Joseph Jules Thomas Prinsen (born 9 June 1942) is a Dutch actor, television presenter, singer and writer. He performed in the popular Dutch television programmes ''

De stratemakeropzeeshow ''De Stratemakeropzeeshow'' (English: ''The road worker at sea show'') was a Dutch children's television programme that ran from 1972 to 1974 and was aired by the VARA broadcasting organization. ''De Stratemakeropzeeshow'' is regarded as one of ...

'', ''

Het Klokhuis ''Het Klokhuis'' (Dutch for "The Applecore") is a daily documentary show for primary school children and young teenagers produced by ntr of the Netherlands. It first aired in 1988. It is broadcast every weekday at 18:25 on NPO 3 and lasts abou ...

'', and ''De Zevensprong'', and he also presented the quiz show ''Met het mes op tafel''. He was invested as an Officer of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

in 2004.

Biography

Prinsen was born in

Vught Vught () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, and lies just south of the industrial and administrative centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. Many commuters live in the municipality, and the town of Vugh ...

. His father, Claudius Prinsen (1896–1952), was mayor of

Breda Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...

and

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. After graduating from the Toneelschool Amsterdam, Prinsen debuted as a stage actor in 1969 in the play ''De kleine parade'', directed by

Wim Sonneveld Willem "Wim" Sonneveld (; 28 June 1917 – 8 March 1974) was a Dutch cabaret artist and singer. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Kan, he is considered to be one of the 'Great Three' of Dutch cabaret. Sonneveld is generally viewed as a Dutch cu ...

. In the early 1970s,

Aart Staartjes Aart Staartjes (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He was well known for his role on '' Sesamstraat'', the Dutch co-production of ''Sesame Street''. On this ...

created the children's television programme ''De stratemakeropzeeshow'' with lead roles for

Wieteke van Dort Louisa Johanna Theodora van Dort (born May 16, 1943 in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies) is a Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist of Indo (Eurasian) descent. On April 29, 1999, Queen Beatrix appointed her ''Knight of the Order of Orang ...

, Prinsen and himself. It was a popular and occasionally controversial programme that introduced children to various topics. Prinsen became well known in the Netherlands for playing a character called Erik Engerd in this show. ''De stratemakeropzeeshow'' was followed in 1979 by ''J.J. De Bom voorheen De Kindervriend'', in which Van Dort, Staartjes and Prinsen also played the lead roles. Prinsen played the role of Jan J. de Bom, the owner of a toy shop. In 1982, he played a role in the television series ''De Zevensprong'', based on the book by

Tonke Dragt Antonia "Tonke" Johanna Willemina Dragt (born 12 November 1930) is a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Her book '' De brief voor de Koning'' was chosen by CPNB as the best Dutch youth book of the latter half of the twentieth ...

. Prinsen plays various roles in the educational children's programma ''

'' since the early 1990s. He was the presenter of the quiz show ''Met het mes op tafel'' from 1997 until 2015. He has written columns for local newspapers, and he has also written pieces for magazines about cycling and

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. In March 2007, he published ''De scharrelaar'', a collection of diary excerpts and columns he wrote. A year later, he published a book about bridge, titled ''Een goede speler is niet eerlijk''.

Bibliography

* ''De scharrelaar'' (2007) * ''Een goede speler is niet eerlijk'' (2008) * ''Mijn vrouw pikt zeepjes'' (2020) * ''Na Emma'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prinsen, Joost 1942 births Dutch television presenters Dutch children's television presenters Dutch male television actors Dutch male stage actors Dutch male radio actors Dutch writers Dutch male singers Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau People from Vught Living people