Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Matthijs Nicolaas van de Sande Bakhuyzen (born 16 October 1988) is a Dutch movie and television actor and former child actor.

Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
van de Sande Bakhuyzen and Loïs de Jong playing Benny and Gini in the 2008 film APP
Born
Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

(1988-10-16) 16 October 1988
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
In this Dutch name, the surname is Van de Sande Bakhuyzen, not Bakhuyzen.

Biography

Van de Sande Bakhuyzen was born on 16 October 1988 in Amsterdam, the son of movie director Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen. In 1992 his sister Roeltje van de Sande Bakhuyzen, who is also an actress, was born.

His big break was in 1999, with the role of Erik in the VPRO television series De Daltons. He later played small roles in several films directed by his father, including Cloaca (2003) and Leef! (2005). That same year, his father died of cancer.

In 2006, he had his first big role in a movie when he beat 4000 other applicants for the role of Jordi in the movie Afblijven, a teen-oriented film based on a novel by Carry Slee.[1]

Van de Sande Bakhuyzen received acting lessons from Carla van Driel and Tom de Ket in 2006.[2] At the end of 2006, he was filming De Daltons, de jongensjaren, the sequel of De Daltons which was aired in the 2007-2008 television season.

In 2008, Van de Sande Bakhuyzen was in the telefilm Bloedbroeders. In 2009 he acted in Het Leven uit een dag (2009). In 2011 he graduated from the Theatre Academy Maastricht.[2] He has appeared in the musical Help! at Seattle Children's Theatre.

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotes
2001 Saint Amour Louis at age 12 Television movie
2003 Cloaca Bram Television movie
2005 Leef! Boy in coffeeshop
2006 Penvriendin Johan Short film
Absolutely Positive Boy #1 Short film
Keep Off Jordi
2008 Bloedbroeders Arnout van Riebeeck Telefilm
Dunya & Desie Brother of Desie
2009 Het Leven uit een Dag Benny
2013 APP Benny
2014 Boy 7 Sam

References
  1. RTL Boulevard Dutch clip about Matthijs in Afblijven
  2. Official site of Bloedbroeders Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Cast & Crew, including biographies (Dutch)
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