Jan Bijvoet

Jan Bijvoet was born on December 28, 1966 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He is an actor and composer, known for Peaky Blinders (2013), Embrace of the Serpent (2015) and Alabama Monroe (2012).

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Ad Fundum (1993)

Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Van Looy
CAST:  Tom Van Landuyt  •  Mathias Sercu  •  Tom van Bauwel  •  Sven de Ridder

Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Van Looy
CAST:  Tom Van Landuyt  •  Mathias Sercu  •  Tom van Bauwel  •  Sven de Ridder

Marina (2013)

The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Matteo Simoni  •  Cristiaan Campagna  •  Donatella Finocchiaro  •  Luigi Lo Cascio

The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stijn Coninx
CAST:  Matteo Simoni  •  Cristiaan Campagna  •  Donatella Finocchiaro  •  Luigi Lo Cascio

The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)

The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix van Groeningen
CAST:  Veerle Baetens  •  Johan Heldenbergh  •  Nell Cattrysse  •  Geert Van Rampelberg

The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix van Groeningen
CAST:  Veerle Baetens  •  Johan Heldenbergh  •  Nell Cattrysse  •  Geert Van Rampelberg

Borgman (2013)

An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Jan Bijvoet  •  Hadewych Minis  •  Jeroen Perceval  •  Alex van Warmerdam

An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Jan Bijvoet  •  Hadewych Minis  •  Jeroen Perceval  •  Alex van Warmerdam

Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ciro Guerra
CAST:  Brionne Davis  •  Jan Bijvoet  •  Luigi Sciamanna  •  Nilbio Torres

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ciro Guerra
CAST:  Brionne Davis  •  Jan Bijvoet  •  Luigi Sciamanna  •  Nilbio Torres

Compulsion (2016)

Sadie—a young female novelist—and an enigmatic woman named Francesca, are enticed by an ex-lover to join him at his Italian villa for a weekend celebration being held to honor the release of Sadie's latest book. Once there, Sadie begins to fear his true intentions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Goodwill
CAST:  Lio Tipton  •  Nina Seničar  •  Marta Gastini  •  Jakob Cedergren

Sadie—a young female novelist—and an enigmatic woman named Francesca, are enticed by an ex-lover to join him at his Italian villa for a weekend celebration being held to honor the release of Sadie's latest book. Once there, Sadie begins to fear his true intentions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Goodwill
CAST:  Lio Tipton  •  Nina Seničar  •  Marta Gastini  •  Jakob Cedergren

Hampi (2016)

A tragicomedy about Thomas, a young man whose spiritual journey to India comes to a grinding halt when he runs out of money. With help from his father, he buys a ticket home. Overjoyed by the return of his prodigal son, his father organises a welcoming committee ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pim Algoed
CAST:  Jan Bijvoet  •  Günther Lesage  •  Max Pairon  •  Arno Moens

A tragicomedy about Thomas, a young man whose spiritual journey to India comes to a grinding halt when he runs out of money. With help from his father, he buys a ticket home. Overjoyed by the return of his prodigal son, his father organises a welcoming committee ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pim Algoed
CAST:  Jan Bijvoet  •  Günther Lesage  •  Max Pairon  •  Arno Moens

The Ardennes (2015)

A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Pront
CAST:  Jeroen Perceval  •  Veerle Baetens  •  Kevin Janssens  •  Eric Godon

A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Pront
CAST:  Jeroen Perceval  •  Veerle Baetens  •  Kevin Janssens  •  Eric Godon

In Darkness (2018)

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Byrne
CAST:  Natalie Dormer  •  Emily Ratajkowski  •  Ed Skrein  •  Joely Richardson

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Byrne
CAST:  Natalie Dormer  •  Emily Ratajkowski  •  Ed Skrein  •  Joely Richardson

Sword of God (2020)

In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bartosz Konopka
CAST:  Krzysztof Pieczyński  •  Jacek Koman  •  Karol Bernacki  •  Wiktoria Gorodeckaja

In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bartosz Konopka
CAST:  Krzysztof Pieczyński  •  Jacek Koman  •  Karol Bernacki  •  Wiktoria Gorodeckaja

Zoo (2018)

A couple trying to save their marriage during a zombie apocalypse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Tublén
CAST:  Zoë Tapper  •  Ed Speleers  •  Antonia Campbell-Hughes  •  Jan Bijvoet

