Jacob Derwig

Jacob Derwig is a Dutch film and television actor. In 2003 he married actress Kim van Kooten; they have a son Roman and a daughter Kee Molly. Derwig has been part of the ensemble of Dutch theatre company Toneelgroep Amsterdam since 2005. For his part in their production Naar Damascus in 2008 he was nominated for a Louis d'Or, and in 2006 he was nominated for an Arlecchino for Opening Night. In 2008 he received the Paul Steenbergen-penning from Pierre Bokma. Before signing with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Derwig played with 't Barre Land and De Trust. There he played, amongst others, the title role in the acclaimed production of Hamlet, which earned him a nomination for a Louis d'Or.

Temmink: The Ultimate Fight (1998)

Somewhere in the near future, exists The Arena. Here men with an 'agression gene' with which they want to live no longer, are being admitted to fulfil their wish to die. Through fights to the death, televised by the commercial sportschannel, lives are being ended ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Paval Conen
CAST:  Jack Wouterse  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Ingrid Desmet

Somewhere in the near future, exists The Arena. Here men with an 'agression gene' with which they want to live no longer, are being admitted to fulfil their wish to die. Through fights to the death, televised by the commercial sportschannel, lives are being ended ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Paval Conen
CAST:  Jack Wouterse  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Ingrid Desmet

Tiramisu (2008)

Bookkeeper Jacob newest client is the talented and flamboyant actress Anne. They first meet each other on her houseboat, the morning after the premiere of Anne's new theatrical play. Anne has made a mess of her personal finances and she has a lot of debt. So much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paula van der Oest
CAST:  Anneke Blok  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Sylvia Hoeks  •  Ali Ben Horsting

Bookkeeper Jacob newest client is the talented and flamboyant actress Anne. They first meet each other on her houseboat, the morning after the premiere of Anne's new theatrical play. Anne has made a mess of her personal finances and she has a lot of debt. So much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paula van der Oest
CAST:  Anneke Blok  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Sylvia Hoeks  •  Ali Ben Horsting

The Dinner (2013)

Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menno Meyjes
CAST:  Thekla Reuten  •  Daan Schuurmans  •  Kim van Kooten  •  Jacob Derwig

Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menno Meyjes
CAST:  Thekla Reuten  •  Daan Schuurmans  •  Kim van Kooten  •  Jacob Derwig

Family Way (2012)

All the members of the De Roover family have ended up at a point of no return in their lives where crucial choices have to be made. Winnie wants a child. Her husband Rutmer wants to get in touch with his feelings. His brother Charlie doesn't want any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joram Lürsen
CAST:  Carice van Houten  •  Thijs Römer  •  Benja Bruijning  •  Jacob Derwig

All the members of the De Roover family have ended up at a point of no return in their lives where crucial choices have to be made. Winnie wants a child. Her husband Rutmer wants to get in touch with his feelings. His brother Charlie doesn't want any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joram Lürsen
CAST:  Carice van Houten  •  Thijs Römer  •  Benja Bruijning  •  Jacob Derwig

Sextet (2007)

Sextet is a film about love and relationships in Amsterdam. It features an ingeniously interwoven plot of several stories and characters. Together with the feature SIMON (2004) this one is part of Terstall's trilogy about the liberties of the present Dutch society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Katja Schuurman  •  Tara Elders  •  Gene Bervoets  •  Dieuwertje Blok

Sextet is a film about love and relationships in Amsterdam. It features an ingeniously interwoven plot of several stories and characters. Together with the feature SIMON (2004) this one is part of Terstall's trilogy about the liberties of the present Dutch society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eddy Terstall
CAST:  Katja Schuurman  •  Tara Elders  •  Gene Bervoets  •  Dieuwertje Blok

Leak (2000)

Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced into obtaining secret information from a childhood friend turned gangster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean van de Velde
CAST:  Cas Jansen  •  Ricky Koole  •  Thomas Acda  •  Victor Löw

Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced into obtaining secret information from a childhood friend turned gangster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean van de Velde
CAST:  Cas Jansen  •  Ricky Koole  •  Thomas Acda  •  Victor Löw

The Dress (1996)

The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Henri Garcin  •  Ingeborg Elzevier  •  Khaldoun Elmecky  •  Margo Dames

The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Henri Garcin  •  Ingeborg Elzevier  •  Khaldoun Elmecky  •  Margo Dames

Zus & Zo (2002)

In this Oscar-nominated comedy, three wacky sisters try to save their inheritance from their supposedly gay brother, who suddenly appears with a fiancé in tow. If he gets married, their father's will stipulates that he gets the family hotel in Portugal. So the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paula van der Oest
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Halina Reijn  •  Monic Hendrickx  •  Sylvia Poorta

In this Oscar-nominated comedy, three wacky sisters try to save their inheritance from their supposedly gay brother, who suddenly appears with a fiancé in tow. If he gets married, their father's will stipulates that he gets the family hotel in Portugal. So the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paula van der Oest
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Halina Reijn  •  Monic Hendrickx  •  Sylvia Poorta

