Rik Verheye (born 24 December 1986,

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) is a

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. He graduated in 2009 at the Herman Teirlinck Instituut. He was active in productions of the theatres

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(''Voorproef op fragmenten uit de nieuwe wereld''), Olympique Dramatique (''Adams appels''), and FC Bergman (two pieces of

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: ''De thuiskomst'' and ''Het verjaardagsfeest''). In 2010, he had a starring role in the film ''

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'', where he played ''Jimmy''. He also participates in the film ''Groenten uit Balen'' and in the fiction series '' De Vijfhoek''. He starred in the television role of Daan in '' De Rodenburgs'' and had in 2010–2011 a leading role as Anthony De Keersmaecker in the daily

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on VTM. In 2012, he appeared in ''De Vijfhoek''. In 2013, he played a leading role in both ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also had guest roles in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Since September 8, 2016 he can be seen on

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in the much discussed sex comedy ''

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'' by '' Jan Eelen, ''performing as the long-haired, irascible escort ''Jay Vleugels''. On December 26, 2010 he made a marriage proposal during halftime of the football match

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– Standard Luik (1 – 0) from the highest football ranks in Belgium. It turned out to be a recorded publicity action promoting the

Knokke-Heist Knokke-Heist (; french: Knocke-Heist) is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle. On January 1, 2006 Knokke-Heist had a total ...

municipality. The clip was broadcast on American news channel

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and went viral on

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, resulting in over a million views.

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