A couple trying to save their marriage during a zombie apocalypse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Tublén
CAST:  Zoë Tapper  •  Ed Speleers  •  Antonia Campbell-Hughes  •  Jan Bijvoet

Bloody Marie (2019)

Marie Wankelmut, once successful comic artist, lives among the prostitutes in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Nowadays drunken and bold, she gets into one conflict after another. A gruesome sobering event at her neighbors, forces her to take action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido van Driel  •  Lennert Hillege
CAST:  Susanne Wolff  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Teun Luijkx  •  Mark Rietman

Marie Wankelmut, once successful comic artist, lives among the prostitutes in Amsterdam's Red Light District. Nowadays drunken and bold, she gets into one conflict after another. A gruesome sobering event at her neighbors, forces her to take action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido van Driel  •  Lennert Hillege
CAST:  Susanne Wolff  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Teun Luijkx  •  Mark Rietman

Exit Plan (2019)

Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of this self-consciousness makes him more and more depressed. When he realises that his beloved wife plans to leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonas Alexander Arnby
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Tuva Novotny  •  Sonja Richter  •  Kate Ashfield

Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of this self-consciousness makes him more and more depressed. When he realises that his beloved wife plans to leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonas Alexander Arnby
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Tuva Novotny  •  Sonja Richter  •  Kate Ashfield

Motel Acacia (2020)

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  JC Santos  •  Jan Bijvoet  •  Nicholas Saputra  •  Agot Isidro

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  JC Santos  •  Jan Bijvoet  •  Nicholas Saputra  •  Agot Isidro

Patrick (2019)

Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When Patrick loses his campsite hammer, his quest to retrieve it takes him to the farthest corners of the camping grounds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Mielants
CAST:  Kevin Janssens  •  Pierre Bokma  •  Hannah Hoekstra  •  Jemaine Clement

Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When Patrick loses his campsite hammer, his quest to retrieve it takes him to the farthest corners of the camping grounds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Mielants
CAST:  Kevin Janssens  •  Pierre Bokma  •  Hannah Hoekstra  •  Jemaine Clement

The Sunflyers (2005)

It's a hot summer day and the various aeromodelling clubs in the area prepare themselves for their annual championship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Mielants
CAST:  Jan Bijvoet  •  Charlotte Vandermeersch  •  Stefaan Degand

It's a hot summer day and the various aeromodelling clubs in the area prepare themselves for their annual championship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Mielants
CAST:  Jan Bijvoet  •  Charlotte Vandermeersch  •  Stefaan Degand

The Forgotten Battle (2021)

November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
CAST:  Gijs Blom  •  Jamie Flatters  •  Susan Radder  •  Jan Bijvoet

November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
CAST:  Gijs Blom  •  Jamie Flatters  •  Susan Radder  •  Jan Bijvoet

Undergods (2020)

An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chino Moya
CAST:  Johann Myers  •  Géza Röhrig  •  Michael Gould  •  Hayley Carmichael

An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chino Moya
CAST:  Johann Myers  •  Géza Röhrig  •  Michael Gould  •  Hayley Carmichael

No. 10 (2021)

A stubborn stage actor navigates single fatherhood, a strenuous theatre project, an adulterous love affair, and the confounding dreams awakened by a puzzling street encounter with a mysterious stranger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Tom Dewispelaere  •  Pierre Bokma  •  Hans Kesting  •  Anniek Pheifer

A stubborn stage actor navigates single fatherhood, a strenuous theatre project, an adulterous love affair, and the confounding dreams awakened by a puzzling street encounter with a mysterious stranger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex van Warmerdam
CAST:  Tom Dewispelaere  •  Pierre Bokma  •  Hans Kesting  •  Anniek Pheifer

Rain Anyway (2021)

Born as a human magnet, Lucien has a simple but harsh life. He secretly dreams of a life as an artist but his father doesn’t allow him to show off his magic talent. On the run and away from home, he meets a small traveling circus. There he grows up to be an artist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gust Van den Berghe
CAST:  Danny Ronaldo  •  Isolda Dychauk  •  Bruno Vanden Broecke  •  Mieke Dobbels

Born as a human magnet, Lucien has a simple but harsh life. He secretly dreams of a life as an artist but his father doesn’t allow him to show off his magic talent. On the run and away from home, he meets a small traveling circus. There he grows up to be an artist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gust Van den Berghe
CAST:  Danny Ronaldo  •  Isolda Dychauk  •  Bruno Vanden Broecke  •  Mieke Dobbels
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