Sander Jan Klerk (

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

, 19 June 1982) is a Dutch actor and singer.

Biography

Klerk is the youngest son from a family with 2 children. He was born in The Hague and grew up in the Westland region. He studied at the Actorsstudio, Theatreschool Rabarber and the Dutch Musical Ensemble in the Netherlands and the UK. He began his acting career appearing in various TV series including

Baantjer ''Baantjer'' is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier ...

and ''Onderweg naar Morgen''. Klerk was a guest actor in 4 episodes of ''Het Glazen Huis'' dramaseries from

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. Klerk starred in the

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television series

Zoop (TV) ''Zoop'' was an award-winning Dutch youth-oriented TV series about eight young adults working in the Ouwehands Dierenpark zoo in Rhenen. The series was sold to Brazil, France, India and Sweden. The series has had three seasons since 2004, all on ...

in the role of Aaron Zomerkamp. He reprised this role in the feature film " Zoop in Africa". This TV series and film have won various awards, including the "Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award" and the "Golden film". His theatre credits include; Grease - (Doody),

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- (Simon Stride), and ''

Tita Tovenaar Tita Tovenaar or TiTa Tovenaar (translation: ''Tita the wizard'') is a Dutch children's television series, which was produced by the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting and ran between 1972 and 1974. At the time it was popular enough to inspire audio plays ...

'' (Tom de Tuinman). Klerk performed in the ''John Kraaijkamp Musical Awards Gala's'',

Musicals in Ahoy' ''Musicals in Ahoy'' was a musical show that took place in 2002 in "Ahoy'" in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was produced by Stage Entertainment/Joop van den Ende Theatreproductions. There were seven shows in a row, with 15.000 sold seats every night. ...

the ''All Star Musical Gala'', and ''Musical Sing-Along'' at Amsterdam

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From 2008 to 2012 Klerk was seen in various international commercials for brands as

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, and

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. In 2009 Klerk performed with

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in concert in New York. In 2012 Klerk performed in Musical Classics in Ahoy in Ahoy Rotterdam. In October 2012 Klerk was backing vocalist for

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at his European tour “The Origin of Love". Klerk played in the NET 5 TV series “Achter Gesloten Deuren” (Behind Closed Doors) in the role of Thomas Henegouwen, broadcast in fall 2012. In 2015 he appeared in the RTL-series ''

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 ...

'' as Bas Luster. Following roles in dramaseries as ‘’

Moordvrouw Moordvrouw is a Dutch television series broadcast by RTL 4 and in Flanders by VTM. Crew The creative director of the first season was Joram Lürsen. After the first season he was replaced by Gerd Jan van Dalen and Marcel Visbeen. Van Dalen i ...

'' (2016) and ''

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’’ (2018) Klerk played the role of “Hermann of Thuringia” in the international tv dramaseries “Glow & Darkness” in 2021.

Selected filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klerk, Sander Jan Dutch male film actors Dutch male musical theatre actors 1982 births Living people Dutch male actors Dutch male television actors 21st-century Dutch male actors Male actors from The Hague