Jacob Derwig

Jacob Derwig
Born	(1969-07-15)15 July 1969 The Hague, Netherlands
Spouse(s)	Kim van Kooten (2003 to date)
Awards	Best actor – Golden Calf 2002 Zus & Zo

Jacob Derwig (born 15 July 1969) is one of The Netherlands' most outstanding actors. In 2003 he married actress and screenwriter Kim van Kooten; they have a son Roman (born 2004) and a daughter Kee (born 2007).

Theatre

From 2005 until 2013 Derwig performed with the renowned Dutch theatre company Toneelgroep Amsterdam, working with artistic director Ivo van Hove For his part in Opening Night in 2006 he won an Arlecchino for best supporting actor. He won a Louis d'Or (best actor in a leading role) for his performance in Children of the Sun in 2011. In 2008 he received the prestigious Paul Steenbergen-penning from Pierre Bokma. After leaving the Toneelgroep he turned his focus towards film and television. He maintained his career in the theatre with roles in Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf in 2014, for which he won another Louis d'Or, and in Angels in America in 2015. For his next project Jacob has adapted the famous novel Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates for the stage and will star in this production next year.

Film and television

He recently played roles in box-office hit Family Way (2012), The Dinner (2013), Public Works (2015) and in the highly popular Dutch crime-series Penoza (2015), directed by Diederik van Rooijen. Currently Jacob stars in the brand new television-series Klem (2016).

Filmography

Television series

All stars - De serie episode "Paard van Troje" (1999)
Bij ons in de Jordaan (2000)
De acteurs (2001)
The Enclave (2002)
Offers (2005)
In Therapie (2010 - 2011)

Films

Coma (1994)
The Dress (1996)
Temmink: The Ultimate Fight (1998)
Leak (2000)
Îles flottantes (2001)
Zus & Zo (2001)
Grimm (2003)
Tiramisu (2007)
Family Way (2012)
The Dinner (2013)
Public Works (2016)

External links

Jacob Derwig at the Internet Movie Database
Jacob Derwig at the website of his agency (Dutch)

Golden Calf for Best Actor

1981–1989	Rutger Hauer (1981) Rijk de Gooyer (1982) Vic Moeremans (1983) Gerard Thoolen (1984) Peter Tuinman (1985) John Kraaykamp (1986) Willem Nijholt (1987) Michiel Romeijn (1988) Pierre Bokma (1989)

1990–1999	Thom Hoffman (1990) Porgy Franssen (1991) Rudolf Lucieer (1992) Rik Launspach (1993) Jaap Spijkers (1994) Rijk de Gooyer (1995) Peer Mascini (1996) Jaap van Donselaar (1997) Johan Leysen (1998) Rijk de Gooyer (1999)

2000-2009	Victor Löw (2000) Fedja van Huêt (2001) Jacob Derwig (2002) Tygo Gernandt (2003) Cees Geel (2004) Thijs Römer (2005) Frank Lammers (2006) Marcel Hensema (2007) Robert de Hoog (2008) Martijn Lakemeier (2009)

2010–present	Barry Atsma (2010) Nasrdin Dchar (2011) Reinout Scholten van Aschat (2012) Marwan Kenzari (2013) Gijs Naber (2014) Martijn Fischer (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 227519290 ISNI: 0000 0003 6515 2833 BNF: cb15896611v (data)

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