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Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (born 1964, Namur) is a Belgian actor and comedian, co-creator and star of Man Bites Dog (1992), a three-time César nominee and 2014 Magritte Best Actor winner.
Carel Struycken
Carel Struycken (born 1948, The Hague) is the 2.13 m tall Dutch character actor who played Lurch in The Addams Family, The Giant in Twin Peaks, and Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Carice van Houten
Carice Anouk van Houten (born 1976, Leiderdorp) is a Dutch actress known for Black Book (2006) and Melisandre in Game of Thrones; five Golden Calf awards and an Emmy nomination.
Cécile de France
Cécile de France, born 1975, is a Belgian actress working mainly in French cinema since her 2002 breakthrough, winner of two César Awards and known for L'Auberge espagnole, Hereafter, and The Young Pope.
Céline Buckens
Céline Buckens, also credited as Celine Buckens, is a Belgian-born British actress born in 1996 in Brussels. Known for Emilie in War Horse, Talitha Campbell in Showtrial (BAFTA and Emmy nominated), and lead roles in The Ex-Wife and Talamasca.
Eline Powell
Eline Powell (born Eline Pauwels, Leuven, Belgium, 1990) is a Belgian RADA-trained actress who played mermaid Ryn in Freeform's Siren (2018–2020), Bianca in Game of Thrones season 6, and led Anita B. (2014).
Ellie de Lange
Ellie de Lange (born 1997) is a British-Dutch actress and director known for The Serpent, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Arcadia, Netflix's Run Away, and her short film Verdomme.
Emmanuel Macchia
Emmanuel Macchia (born 2005, Charleroi) is a Belgian-Italian actor whose debut role as Pierre in Lukas Dhont's Coward (Les Braves, 2026) won him the 2026 Cannes Best Actor prize shared with Valentin Campagne.
Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
Erland Van Lidth De Jeude (1953-1987), Dutch-born American actor, MIT-trained computer scientist, NCAA heavyweight wrestler, and bass-baritone; played Terror, Grossberger, and Dynamo in four films.
Famke Janssen
Famke Janssen (born 1964, Amstelveen, Netherlands) is a Dutch actress and former model known for Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey in the X-Men trilogy, Lenore in Taken, and Netflix's Amsterdam Empire (2025).
George Gaynes
George Gaynes (born George Jongejans, 1917–2016), Finnish-born American actor and opera singer; Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster, Commandant Lassard in all seven Police Academy films, John Van Horn in Tootsie, and Robert Baker in Broadway's Wonderful Town.
Halina Reijn
Halina Reijn (born 1975, Amsterdam) is a Dutch actress, writer, director, and producer, ITA stage actress and Theo d'Or winner, director of Instinct, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Babygirl for A24, and 2026 Gouden Kalf voor de Filmcultuur honoree.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, born 1960, Brussels), Belgian actor and martial artist, 'Muscles from Brussels', star of Bloodsport, Universal Soldier, Timecop, JCVD.
Jeroen Krabbé
Jeroen Aart Krabbé (born 1944, Amsterdam) is a Dutch actor, film director, and painter, known for Soldaat van Oranje, De vierde man, villain roles in The Living Daylights and The Fugitive, and his exhibited landscape paintings.
Jonas Bloquet
Jonas Bloquet (born 1992, Brussels) is a Belgian-French actor and director known as Frenchie/Maurice in The Nun and The Nun II, Vincent in Elle (César nomination), Theo in Night Call, and roles in 1899 and Germinal.
Josha Stradowski
Josha Stradowski, Dutch actor born 1995 in Rotterdam, plays Rand al'Thor in The Wheel of Time (2021-2025); also known for Just Friends (2018), High Flyers, and Gran Turismo (2023).
Katja Herbers
Katja Herbers (born 1980) is a Dutch actress known as Kristen Bouchard in Evil, Grace/Emily in Westworld, and Helen Prins in Manhattan; trained at HB Studio and Theaterschool Amsterdam.
Lotte Verbeek
Lotte Verbeek, Dutch actress born 1982, in Venlo; Locarno and Marrakech Best Actress winner for Nothing Personal (2009), Berlinale Shooting Star 2010, known as Geillis Duncan in Outlander, Katarina Rostova in The Blacklist, and Emmy Göring in Nuremberg (2025).
Marwan Kenzari
Marwan Kenzari (مروان كنزاري), Dutch-Tunisian actor born 1983 in The Hague, Golden Calf winner for Wolf (2013), known internationally as Jafar in Aladdin, Joe in The Old Guard, and roles in Black Adam and The Angel.
Matthias Schoenaerts
Matthias Schoenaerts (born 1977, Antwerp) is a Belgian actor known for Bullhead, Rust and Bone (César winner), The Drop, The Old Guard, The Regime, and as Krem in Supergirl (2026).
Max Croes
Max Croes (Maximiliaan Johannes Rudolf Croes, born 1988, Nijmegen) is a Dutch actor and model based in London, known for Resonance (2018), Rocketman (2019), A Working Man (2025), and Pressure (2026).
Michel Qissi
Michel Qissi (Mohammed Qissi, ميشيل قيسي), born 1962 in Oujda, Morocco, is a Moroccan-Belgian actor, martial artist, and director, famous as villain Tong Po in Kickboxer (1989) and Kickboxer 2, and a longtime Jean-Claude Van Damme collaborator from Bloodsport to Lionheart.
Michiel Huisman
Michiel Huisman (born 1981, Amstelveen) is a Dutch actor and musician known for Sonny in Treme, Daario Naharis in Game of Thrones, and lead roles in The Age of Adaline and Rebel Moon.
Olivier Richters
Olivier Richters, The Dutch Giant, born 1989 in Hilversum, is a 2.18 m Dutch actor and Guinness-certified tallest professional bodybuilder; roles include Hauke in Indiana Jones, Krom in Borderlands, Paulie in Reacher, and Zangief in Street Fighter (2026).
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Bauchau (born 6 December 1938, Brussels) is a Belgian actor known as Sydney in The Pretender, Scarpine in A View to a Kill, and roles in Panic Room, 2012, and Carnivàle.
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor of Floris and five Paul Verhoeven films, internationally known as Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982) and its tears-in-rain monologue; Golden Globe winner 1988 for Escape from Sobibor.
Sylvia Hoeks
Sylvia Hoeks (Sylvia Gertrudis Martyna Hoeks), Dutch actress born 1983 in Maarheeze, known for Luv in Blade Runner 2049, Queen Kane in See, a 2007 Golden Calf for Duska, and upcoming Lords of War.
Sylvia Kristel
Sylvia Maria Kristel (1952–2012), Dutch actress famous as the title role of Emmanuelle (1974); over fifty films, Hollywood years, later painter and memoirist; died of cancer in Amsterdam.
Talitha Getty
Talitha Getty, born Talitha Dina Pol (1940-1971), Dutch actress, model, and socialite; wife of John Paul Getty Jr.; late-1960s style icon of Marrakech bohemian fashion.
Thekla Reuten
Thekla Reuten (Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten), Dutch actress born 1975 in Bussum, starred in Oscar-nominated Twin Sisters and Everybody's Famous!, won Golden Calves for Narcosis and Voor de Meisjes, and played Jillian Salvius in Warrior Nun.