Johan Leysen

Johan Leysen
Born	19 February 1950 Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present

Johan Leysen (born 19 February 1950) 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.^[1] 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.

Filmography

• Rubens (1977)
• The Girl with the Red Hair (1981)
• Le Lit (1982)
• De grens (1984)
• De stille Oceaan (1984)
• Hail Mary (1985)
• Macbeth (1987)
• The Music Teacher (1988)
• The Abyss (1988)
• Alissa in Concert (1990)
• Romeo (1990)
• Eline Vere (1991)
• Revelations of an Insomniac (1991)
• Daens (1992)
• Above the Mountains (1992)
• Traces of Smoke (1992)
• A Saturday on Earth (1996)
• True Blue (1996)
• De Langste Reis (1997)
• Felice ...Felice (1998)
• The Commissioner (1998)
• Mates (1999)
• Le Roi danse (2000)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
• Savage Souls (2001)
• Tattoo (2002)
• Moonlight (2002)
• Grimm (2003)
• Someone Else's Happiness (2005)
• The American (2010)
• The Silence of Joan (2011)
• The Verdict (2013)
• Young & Beautiful (2013)
• The Missing (2014)
• Cadences obstinées (2014)
• 2/11, Het spel van de wolf (2014)
• The Brand New Testament (2015)
• The Assistant (2015)
• Souvenir (2016)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: De grens". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 June 2009.

External links

• Johan Leysen at the Internet Movie Database