Charles René Pierre (Charly) Luske-Jess (born 19 September 1978) is a Dutch singer, actor, television presenter, and voice actor.

Career

He played the role of Ray in several episodes of the soap opera ''

Goede Tijden, slechte Tijden ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'' (, ), also known as ''GTST'' or simply ''Goede tijden'', is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL4. The programme was the first daily (every workday) soap in the Netherlands an ...

'', the role of Piet Schuringa in ''

Meiden van de Wit Medeina or Medeinė (from lt, medis – "tree" or ''medė'' – "forest"), often treated as synonymous to Žvorūnė or Žvorūna (derived from ''žvėris'' – "beast"), is one of the main deities in the Lithuanian mythology, and is similar to ...

,'' and the role of Peter in the Youth television series ''

Zoop ''Zoop'' is a puzzle video game originally developed by Hookstone and published by Viacom New Media for many platforms in 1995. It has similarities to Taito's 1989 arcade game ''Plotting (video game), Plotting'' (known as ''Flipull'' in other t ...

''. He played the role of

Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot (; grc-x-biblical, Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης; syc, ܝܗܘܕܐ ܣܟܪܝܘܛܐ; died AD) was a disciple and one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. According to all four canonical gospels, Judas betraye ...

in the 2012 edition of '' The Passion'', a Dutch Passion Play held every

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since 2011. He also participated in

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of ''

The Voice of Holland ''The Voice of Holland'', also known as ''TVOH'', is a Dutch reality TV singing competition, that became a near global TV format franchise, created by media tycoon John de Mol and musician Roel van Velzen, in the Netherlands airing on RTL 4. ...

'' where he was eliminated in the semifinals. He participated in the 2004 edition of the ''

Nationaal Songfestival (; ) was an annual music competition, which was originally organised by the Dutch public broadcaster (NTS), and later by the (NOS) and (TROS). It was staged almost every year between 1956 and 2012 to determine the country's entry for the Eu ...

'', an annual competition held almost every year between 1956 and 2012 to select the country's representative for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

. He finished in 4th place. In 2012, he appeared in an episode of the television game show ''

De Jongens tegen de Meisjes ''De Jongens tegen de Meisjes'' (Dutch for ''The Boys versus the Girls'') was a Dutch game show broadcast by RTL 4. The show first aired in 2011 and last aired in 2018. The show featured a male and a female team participating in various games an ...

''. In that same year, he also played the role of Glenn in the film ''

K3 Bengeltjes ''K3 Bengeltjes'' is the fourth movie with K3. It was directed by Bart Van Leemputten. It is the first movie with new member Josje Huisman Josina Cornelia "Josje" Huisman (born 16 February 1986, in Heusden) is a Dutch singer, actress, dancer, ...

''. In 2013, he participated in the fifth season of the television show ''

Beste Zangers ''Beste Zangers'', formerly ''De beste zangers van Nederland'' (English: ''The Best Singers (of the Netherlands)''), is a Dutch reality television show by public broadcaster AVROTROS (a merger of AVRO and TROS, both part of the Netherlands Publi ...

''.

Personal life

Luske is married to Dutch actress Tanja Jess and they have two children. He is the nephew of Dutch professional poker player

Marcel Lüske Marcel Lüske (Amsterdam, Netherlands 23 March 1953) is a Dutch professional poker player. He finished 10th in the 2004 WSOP Main Event. Lüske is a mentor to and encourages the development of younger poker players. Early life Lüske's father ...

Filmography

As actor

* ''

Goede tijden, slechte tijden ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'' (, ), also known as ''GTST'' or simply ''Goede tijden'', is the longest-running Dutch soap opera, which began on 1 October 1990 on RTL4. The programme was the first daily (every workday) soap in the Netherlands an ...

'' (2000, 2001) * ''

'' (2002, 2003) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2012)

As contestant

* ''

'' (2012) * ''

De beste zangers van Nederland ''Beste Zangers'', formerly ''De beste zangers van Nederland'' (English: ''The Best Singers (of the Netherlands)''), is a Dutch reality television show by public broadcaster AVROTROS (a merger of AVRO and TROS, both part of the Netherlands Publi ...

'' (2013)

As himself

* '' Groeten uit 19xx'' (2018) * ''

Een goed stel hersens ''Een goed stel hersens'' (Dutch for ''A good brain'') was a Dutch television series broadcast by RTL 4. In the show, two duos compete against each other in several games which focus on cognitive abilities. Carlo Boszhard and Nicolette Kluijver ...

'' (2018)

References

External links

* 1978 births Living people Dutch television presenters Dutch male singers Dutch male stage actors Dutch male voice actors 21st-century Dutch male actors Mass media people from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-singer-stub