Stijn Van Opstal

Stijn Van Opstal
Stijn Van Opstal
Born	1976 (age 42–43); Belgium
Occupation	Actor

Last updated September 30, 2019

Stijn Van Opstal (born 1976) is a Flemish actor.

He graduated in 1998 from the Studio Herman Teirlinck,^[1] the same year as Tom Dewispelaere, Ben Segers and Geert Van Rampelberg, with whom he founded the theatre company Olympique Dramatique. In the theatre, he acted in Kaspar, De gebroeders Leeuwenhart, De geruchten, Adams appels and Bij het kanaal naar links.^[2]

He acted in the feature films S. and Dossier K. and played a role with his theatre companions in the television series De Parelvissers. His first television appearance was in the series Recht op Recht . He also had a recurring role as the criminal Dimitri Alva in the sixth season of the VTM television series Zone Stad .^[3] In the spring of 2013, he acted in the VIER series Met man en macht.^[1] He also played roles in several short films.

Dossier K. is a Flemish thriller film directed by Jan Verheyen, based on a novel by Jef Geeraerts. Dossier K. is the second book by Jef Geeraerts for the series about detectives Vincke and Verstuyft that has been put to screen after De zaak Alzheimer. Several actors from the first film reprise their roles, including Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Filip Peters and Jappe Claes. It is a film about crimes in the Albanian mafia scene in Antwerp.

Recht op Recht is a Belgian television series produced by the Flemish channel Eén. 45 episodes were areid between 1998 and 2002.

VTM or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders and forms part of a network of channels owned by DPG Media.

Stijn Van Opstal is in a relationship with Sarah Vangeel; they have two children together. Van Opstal grew up in Beerse.^[4]

Beerse is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Beerse proper and Vlimmeren. On 1 January 2006 Beerse had a total population of 16,482. By the end of 2007, this number had risen to 16,757. The total area is 37.48 km² which gives a population density of 447 inhabitants per km². The pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica, founded by Dr. Paul Janssen, has its headquarters in Beerse.

Television and film

TV series

Windkracht 10 (1998) – Fireman
Recht op Recht (2001–02) – Stef Molenaar / Tommy Van Lebbeek
De vloek van Vlimovost (2006)
De Parelvissers (2006) – Lucas Blommaert
Zone Stad (2010–11) – Dimitri Alva
Salamander (2013) – Meneer Walters
Met man en macht (2013) – Ludo Jacobs
Safety First (2013) – Erik
Ontspoord (2013) – Bernard
Tabula Rasa^[5] (2017) – Benoit

Zone Stad was a popular Flemish-Belgian TV series about a police-department located in Antwerp. The show started in 2003 and ended in 2013. In the series, police officers solve various crimes, which are shown as realistically as possible. It is produced by the VMMa and broadcast on Belgian commercial channel vtm and TROS in the Netherlands.

Salamander is a Belgian crime drama television series, created by and based upon the novel by Bavo Dhooge, that was first broadcast on Eén on 30 December 2012. The twelve-part series, produced by Skyline Entertainment and written by Ward Hulselmans, stars Filip Peeters as Inspector Paul Gerardi, a Belgian detective who investigates the theft of sixty-six safety deposit boxes belonging to prominent Belgian figures. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Four from 8 February 2014. Following the success of the first series, a second series was commissioned by Eén but production did not begin until five years later. The second series is subtitled Blood Diamonds and was first broadcast on 7 January 2018. BBC Four broadcast from 14 April 2018.

Short films

Striker Bob (1997) – Tony
Fade out (2000) – Steve
Dialing the Devil (2001)
Blind Date (2001)
Het ruikt hier naar stront (2006) – Cliff Heylen
Nowhere Man (2008) – Man with beard
Een kleine duw (2009) – Meester Wim
Rosa, zusje van Anna (2012) – Vader

Films

S. (1998)
Dossier K. (2009) – scientist
De premier (2016) – Driver of the Prime Minister^[1]

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References

1 2 3 "Acteur Stijn Van Opstal haalt herinneringen op in de Kempen" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "VTi - Personen - Stijn Van Opstal" (in Dutch). Vlaams Theater Instituut. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
↑ "Stijn Van Opstal". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ "Beersenaren schitteren in succesvol toneelstuk" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
↑ Debackere, Jan (18 October 2017). "Zo goed is de nieuwe Eén-reeks 'Tabula Rasa'" (in Dutch). De Morgen. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

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[gazet-1] 1 2 3 "Acteur Stijn Van Opstal haalt herinneringen op in de Kempen" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[2] "VTi - Personen - Stijn Van Opstal" (in Dutch). Vlaams Theater Instituut. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[3] "Stijn Van Opstal". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[4] "Beersenaren schitteren in succesvol toneelstuk" (in Dutch). Gazet van Antwerpen. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[5] Debackere, Jan (18 October 2017). "Zo goed is de nieuwe Eén-reeks 'Tabula Rasa'" (in Dutch). De Morgen. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.