Martijn Lakemeier (born 17 September 1993 in Zwijndrecht) is a Dutch actor.

Career

He is best known for his performance as Michiel in '' Winter in Wartime'' for which he won several awards including the

Golden Calf for Best Actor The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best actor/actress at the Nederlands Film Festival. From 2021 onwards the award became a gender-neutral award. Best Actor (1981–2020) * 1981 - Rutger Hauer - All his works * 1982 - Rij ...

(2009). He is the youngest winner of a Golden Calf for Best Actor to date. He played roles in several Dutch films and TV series, such as

De Marathon ''De Marathon'' is a 2012 Dutch comedy film directed by Diederick Koopal. Plot Gerard is a car garage owner in Rotterdam. He works there with his friends Kees, Nico and Leo. The Egyptian Youssoef also works in the garage. Nico notices some odd ...

(2012), The Secrets of Barslet (2012), It's All So Quiet (2013), Ventoux (2015) and Yes I do (2015). On TV he can be seen in the series ''Dutch Hope'' (2014), which won the Golden Calf for Best TV series. Lakemeier studied acting at the

Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts The Toneelacademie Maastricht, institute of performative arts is a college of dramatic arts located in the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands. It is part of the Zuyd University (Zuyd Hogeschool). The school is housed in a former Protestant orph ...

. Lakemeier starred as Johan, a young Dutch soldier in the 2020 film ''De Oost''. His character Johan served under the controversial

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The ...

(KNIL) officer

Raymond Westerling Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling (31 August 1919 – 26 November 1987) was a Greek-Dutch military officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. He orchestrated a contraguerrilla in Sulawesi during the Indonesian National Revolution aft ...

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

during the

Indonesian National Revolution The Indonesian National Revolution, or the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during Aftermath of WWII, postw ...

Filmography

* '' Winter in Wartime'' (2008) * '' Lover of Loser'' (2009) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Adios Amigos'' (2016) * ''

De Oost ''The East'' ( nl, De Oost) is a 2020 Dutch war film directed by . Plot The film is set in the Dutch East Indies of 1946 during the Indonesian National Revolution. Twenty-year-old soldier Johan de Vries from Arcen is sent to Semarang, where the Du ...

'' (2020)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakemeier, Martijn 1993 births Living people 21st-century Dutch male actors Dutch male film actors Golden Calf winners Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni People from Zwijndrecht, Netherlands