David Grifhorst (born 22 June 1978 in Deventer) is a Dutch game show creator and television director who created the British game show The Exit List on ITV1. [1] [2] He is also known as (former) director of the Dutch television show De Wereld Draait Door . [1] On 1 December 2012 he was the director of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in the Netherlands. He directed the Dutch version of The Passion and The Passion: New Orleans on FOX.
Carel Struycken is a Dutch actor. He is known for playing the Giant/Fireman in the television series Twin Peaks, the occasional guest role of Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1992), and the household butler Lurch in the three 1990s Addams Family films. He also appeared in the films Gerald's Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019).
BVN, is a Dutch free-to-air television channel providing Dutch public-service television to viewers around the world.
Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress and singer. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best Actress for Undercover Kitty (2001).
Robbie van Leeuwen is a Dutch musician who was a guitarist, sitarist, background vocalist and main songwriter for Dutch bands, including The Motions and Shocking Blue. In 1967 he played guitar on the only single ever released by "The Six Young Riders" titled "Let the Circle Be Unbroken". As of January 2021, he is the only surviving member of Shocking Blue's best known four-piece lineup.
Matthijs van Nieuwkerk is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is best known for hosting the daily De Wereld Draait Door (DWDD) television show from 2005 to 2020.
Olcay Gülşen, also known as OJ Gulsen, is a Dutch fashion designer. She was the owner of fashion label "SuperTrash" from 2009 to 2018.
Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.
De Wereld Draait Door also known by the acronym DWDD was an early-evening talk show on Dutch television, broadcast every weekday at 7:00 p.m. on NPO 1. It is the Netherlands' longest-running, regularly scheduled TV entertainment show and is also the program with the second-highest viewing figures on Dutch television, beaten only by the main evening news at 8.00 p.m. The show, created by Dieuwke Wynia and produced by BNNVARA, was discontinued after the last episode on 27 March 2020.
Matthijs Kleyn is a Dutch television presenter, novelist, and tabloid journalist.
The Kik is a Dutch music group notable for paying homage to 1960s-era Beat music with Dutch lyrics ("Nederbeat"). They released their debut CD in May 2012 and quickly received national attention.
Henriëtte Adriana "Hetty" Blok was a Dutch cabaret artist, singer, and actress who performed on the stage, on radio, and on television for more than five decades. Her best-known role is Nurse Klivia, one of the lead roles in the iconic television series Ja zuster, nee zuster, a role with which she was identified the rest of her life. She was known also as a friend of Annie M. G. Schmidt and a singer of her songs.
Alexander Paul Klöpping is a Dutch internet entrepreneur specializing in consumer electronics, blogging, and is also a print and online journalist and speaker. Klöpping studies new media at the University of Amsterdam and is a self-described nerd. He is consulted by Dutch-language media for his expertise. He himself states that his expertise is "relative".
Mathijs Nicolaas Bouman is a Dutch economist and journalist. He is a regular contributor to the TV programs RTL Z and De Wereld Draait Door and writes columns for Het Financieele Dagblad and the business website Z24.nl. A critic of the Dutch Polder model, in which "bad luck is officially forbidden" and "accidents are banned", he is referred to as a market liberalist, and as a prominent opinion builder whose Twitter account is recommended for "peppered" opinions.
Coen Verbraak is a Dutch journalist and television producer and presenter.
Martijn Schimmer is a Dutch composer and producer of television theme songs and film scores. His work includes the theme music for The Voice, Deal or No Deal, RTL Nieuws, and Splash.
Erik Johan Anton (Erik) Scherder is a Dutch professor of neuropsychology who is connected to the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (VU). Scherder followed his education to physiotherapist in the late seventies after which he worked in the Valeriuskliniek in Amsterdam. Afterwards he followed the study psychology at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam with a specialization in neuropsychology, in which he promoted in 1995.
Erik Dijkstra is a Dutch journalist and television personality.
Marc-Marie Huijbregts is a Dutch comedian, actor and television presenter. He is known for his cabaret shows and as co-host of the television show De Wereld Draait Door. He is also known as jury member in the Flemish quiz show De Slimste Mens ter Wereld.
Diederik Jekel is a Dutch science journalist and television presenter.
Ruben Annink, known by his stage name as Ruben Moolhuizen, is a Dutch singer-songwriter.