Anthonie Willem Constantijn Gneomar "Antonie" Kamerling (25 August 1966 – 6 October 2010) was a Dutch actor and singer. He was member of the original cast of the Dutch soap opera ''

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''. He played in the films ''

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'' (1993), '' All Stars'' (1997), and '' I Love You Too'' (2001). He also had starring roles in Dutch musical productions. He has become the voice of Geoff from

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in the Dutch version of the series. Antonie Kamerling committed suicide in 2010.

Early life

Anthonie Willem Constantijn Gneomar Kamerling was born on 25 August 1966 in

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in the

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Career

Kamerling was still a law student when in 1990 he was cast in the then new Dutch

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''. His character, Peter Kelder, quickly became one of the most popular on the program. In 1993, he got the lead in ''

'', directed by Jean van de Velde. At the time, his casting was quite controversial, as soap actors were considered to be inferior to 'professional' actors. Kamerling eventually got nominated for a

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for best actor, the most important Dutch film award. In 1997, he starred in another film by Van de Velde, '' All Stars''. For the film, about an amateur football team, he sang the theme song, "Toen ik je zag" (When I Saw You), written by the popular Dutch singer

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. The song was released as a single under his character's name, Hero, and soon was a number one hit on the Dutch charts. From that moment on, he tried to get a music career, but could never repeat the success of his first single. After that point, Kamerling played in a couple more films, the most successful being '' I Love You Too'' (2001), and in television series like ''All Stars – De Serie'' and ''

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''. Later in his career, he played in a couple of musicals, including starring roles in the musical versions of ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Antonie Kamerling was married to actress Isa Hoes. They met on the set of ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden''. They had two children together, son Merlijn and daughter Vlinder. His sister, Liesbeth is also an actress. Kamerling was a distant relative of the

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ian-born British actor

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. Kamerling was praised for his charity work with development organization Edukans, helping their efforts to provide basic education to underprivileged children in

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Death

Kamerling ended his life on 6 October 2010. Kamerling was buried at Zorgvlied on Tuesday 12 October 2010. He was 44 years old.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamerling, Antonie 1966 births 2010 deaths 2010 suicides Dutch male actors Dutch male film actors Dutch male singers Dutch male television actors People from Arnhem Dutch male soap opera actors