Winston Ronald Gerschtanowitz (born 2 October 1976, in

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) is a Dutch

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Education

Gerschtanowitz completed a

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education at the Keizer Karel College in

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Career

Gerschtanowitz' first became famous to the general audience for his role as Harm van Cloppenburg in the Dutch soap Goudkust. After this Gerschtanowitz became part of Dutch

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4 Fun together with fellow actors

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, Jimmy Geduld en

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. Gerschtanowitz would later feature in various television programs, most notable of which was the lifestyle-show ''Wannahaves''. In 2005, Gerschtanowitz would switch over to

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. Here he would present the shows ''Thuis'' and ''In de huid van...''. In 2007, Gerschtanowitz would participate in the second season of ''

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'' on

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, after which he would regularly be featured on the channel. In June 2008, Gerschtanowitz would replace

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as the main presenter of the popular show ''

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''. In 2010 Gerschtanowitz was a presenter of the talent-show

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which he presented for its first four seasons. During this period he would also present ''Let's Get Married'' in 2011, ''Your Face Sounds Familiar'' in 2012 and ''Postcode Loterij: Beat The Crowd'' in 2014. In 2017, Gerschtanowitz left RTL4 and switched to

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where he would be presenting large studio shows. His first program at SBS6 was ''Wat vindt Nederland?''. He would later also present ''It takes 2'' with

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. Gerschtanowitz would feature as extra in several movies, most notable of which the 2004 movie ''Gay''.

Off-screen

Winston Gerschtanowitz is the owner and founder of Media Republic. Media Republic specialized in creating multimedia television formats. He produced ''Jong Zuid'' (a soap for smartphones) and 2GOTV (a television channel for mobile platforms). Between 2015 and 2016, Gerschtanowitz served as CCO of

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Personal life

On 9 juli 2011, Gerschtanowitz married

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. The two already had two sons before marrying, born in 2008 and 2010. Gerschtanowitz is an amateur golfer. He has handicap 13.5. In 2009, he participated in the Pro-Am of the

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in the team of

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Filmography

* ''Gay'' - uncredited (2004) * '' Gooische Vrouwen'' - Himself (2011) * ''Leve Boerenliefde'' - Himself (2013)

Television

As presenter

* ''Gouden Televizier-Ring Gala'' - with

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(2004) * ''AVRO's Sterrenjacht'' (2004) * ''

'' (2004-2005, 2007–2008, Main presenter: 2008–2017) * ''Thuis'' (2005) * ''In de huid van...'' (2005) * ''1 Miljoen Wat?'' (2006-2007) * ''

Eén tegen 100 ''Eén tegen 100'' (''1 vs. 100'') is a Dutch game show that has been airing since 3 September 2000 on various channels with Caroline Tensen as host. The game pits a single contestant against 100 other people for a chance to win a larger cash ...

'' - postcode Kanjer special (2009) * ''Ik kom bij je eten'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010-2013) * ''Let's Get Married'' (2011) * ''De Postcode Loterij Nieuwjaarsshow'' (2012) * ''Your Face Sounds Familiar'' (2012) * ''Postcode Loterij Miljoenenjacht'' (2013, 1 episode, replacing

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) * ''Postcode Loterij: Beat The Crowd'' (2014) * ''Wat vindt Nederland?'' (2017) * ''Mensenkennis'' (2017–2018) * ''Circus Gerschtanowitz'' (2017) * ''BankGiro Loterij The Wall'' (2018–2019) * ''It Takes 2'' (2019) with

* ''Nederland Geeft Licht'' (2019) with Leonie ter Braak * ''

'' (2019) with

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* ''50/50'' (2020-heden), with

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as of season 3 * '' Marble Mania'' (2021-heden) * '' Shownieuws'' (2021, 1 episode) *''Car Wars'' (2021) Winston Gerschtanowitz-2010-2

As guest/participant

* ''Raymann is laat'' (2003) * ''Barend & Van Dorp'' (2003) * ''Goedemorgen Nederland'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * ''Shownieuws'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015) * ''Ranking the stars'' (2007) * ''Carlo & Irene: Life4You'' (2009) * ''Pownews'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''Het Perfecte Plaatje'' (2016) * ''De Kluis'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2022)

As actor

* '' Goudkust'' - Harm van Cloppenburg (1996-2000) * ''

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'' - Laurent van Buuren (1997) * ''Pittige tijden'' - Harm / Meta (1997-1998) * ''

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 ...

'' - Otto (1999) * - Golfbal (2001) * ''

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'' - Daan (2004) * '' Gooische Vrouwen'' - Himself (2008) * ''

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'' - Himself (2009) * ''De TV Kantine'' - Bud Bundy (2010) * ''Dokter Deen'' - Himself (2013) * ''Divorce'' - Himself (2014)

References

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