Derek de Lint
Biography
The Dutch actor Derek de Lint has worked in film, television and theater. Born in The Hague, he studied at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam and made his stage debut in 1975 in Hugo Claus's play Thuis. He played Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show, then Alex in Paul Verhoeven's Soldier of Orange, and took the leading part in Kort Amerikaans. Success came in the 1980s with Bastille (1984), as a history teacher haunted by his past, and Fons Rademakers's The Assault (1986), which won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe; the magazine Viva named him best actor. From 1987 to 1989 he worked in a dozen American and European productions, among them Mascara (1987) and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), and he played Peter Abelard in Stealing Heaven. His television work includes China Beach and The Endless Game, and he is known for playing Derek Rayne in Poltergeist: The Legacy.
76years old
Turns 77 on July 17in 288 days
- Born The Hague
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Dick Hein de Lint (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 31 years1987 to 2018
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A role that slipped away
De Lint was cast in 1991 as the lead of Highlander: The Series, playing Conner Macleod before the character became Duncan. He left the project, and the reasons were never known.
Early training
Derek de Lint trained at the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam for two years, where mornings began with ballet, jazz-ballet and sometimes Spanish dance.
Derek de Lint movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Roel Reiné directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Frank Lammers's page
Gijs Naber's page
Peter Paul Muller's page
Robert de Hoog's page
Teun Kuilboer's page
Roel ReinéDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2018
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