Grimm (2003)

One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Halina Reijn  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Teresa Berganza  •  Johan Leysen

One cold winter's day, Jacob and his sister Marie are abandoned in a wood by their out of work father. In his jacket Jacob finds a letter from their mother urging them to go to her brother in Spain. Once in Spain, it turns out that their uncle is dead. Marie meets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Halina Reijn  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Teresa Berganza  •  Johan Leysen

Sacrified (2005)

Haron is asked to infiltrate in a group of terrorists who are suspected to be working on a strike.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Nechushtan
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Maryam Hassouni

Haron is asked to infiltrate in a group of terrorists who are suspected to be working on a strike.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Nechushtan
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Maryam Hassouni

Wolf (2013)

A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Taihuttu
CAST:  Raymond Thiry  •  Bo Maerten  •  Slimane Dazi  •  Nasrdin Dchar

A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Taihuttu
CAST:  Raymond Thiry  •  Bo Maerten  •  Slimane Dazi  •  Nasrdin Dchar

A Noble Intention (2015)

1888: a luthier, Vedder, has to step aside when his home, opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anijs, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has gotten into a fix after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joram Lürsen
CAST:  Gijs Scholten van Aschat  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Rifka Lodeizen  •  Zeb Troostwijk

1888: a luthier, Vedder, has to step aside when his home, opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam, must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anijs, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has gotten into a fix after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joram Lürsen
CAST:  Gijs Scholten van Aschat  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Rifka Lodeizen  •  Zeb Troostwijk

Floating Island (2001)

Kaat leaves Max the day after her thirtieth birthday and moves in with her friend Sascha. Kaat is in trouble. She is pregnant and doesnt know if the father is Max or Christophe, the boyfriend of Isa, another good friend of Kaat and Sascha. While Sascha and Isa try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanouk Leopold
CAST:  Halina Reijn  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Maria Kraakman

Kaat leaves Max the day after her thirtieth birthday and moves in with her friend Sascha. Kaat is in trouble. She is pregnant and doesnt know if the father is Max or Christophe, the boyfriend of Isa, another good friend of Kaat and Sascha. While Sascha and Isa try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanouk Leopold
CAST:  Halina Reijn  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Maria Kraakman

The Resistance Banker (2018)

In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joram Lürsen
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Barry Atsma  •  Pierre Bokma  •  Götz Schubert

In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joram Lürsen
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Barry Atsma  •  Pierre Bokma  •  Götz Schubert

A Most Annoying Island (2019)

A curse that is centuries-old. An island full of annoying people. A contaminated prime-minister. A boy full of dreams who can turn this around. But how? A movie full of raps that don't rhyme, talking dolls and heroic actions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Jan van Rees
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Noortje Herlaar  •  Ilse Warringa  •  Tjitske Reidinga

A curse that is centuries-old. An island full of annoying people. A contaminated prime-minister. A boy full of dreams who can turn this around. But how? A movie full of raps that don't rhyme, talking dolls and heroic actions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Jan van Rees
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Noortje Herlaar  •  Ilse Warringa  •  Tjitske Reidinga

Gemmeker (2020)

In 1948, Albert Gemmeker, the former commander of the Dutch concentration camp Westerbork, finds himself in an interrogation room opposite a man unknown to him. It soon turns out that Gemmeker's interrogator has a personal reason to force him to confess about his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Schinkel
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Michael Epp  •  Eelco Smits

In 1948, Albert Gemmeker, the former commander of the Dutch concentration camp Westerbork, finds himself in an interrogation room opposite a man unknown to him. It soon turns out that Gemmeker's interrogator has a personal reason to force him to confess about his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Schinkel
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Michael Epp  •  Eelco Smits

De Zitting (2022)

A popular prime minister candidate and a well-known thriller book writer face each other in court after she accuses him of sexual abuse just before the election.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saskia Diesing
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Kim van Kooten  •  Romana Vrede  •  Ellen Parren

A popular prime minister candidate and a well-known thriller book writer face each other in court after she accuses him of sexual abuse just before the election.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saskia Diesing
CAST:  Jacob Derwig  •  Kim van Kooten  •  Romana Vrede  •  Ellen Parren

Klem (2023)

Marius and Kitty have been living in Italy for some time now, where they managed to get their hands on a vineyard in Tuscany. Marius has improved his life, so Hugo leaves in good spirits to drop off his daughter Suus with best friend Chrissie for a long-awaited ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Ketelaar
CAST:  Barry Atsma  •  Georgina Verbaan  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Ellen Parren

Marius and Kitty have been living in Italy for some time now, where they managed to get their hands on a vineyard in Tuscany. Marius has improved his life, so Hugo leaves in good spirits to drop off his daughter Suus with best friend Chrissie for a long-awaited ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Ketelaar
CAST:  Barry Atsma  •  Georgina Verbaan  •  Jacob Derwig  •  Ellen Parren