Tygo Gernandt

Tygo Gernandt is an actor and voice actor whose first television appearance came at twelve, in a promotional video for the Netherlands' bid to host the Olympic Games. He became well known through the youth series Fort Alpha, which led to guest appearances and leading parts in television series such as De Garage and Van Speijk. His feature films include De Dominee, Naar De Klote, Dunya & Desie and Ik omhels je met 1000 armen. For his leading role in Van God Los, he received a Golden Calf for Best Actor in 2003. In 2005 he won another Golden Calf for Het Schnitzelparadijs, sharing it with four co-stars. Later Dutch cinema work included Winter in Wartime (2008), along with Het Leven Uit Een Dag and Mijn vader is een detective. He also took leads in Carmen van het Noorden and First Mission, played the main role in the stage production RAAF (2009), and has voiced Disney animated characters.