Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Matthijs 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 (age 30) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

In this Dutch name, the family name is Van de Sande Bakhuyzen, not Bakhuyzen.

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

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  1 Biography
  


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  2 Filmography
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

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 little sister Roeltje van de Sande Bakhuyzen, who is also an actress, was born.

His big break was in 1999, when he got 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 got his first big role in a movie when he beat 4000 other guys 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 the same year.^[2] At the ending of 2006, he was busy with 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 played in the telefilm Bloedbroeders. In 2009 he was busy with the shootings of Het Leven uit een dag (2009). In 2011 he graduated from the Theatre Academy Maastricht.^[2] He is currently appearing in the musical Help! at Seattle Children's Theatre.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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
   


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   ^ ^ab Official site of Bloedbroeders Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Cast & Crew, including biographies (Dutch)
   

External links

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  Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen on IMDb

Authority control	ISNI: 0000 0003 9072 2471 VIAF: 284416525 WorldCat Identities (via VIAF): 284416525

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