Herman van Veen

Acting

Born: 1945-03-14
From: Utrecht, Netherlands
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Biography

Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician and painter. He worked with accompanists Laurens van Rooyen and Erik van der Wurff, both of whom were pianists and composers. In addition to performing internationally, Van Veen is famous as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak (1976). The original one-man theatre show was adapted as a Dutch-German-Japanese cartoon (1989), which was broadcast internationally. In addition to creating the show's story, Van Veen also wrote, composed and performed most of the show's music. He also performed the voice-overs for the characters Johan Sebastian Kwak, Krabnagel de Kater and Professor Paljas (Professor Buffon) in the Dutch and German versions of Alfred J. Kwak.

Awards & Nominations8 won · 0 nominated

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Joachim-Ringelnatz Price

2020
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Frans Banninck Cocq Penning

2014
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honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

2009
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Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1999
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Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

1993
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Nationale Scheveningen Cabaret award

1983
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Golden Harp

1976
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Silver Harp

1969

Acting29 titles

Directing2 titles

Writing4 titles

Production1 title

Sound1 title

Creator2 titles