Hans Kesting (born 6 October 1960) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1987. He was diagnosed with

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the im ...

in 1996. In 2016, he was awarded the

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Selected filmography

Toneelgroep Amsterdam

*1987 ''Tree from the tropics'' -

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*1987 ''Ismene or the blinded tumbler'' -

*1987 ''Edward ll'' -

*1988 ''In the loneliness of the cotton fields''-

*1988 ''Back in the desert''-

*1990 ''Ballet'' -

*1992 ''The sequel''-

*1993 ''Count your blessings'' -

*1993 ''Othello'' -

*1993 ''Glenn'' -

*1994 ''Richard lll'' -

*1994 ''Moonlight''-

*1994 ''In the executive room''-

*1995 ''Ecstacy'' -

*1995 ''Ivanov'' -

*1995 ''Raw food''-

*1996 ''Prometheus'' -

*1996 ''Srebrenica!'' -

*1996 ''Spring wake up''-

*1996 ''Light'' -

*1997 ''Crown year''-

*1997 ''A kind of hades''-

*1997 ''Her life, her death''-

*1998 ''Herakles'' -

*1998 ''Delayed farewell''-

*1998 ''Bakchanten'' -

*1999 ''Dark Lady'' -

*1999 ''Oom Wanja'' -

*1999 ''An ideal woman''-

*1999 ''De Cid'' -

*2002 ''The night of the bonobos''-

*2003-'14 ''Othello'' -

*2003 ''Three Sisters''-

*2003-'14 ''Mourning becomes electra'' -

*2004 ''Romeo and Julia'' -

*2004-'06 ''Crusades'' -

*2005-'13 ''The taming of the shrew'' -

*2005-'08 ''Perfect Wedding'' -

*2006-'08 ''Oresteia'' -

*2007-17 ''Roman Tragedies'' -

*2007 ''Ajax'' -

*2008-'13 ''Angels in America'' -

*2008 ''Rocco and his brothers'' -

*2009'-'11 ''Antonioni Project'' -

*2010 ''Summer Trilogy'' -

*2010-'16 ''Opening Night'' -

*2010 ''Phaedra'' -

*2011-'12 ''Ghosts'' -

*2011-'14 ''The Russians!'' -

*2011-'14 ''The Miser'' -

*2012-'13 ''Husbands'' -

*2012-'13 ''Macbeth'' -

*2013-'14 ''The Seagull'' -

*2014 ''Danton's Death'' -

*2014-'17 ''The Fountainhead'' -

*2014 ''Mary Stuart'' -

*2015-'17 ''Kings of war'' -

*2016-'17 ''The kindly ones'' -

*2016-'17 ''The things that pass'' -

*2017 ''Ibsen House'' -

*2020 ''Who killed my father'' -

References

External links

Hans Kesting at Toneelgroep Amsterdam
* 1960 births Living people Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors People with HIV/AIDS Dutch LGBTQ actors 20th-century Dutch LGBTQ people 21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people Male actors from Rotterdam {{Netherlands-actor-stub