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s in The Netherlands. The award itself is a golden medal, currently designed by Eric Claus. It was named after the Dutch actor

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. Its female counterpart is the

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. The Louis d'Or is awarded annually, along with the other VSCD stage awards, at the Gala of Dutch Theater in the

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Jury

The jury is compiled of theater programmers, producers and critics, who have explicitly provided themselves in their relative disciplines. Jurors can take part of a jury for maximal six years. New jurors can be nominated by the jury itself or be appointed by the board of the VSCD.

Award winners

* 1955: Paul Steenbergen * 1956: Han Bentz van den Berg * 1957:

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* 1958: Han Bentz van den Berg * 1959: Paul Steenbergen * 1960: Paul Steenbergen * 1961:

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* 1962: ''not awarded'' * 1963:

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* 1964: Han Bentz van den Berg * 1965: Paul Steenbergen * 1966: ''not awarded'' * 1967:

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* 1968:

Ton Lutz Antonius Cornelis "Ton" Lutz (17 June 1919, in Delft – 3 May 2009, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch actor and artistic leader. His two younger brothers, Luc and Pieter, were also actors, as well as his nephew Joris Lutz. He was married to actress Ann H ...

* 1969: Hans Tiemeyer * 1970:

Henk van Ulsen Henk van Ulsen (8 May 1927, Kampen – 28 August 2009, Bussum) was a Dutch actor. He won the Louis d'Or The Louis d'or () is any number of French coins first introduced by Louis XIII in 1640. The name derives from the depiction of the po ...

* 1971:

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en Hans Dagelet * 1972: Guido de Moor * 1973:

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* 1974:

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* 1975:

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on behalf of the Werkteater * 1976:

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* 1977: Carol Linssen * 1978:

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* 1979:

Jules Croiset Jules Croiset (born 9 October 1937) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1960. He is also known for having staged his own abduction by neo-Nazis in 1987. Selected filmography * ''Help! The Doctor Is ...

* 1980: Hans Croiset * 1981:

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* 1982:

Joop Admiraal Joop is a Dutch masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Johannes, Joseph, Jacobus, or other names. It may refer to: * Jogchum T. Joop Alberda (born 1952), Dutch volleyball coach, coach of the 1996 Olympic champion Dutch team * Joh ...

* 1983: Ton Lutz * 1984:

John Kraaijkamp sr. Jan Hendrik (John) Kraaijkamp Sr. (19 April 1925 – 17 July 2011) was a Dutch Golden Calf and Louis d'Or winning actor, comedian and singer. For years, he formed a comedy team with Rijk de Gooyer. One of The Netherlands' most popular comedians, p ...

* 1985:

* 1986: Guido de Moor * 1987: Guido de Moor * 1988:

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* 1989: Guido de Moor * 1990:

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* 1991: Peter Faber * 1992: André van den Heuvel * 1993:

Gijs Scholten van Aschat Gijs Scholten van Aschat (born 16 September 1959) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1980. He is the father of Reinout Scholten van Aschat Reinout Scholten van Aschat (born 9 November 1989) is a Dutch actor. ...

* 1994:

Pierre Bokma Pierre Henri Martin Bokma (born 20 December 1955 in Paris) is a Dutch Stage (theatre), stage, television and film actor. Bokma received his professional training at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. In November 2007 he won an Internation ...

* 1995:

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* 1996:

Victor Löw Victor Löw (born 25 August 1962 in Amsterdam; originally ''Victor Löwenstein''), is a Dutch actor. Victor Löw studied at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp. He played his first small part in The Northerners. After that he played in numerou ...

* 1997: Herman Gilis * 1998:

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* 1999:

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* 2000:

Bram van der Vlugt Bram van der Vlugt (28 May 1934 – 19 December 2020) was a Dutch actor. He is known for playing the role of Sinterklaas for over two decades. He died on 19 December 2020, at the age of 86, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

* 2001: Steven Van Watermeulen * 2002:

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* 2003:

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* 2004:

Jeroen Willems Jeroen Willems (; 15 November 1962 – 3 December 2012) was a Dutch Golden Calf and Louis d'Or winning film, TV, and stage actor and singer. Early life Willems was born on 15 November 1962 in Maastricht, the third child of a drama teacher and ...

* 2005:

Mark Rietman Mark Rietman (born 28 November 1960) is a Dutch actor.http://www.nationaletoneel.nl/mark-rietman-p3226 He appeared in more than forty films since 1985. Selected filmography References External links * 1960 births Living people Du ...

* 2006: Joop Keesmaat * 2007: Dirk Roofthooft * 2008:

Hans Kesting Hans Kesting (born 6 October 1960) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1987. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1996. In 2016 he was awarded the Louis d'Or The Louis d'or () is any number of French coins first introduced by L ...

* 2009:

* 2010:

Kees Hulst Kees or KEES may refer to: * Kees (given name) * Kees (surname) * KEES, an American AM radio station licensed to Gladewater, Texas See also * Cees (disambiguation) Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in ...

* 2011:

Jacob Derwig Jacob Derwig (The Hague, 15 July 1969) is a Dutch actor. Film and television He recently played roles in box-office hit Family Way (2012) (for which he won a Golden Calf), The Dinner (2013), Public Works (2015), and in the highly popular Dutc ...

* 2012:

Hein van der Heijden Hein van der Heijden (born July 11, 1958 in Heerlen) is a Dutch stage, television and film actor. Career In 1983, Hein finished the theatre school in Arnhem. With his graduation project he won the prize 'Friends of the theatre' for his role in a ...

* 2013:

* 2014:

* 2015:

Ramsey Nasr Ramsey Nasr (born 28 January 1974, Rotterdam) is a Dutch author and actor of mixed descent, half Palestinian, half Dutch. He was '' Dichter des Vaderlands'' (Poet of the Fatherland; an unofficial title for the Dutch poet laureate) between Januar ...

* 2016:

* 2017: Hans Croiset * 2018: Bruno Vanden Broecke * 2019: Ramsy Nasr * 2020: ''not awarded'' * 2021: Emmanuel Ohene Boafo * 2022: Bram Suijker

References

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External links

Homepage of the VSCD stage awards

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Awards established in 1955 Dutch awards Theatre acting awards 1955 establishments in the Netherlands