Jan Decleir
February 14, 1946 (80 years old) in Niel, Flanders, Belgium
Jan Decleir (born February 14, 1946, in Niel, Belgium) is a Belgian film, television and stage actor, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Flemish cinema. He made his film debut in Mira (1971) and gained international recognition for his performances in Character (1997), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Oscar nominated drama Daens (1992). Alongside his extensive screen career, he is also a highly respected theatre actor and a central figure in Flemish cultural life.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Tummy Tom 3: Look Who's Visiting Tummy Tom! as Verteller (BE)
- 2025 · The Baronesses as Lucien
- 2024 · Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend for Tummy Tom as Verteller (BE)
- 2024 · Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddybear as Verteller (BE)
- 2023 · WILL as The Professor
- 2022 · The Claus Family 3 as Noël Claus
- 2021 · The Claus Family 2 as Noël Claus
- 2020 · The Claus Family as Noël Claus
- 2020 · The Barefoot Emperor as Willy Brandt
- 2019 · Een verkeerde toekomst as Jules
- 2018 · This Magnificent Cake! as The King (voice)
- 2018 · Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
- 2018 · Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten as Sinterklaas
- 2018 · Don't Shoot as Albert
- 2017 · Tytgat Chocolat as Achille Verherstraeten
- 2017 · The Blind Spot as Partijvoorzitter
- 2016 · The Eleventh of the Eleventh as Hubert Geunings
- 2015 · Wat Mannen Willen as Pastoor
- 2015 · Ay Ramon! as Saint Nicholas
- 2015 · Me and Kaminski as Holm
- 2015 · Café Derby as Bisschop
- 2015 · The Surprise as Cornald Muller
- 2015 · New Texas as Ludo Vrancken (oud)
- 2015 · 14-18 Spektakel-Musical as Verteller
- 2015 · Szvo as Szvo
- 2014 · Flying Home as Jos Pauwels
- 2013 · Finn as Luuk
- 2011 · Nova Zembla as Petrus Plancius
- 2011 · De Sint Danst de Tango as Sinterklaas
- 2011 · The Spring of César as Buyer
- 2010 · Smoorverliefd as Bob Seynens
- 2010 · Omokage as
- 2010 · Marieke, Marieke as Jacoby
- 2009 · Sinteressante dingen as Sinterklaas
- 2009 · Sister Smile as Lucien Deckers
- 2008 · Loft as Ludwig Tyberghein
- 2008 · Holland's past as Voice
- 2007 · Koning van de Wereld as Max
- 2007 · Where Is Winky's Horse? as Oom Siem/Sinterklaas
- 2007 · Paparazzo as Jeff Castelli
- 2007 · Wolfsbergen as Ernst
- 2007 · Blind as Dokter Victor Verbeecke
- 2007 · De Kavijaks as De Generaal
- 2006 · King of the World as Max
- 2006 · Crusade in Jeans as Count of Rottweil
- 2005 · Someone Else's Happiness as Johnny De Flow
- 2005 · Winky's Horse as Oom Siem / Sinterklaas
- 2005 · Long Weekend as Jos
- 2005 · Off Screen as John Voerman
- 2004 · De zaak Alzheimer as
- 2004 · The Kiss as Marcel Lenaerts
- 2004 · The Edelweiss Pirates as Ferdinand Kütter
- 2003 · SuperTex as
- 2003 · The Memory of a Killer as Angelo Ledda
- 2003 · Flight of the Imagination as
- 2003 · Rosenstrasse as Nathan Goldberg
- 2002 · Meiden van de Wit as Klaas de Wit
- 2001 · 9 Days of the Vulture as Victor Dielemans
- 2001 · Stille Waters as Stan Moreels
- 2001 · Stille Waters as Stan Moereels
- 2000 · Mariken as Archibald
- 2000 · De grote boze wolf show as Bob de Beer
- 1999 · Running Free as Boss Man
- 1997 · Diamant as Karel Van Grieken
- 1997 · Character as Dreverhaven
- 1995 · Kulderzipken as Koning Jozef
- 1995 · Antonia's Line as Sebastian
- 1994 · Buiten De Zone as Uitvinder van het woordenboek
- 1993 · Moeder, waarom leven wij? as
- 1993 · Anchoress as Mason
- 1993 · Beck – De gesloten kamer as Beck
- 1992 · Dag Sinterklaas as Sinterklaas
- 1990 · Dilemma as Leon Bekkers
- 1990 · Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven as Jacob
- 1984 · John the Fearless as John the Fearless / Jan zonder Vrees (voice)
- 1981 · Two Queens and One Consort as Vader
- 1981 · Le Filet Américain as
- 1978 · Mortal Sin as Marcels vader
- 1977 · Burned Bridges as Charel
- 1976 · Sil de strandjutter as
- 1975 · Pallieter as Bohumil
- 1974 · The Conscript as Jan Braems
- 1971 · Mira as Lander
- 1971 · Keromar as Odo
- 1968 · Wij Heren Van Zichem as Stegger
- Future · 10 Broeders as
- 2017 · Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint as Sinterklaas
- 2009 · Ob ihr wollt oder nicht as Henning Brühl
- 2009 · Les Barons as Julien
- 2009 · Limo as
- 2007 · A Perfect Match as Leopold
- 2007 · Firmin as Freddy White
- 2006 · De Zondvloed as man
- 2003 · Father's Affair as Huib Minderhout
- 2003 · The Missing Half as Le gynécologue
- 2003 · Brush with Fate as Old Laurens
- 2002 · Hop as
- 2002 · Villa Des Roses as
- 2001 · De Verlossing as Oscar
- 2000 · Lijmen/Het been as rechter Teugels
- 2000 · the Detour as Vader van Joanna
- 1999 · Little Crumb as Vader Keyzer
- 1999 · Shades as Freddy Lebecq
- 1999 · Taming the Floods as
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Bishop Köckerman
- 1998 · S. as Moeders vriend
- 1996 · Camping Cosmos as Arno's friend
- 1992 · Daens as Adolf Daens
- 1990 · Koko Flanel as Azère Smellekens
- 1989 · The Sacrament as Albert
- 1986 · The van Paemel Family as Masco
- 1985 · The Lion of Flanders as Jan Breydel
- 1985 · Permeke as Stem van Permeke (voice)
- 1984 · Zware jongens as Gevangene 1
- 1982 · Toute une nuit as
- 1982 · The Life We Dreamt Of as Kommentaar
- 1982 · Tijd om gelukkig te zijn as De man
- 1982 · Things Past as Kees
- 1979 · De Proefkonijnen as Jef
- 1978 · A Page of Love as Un ouvrier
- 1974 · Verloren maandag as Katangees
- 1973 · Chronicle of a Passion as Renier Joskin de Lamarache
- 1968 · De geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr. as Hendrik Vandersteen