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Johan Leysen is a Belgian actor. He has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the film De grens, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. In 1998 he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role in the movie Felice...Felice.... In the 2010 film The American, he appeared as Pavel, mysterious handler of Jack, the assassin character played by George Clooney.
Born
Sunday, 19 February 1950
Died
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Bite | Bernard | 2024 |
Under the Naked Sky | Bucko | 2023 |
Temps mort | Père Bonnard / André Bonnard | 2023 |
Noise | Pol | 2023 |
Pink Moon | Jan | 2022 |
Pandore | Simon Delval | 2022 |
Before We Die | Heavyset Man | 2021 |
A Hidden Life | Ohlendorf / Ohlendorf, the Painter | 2019 |
Ravachol | 2019 | |
Claire Darling | Père Georges | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Bite | Bernard | 2024 |
Under the Naked Sky | Bucko | 2023 |
Temps mort | Père Bonnard / André Bonnard | 2023 |
Noise | Pol | 2023 |
Pink Moon | Jan | 2022 |
Pandore | Simon Delval | 2022 |
Before We Die | Heavyset Man | 2021 |
A Hidden Life | Ohlendorf / Ohlendorf, the Painter | 2019 |
Ravachol | 2019 | |
Claire Darling | Père Georges | 2019 |
Alone at My Wedding | Le père de Bruno | 2018 |
Ik weet wie je bent | Herman Kasteel | 2018 |
Resurrection | acting | 2018 |
Fritz Bauer, un procureur contre le nazisme | Narrator | 2018 |
Façades | Jean | 2017 |
Tueurs | Jean Lemoine / Procureur Jean Lemoine | 2017 |
Around Luisa | Maurice | 2017 |
Past Imperfect | George | 2017 |
Souvenir | Tony Jones | 2016 |
Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Thorvald Mikkelsen | 2016 |
Vechtershart | John Roest | 2015 |
Despite the Night | Vitali | 2015 |
The Assistant | Eric Lemans / Éric | 2015 |
The Brand New Testament | Le mari de Martine / Martine's Husband | 2015 |
Son of Mine | Vester | 2015 |
The Missing | Karl Sieg | 2014 |
2/11 Het spel van de wolf | Sybrand van Hulst | 2014 |
Obsessive Rhythms | Wladimir | 2014 |
Het vonnis | Jan De Cock / Lawyer De Cock | 2013 |
Young & Beautiful | Georges Ferriere / Georges | 2013 |
The Spiral | Victor Detta / Arturo | 2012 |
Photo | Tom | 2012 |
Goldman | Alter Goldman | 2011 |
The Silence of Joan | Le chef des gardes / Head Guard | 2011 |
Requiem for a Killer | Van Kummant | 2011 |
Antwerpen Centraal | The traveller | 2011 |
Sea of Tranquillity | Captain | 2010 |
The American | Pavel | 2010 |
Sister Smile | Père Jean | 2009 |
Private Lessons | Serge | 2009 |
West Point | 2008 | |
De brief voor de koning | Narrator (voice) | 2008 |
Summer Heat | Mummie | 2008 |
L'été indien | René Kreuymerkers | 2008 |
Collection Fred Vargas | Lucio | 2007 |
Le lièvre de Vatanen | Peter | 2006 |
Someone Else's Happiness | Francis | 2005 |
Spiral | Maître Atalay | 2005 |
Miss Montigny | Antonio | 2005 |
Clara Sheller | Maxime | 2005 |
Through the Eyes of Another | David Grünblatt | 2005 |
Grimm | Father | 2003 |
Retour à Locmaria | Van Brak | 2003 |
Gun-Shy | Romberg, Isabellas Stiefvater | 2003 |
Moonlight | Father | 2002 |
The Enclave | George Terhoef | 2002 |
L'enfant des Lumières | Henri de Breyves | 2002 |
Tattoo | Frank Schoubya | 2002 |
The Red Siren | Travis | 2002 |
De 9 dagen van de gier | Martin Jonker | 2001 |
Savage Souls | Rampal | 2001 |
Brotherhood of the Wolf | Beauterne | 2001 |
Pretend I'm Not Here | René | 2001 |
Lisa | Professor Seyden | 2001 |
The King Is Dancing | Cambert | 2000 |
The Squad | Ralph Bunter | 2000 |
Nag la bombe | Simon, the cop | 2000 |
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic | Primo Ghirardi | 2000 |
Missing Link | Ed Oudeweetering | 1999 |
Maten | Officier Blaak | 1999 |
Train of Life | Schmecht | 1998 |
The Stranger of Strasbourg | Bastien | 1998 |
The Commissioner | Horst Kramer | 1998 |
Felice... Felice... | Felice Beato | 1998 |
Schimanski | Dr. de Koning / Daniel Laroc | 1997 |
The Gambler | De Grieux | 1997 |
Tykho Moon | Anikst | 1996 |
True Blue | Daniel Topolski | 1996 |
Un samedi sur la terre | Franck | 1996 |
Poëzie is woordkunst: Paul Van Ostaijen 1896-1928 | Commentaar | 1996 |
De langste reis | Mertens | 1996 |
Moon Shadow | Titto | 1995 |
La rage au coeur | Franck | 1994 |
Queen Margot | Maurevel | 1994 |
Trahir | George / George Vlaicu | 1993 |
Swing Kids | Herr Schumler | 1993 |
L'ordre du jour | Legin | 1993 |
Rooksporen | 1992 | |
Daens | Schmitt | 1992 |
Between Heaven and Earth | Hans | 1992 |
Boven de bergen | Vincent | 1992 |
The Johnsons | Majoor Jansma | 1992 |
Maigret | Karl Andersen | 1991 |
Eline Vere | Henk van Raat | 1991 |
Niemand mag dit weten | 1991 | |
Openbaringen van een slapeloze | Visitor | 1991 |
Alissa in Concert | Ziekenbroeder / Agent te paard / Man in limousine | 1990 |
Dilemma | Jan Rijckaert | 1990 |
Romeo | Matthijs | 1990 |
Een wolk van groen | 1990 | |
The Music Teacher | François Manssaux | 1988 |
L'oeuvre au noir | Rombaut | 1988 |
Ei | Johan | 1988 |
Desiderando Giulia | Emilio | 1986 |
De deur van het huis | Karel | 1985 |
De prooi | Mellema | 1985 |
Hail Mary | Le professeur | 1985 |
Broken Mirrors | The Boss / The Boss (as Johan Leyssen) | 1984 |
De grens | Hans Deitz | 1984 |
De Stille Oceaan | Jan Verstraete | 1984 |
The Girl with the Red Hair | Frans | 1981 |
Rubens, schilder en diplomaat | Rubens | 1977 |
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Jeff Van Houtte | 1967 |
Les cinq dernières minutes | Le commissaire hollandais | 1958 |