijster'' (2008) as Wouter ;Film * '' Eveline'' (1995) * '' De Fiets'' (1997) * '' fl 19,99'' (1998) as Jeroen Hofstra * ''

'' (2000) as Jaap Roele * ''

'' (2001) * '' The Damned'' (''Zatracení'') (2002) as Gert * '' 15.35: spoor 1'' (2003) as Gymleraar * ''

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'' (2011) as Belga

As director

* '' Veilig Rijen'' (1997) (and as writer) * ''

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'' (2003)

As editor

* '' Once We Get There'' (2015) (and scenario) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

'' (2011)

As assistant director

* ''Sale'' (2003) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Gezocht: Man'' (2005) * '' Vuurzee'' (12 episodes, 2005–2006)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Rob 1969 births Living people Dutch film directors Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors People from Delft