Herman van Veen

Herman van Veen

Born 1945-03-14 (age 81) Utrecht, Netherlands
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Biography

Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician and painter. He worked with accompanists Laurens van Rooyen and Erik van der Wurff, both of whom were pianists and composers.

In addition to performing internationally, Van Veen is famous as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak (1976). The original one-man theatre show was adapted as a Dutch-German-Japanese cartoon (1989), which was broadcast internationally. In addition to creating the show's story, Van Veen also wrote, composed and performed most of the show's music.

He also performed the voice-overs for the characters Johan Sebastian Kwak, Krabnagel de Kater and Professor Paljas (Professor Buffon) in the Dutch and German versions of Alfred J. Kwak.

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Known For

Uit elkaar
Uit elkaar

1979

as Vincent

Ciske the Rat
Ciske the Rat

1984

as Meester Bruis

Princess
Princess

1969

as Mark

Junger Frühling
Junger Frühling

1986

as philharmonist

Kunst en Vliegwerk
Kunst en Vliegwerk

1989

as Vader Drost

Children of Ghana
Children of Ghana

1988

as Voice-over (Dutch)

Nachtvlinder
Nachtvlinder

1999

as Wogram

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Katharsis

2010

as Jacob

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Unter einem Hut

2003

as himself

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