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Marc Staljanssens

- Actor

Location: Netherlands


Mainly a stage actor but with experience in film and TV. Also puppeteer.
See my professional website for more information and portfolio material.

Profession
Actor
Based in
Netherlands
Playing age
65 - 75

About Me

Major roles held in the recent years
On stage:
The Museum/Tour guide, in performance De Kracht van de Tuinsteden from Pernille Lonstrup, van Eesterenmuseum and New Metropolis, Amsterdam West (in Dutch) 2019.
The Man, in Pavillion, from Alexander Sand, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (in English), November 2016.
The Speaker of Baked Poetry, from Sharif Abd el Mawla, Café Quartier Putain, Amsterdam (in English), July 2016.
Tiresias, the seer in Oedipus Rex, Sophocles, director Theodora Voutsa, music Selim Dogru, University Theatre of the UvA, Amsterdam (in English), February-March 2015.
Jacques Bloem, in De laatste bus naar Waddinxveen, from Helmert Woudenberg, director Olaf Pieters, CREA Amsterdam (in Dutch), June 2014.
Edmund Kean, in Kean & son, from Cuppens & Tuypen, director Allan Kempeneers Torres, RCTH Rotterdam (in Dutch), May 2014.
Eddie, Rinus, or an intern (alternatively), in Loket 13: Hoe beperkt ben jij?, from Chiara Tissen, director Henk Jansen, Almere (in Dutch), March-June 2013.
Him, in The Mandarin Room, from Robert Thomas, director Hans Breetveld & Aileen Pfauth, De Trap, Amsterdam (in Dutch), Christmas 2012/2013.
Sjoerd, in Als de muren konden praten, author-director Inge Wannet, Cafe Willem Slok, Utrecht CTF (in Dutch), 2012 & 2013. Winner 3 out of 4 Jury Prizes 2012.
Street Theatre:
Many roles, 5D Festivals or event installations, in Dutch or LNP, since 2013.
As puppeteer:
Several street acts (by day: White Rabbit, Big Friendly Giant; by night: flying Pterosaurs) for festivals and events, LNP, since 2016.
Various parts (the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, etc.) in Alice XL, author-director Jochen Lange, played at various festivals (Waterpaard, 5D, LRF), LNP, 2013.
Film, Short film and TV:
Tramp Dennis, in season 12, issue 52, of De Buurtpolitie, Flemish dialect series, 2019.
Jacobus, in Weg, director Manna Duk, in Dutch, 2018.
Mr Spivy, in Bel Esprit or Chinese Entrepreneurship for Dummies, director Niels De Vries, in English, 2017.
The Angry Customer, in Fade, director Laurin Kühle, in English, 2017.
John, in Tussenspel, director Fleur Bax & Sophie Gipmans, in Dutch, 2017.
The Miller-Camping Owner, in De Molenaar, director Frederieke Scheffer, in Dutch, 2016.
The Coroner, in Janice Holmes, director Paulus Keijser, in Dutch, 2016.
Jean-Luc, in Bonne Chance, director Karim Saber, French part, 2016.
The Actor, in Wanneer ik speel, director Tjeerd Melchers, in Dutch, 2016.
The Man from the Privy Council, in A Royal Love, director Anthony Roemermann, in English, 2015.
The Lonely Writer, in The Enclosing Part, director Vlad Romanovski, voice-over in English, 2012.
The Father, in Small Town, director Jokko Voogt, in English, 2011.
Commercials:
2018: FOAM Fest for the Eyes trailer; 2017: Sikkens Rezisto; 2016: Europol; 2015: InShared (in Dutch), Jumbo (in French); 2011: Stichting Semmy, etc. and a series of musical video clips.
Photography:
2018: Thuis-Home-Heimat by Miloushka Bokma; 2017: Escape World Amsterdam by Nick Franken, Refugees by Miloushka Boma; 2016: Unresolved by Gabriel Lester, 2012: Heineken Campaign, etc.
As Training actor:
The Psychologist (various scenes), in course video materials for Utrecht University (in Dutch) 2018.
Horatio (Hamlet), in Creative Access Workshop at 5D conference, Amsterdam (in Dutch) 2017.
The Activist, in performance game Constructions from Pernille Lonstrup, Het Instituut Amsterdam (in English) 2017.
Henk, Jonathan, and various other roles, in educational film series (On)gewenst Gedrag from Open Studio, from Simon Sliphorst, PANTAR Amsterdam (in Dutch) 2014.
Exhibitionist Marcel, and voice-over, in EMDR promotional film by Nina ten Hoor, director Patrick van Heezick, for De Waag Leiden (in Dutch) 2014. Winner Innovation Challenge Award 2014.
Also among other Menarini Farma, TNO, 5D and Loket 13 workshops throughout the Netherlands.
And, for several years prior to 2010, training actor for various international organisations such as US AID, the UN (ESCAP), IAC/LNV, NBA, Shoals; and educational institutions (FuSaGx, ITC, Anna University, SEARCA/UPLB) as well as the private sector.
As Director:
Father Theo in The Queen Gambit, co-author-director, 5D Amsterdam, in Dutch (January 2018).
The Old Man in Zie je toch wel meteen!, author-director, 5D Amsterdam, in Dutch (January 2018).
Author, director and mise-en-scène of Als het doek gevallen is, with Boudewijn Scholten and Roemer Lievaart, in Dutch (March 2013).
Voice & Voice-over jobs:
Voice-over presentation for the box ring, De Boksring, Josien de Graaf, theatre in Dutch, 2017.
Voice-over presentation, De Molenaar, VPRO-WDKA Rotterdam, short film in Dutch, 2016.
Flemish voice actor for voice recognition software development, 2015.
Voice-over of the fantasy world of an Exhibitionist, EMDR promotional film by Nina ten Hoor, director Patrick van Heezick, in Dutch, 2014.
Accountmanager, in De Spin, The Spider episode 25, radio director Jeroen Stout, in Dutch, 2013.
Dubbing of several French voices, for TV series van Gogh: a house for Vincent, 2013.
English voice-over track of the Old Man for short film The Enclosing Part, director Vlad Romanovski, 2012.
Singer:
Opera choir singer in Octavia. Trepanation, Holland Festival Amsterdam, in Russian, 2017.
Musical theatre choir singer in Zigger-Zagger, Peter Terson and Michael Croft, French adaptation, Spa Festival 1969 and TNB Brussels season .
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