Marcel Musters | |
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Born | 6 June 1959 |
Occupation | Actor |
Awards |
Marcel Musters (born 6 June 1959) is a Dutch actor.
In 2019, he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role in the film God Only Knows directed by Mijke de Jong. [1] [2] In 2020, a print of his hand was added to the 'Walk of Fame' in the Vinkenburgstraat in Utrecht, Netherlands. [3]
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God Only Knows is a 2019 Dutch language arthouse film written and directed by Mijke de Jong. The film stars Marcel Musters as a mentally ill man, with Monic Hendrickx and Elsie de Brauw as his two sisters. Musters won a Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role.
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