Danny de Munk

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Danny de Munk
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Born (1970-02-19) 19 February 1970 (age 52)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationActor, singer
SpouseJenny Sluyter (1998 to date)
ChildrenDaughter and son
Website www.dannydemunk.nl

Dennis "Danny" de Munk (born 19 February 1970 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch actor, singer, musical actor and former child star.

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Career

De Munk started acting at the age of 13 as the leading role in the film Ciske de Rat (Ciske the Rat), directed by Guido Pieters, starring Herman van Veen as teacher and Willeke van Ammelrooy as mother. The coming of age trilogy (book) was written by Piet Bakker from 1941 to 1946.

The title song of the film Ik voel me zo verdomd alleen was also sung by Danny de Munk and in 1984 scored a number one hit in the Dutch Top 40 and stayed there for 14 weeks (3 weeks number one).

Between 1986 and 1991 he had successfully continued acting and singing, but started 1991 a career as musical actor. In 1995 Danny de Munk covered Thomas Anders' (of Modern Talking fame) song How Deep Is Your Love [1] for the album Danny. In 1997 he played a homosexual in a soccer team in the film All Stars. He is still singing and has an own stage program.

In September 2018, Danny released his single Toch ff Lekker Zo. [2]

Personal life

De Munk has been married since 1998 and has a daughter and a son.

On 25 April 2008 Danny de Munk was made a knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

Discography

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Danny de Munk in 1985

Albums

Singles

Featured in
Collective
Film and television

Filmography

Musical

Selected musicals

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References

  1. See Discogs
  2. 1 2 "Danny de Munk brengt 'nederdance'-single uit". Nu Nl. 17 September 2018.

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