Stijn Mathias Koomen (born March 18, 1987) is a
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actor
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.
Early years
At age 10 he started his education in acting at the theaterschool for youth in Amsterdam (
AJTS). His television-career started at the age of 12 in the Dutch television series, ''Wat nou?!'', from Dutch director
Eddy Terstall. In 2002, Koomen starred as Mick, the older brother of Willem in the Dutch children's TV hit series
''Ik ben Willem''. Koomen played in all three seasons of the series between the ages of 14 and 21.
Film roles
Two years later, Koomen played a role in the movie ''
Simon'', directed by (
Eddy Terstall, 2004). The movie won in 4 categories of the National Dutch Film Awards (
Gouden Kalveren). ''
Simon'' was also the Dutch entry for the
Oscars
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in 2005.
Koomen also played in the independent movies ''
Diep
''Deep'' ( nl, Diep) is a 2005 Dutch drama film about the 14-year-old girl Heleen (played by 15-year-old Melody Klaver).
Many scenes are in extreme close-up.
Plot
Heleen practises tongue kissing first on her arm, then on another girl who is ...
'', (
Simone van Dusseldorp, 2005) and “''
Tussenstand''” by Mijke de Jong. In the latter, he was one of the main characters next to
Marcel Musters and
Elsie de Brouw.''
Tussenstand'' won 3 National Dutch Film Awards as well as several international awards.
In 2009, Koomen played the leading role in the international film ''
R U There'' by David Verbeek. ''
R U There'' premiered during the international
Cannes Film Festival
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in the section: ''
un certain regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films ...
.'' It eventually won 2 National Dutch Film Awards and was sold internationally.
After ''
R U There'' Koomen played in various short movies and television films. Amongst them: ''Valdrift'' (Jasper Wessels, 2010) and ''Mijn Marco'' (Sarah Verweij, 2011).He also guest starred in a variety of television series such as ''
Van God Los'' (2012) and ''
GTST'' (2014).
References
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1987 births
Living people
Dutch male actors
Dutch male film actors
Dutch male television actors
Male actors from Amsterdam
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