Teun Luijkx (born 1986) is a Dutch actor.
Luijkx grew up in
Oerle
Oerle is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Veldhoven, about 7 km west of Eindhoven.
The village was first mentioned in 1249 Oerle, and is a combination of "open forest" and "s ...
, near Veldhoven. In high school, he showed interest in theater, so he ended up at the Theatre Foundation Plan in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...
, a project where professional theater directors to amateurs have a chance to gain experience. After high school, he went in 2004 to
Maastricht Theatre Academy, where he graduated in 2008.
After a small role in the television series ''
Battlestar Galactica
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'' in 2008 and a supporting role in the series ''
S1NGLE
''S1NGLE'' is a Dutch gag-a-day comic series, created in 2000 by Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit. It centers on three women and their endless endeavours to find the right male partner. The popularity of the series inspired a TV sitcom series of the s ...
'', he was cast as one of the main characters in ''
A'dam - EVA'', a collaboration between the
VARA, the
NTR and
VPRO
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. In May 2011, he played with Toneelgroep Maastricht together with Reinier Demeijer. This critically acclaimed musical theater production will end August 2011 in reprise during the Cultura Nova festival in
Heerlen
Heerlen (; ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the f ...
.
In 2013, he starred in the film ''
&ME''.
Filmography
External links
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1986 births
Living people
21st-century Dutch male actors
People from Veldhoven
Dutch male television actors
Dutch male film actors
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