Stijn Koomen

Stijn Koomen
Born	Stijn Mathias Koomen March 18, 1987 Amsterdam
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999-present

Stijn Mathias Koomen (born March 18, 1987) is a Dutch Actor.

At age 10 he started his education in acting at the theaterschool for youth in Amsterdam (AJTS). His television-career started at the age of 12 in the Dutch television series; Wat nou?! from celebrated Dutch director Eddy Terstall.

In 2002 Koomen starred as Mick, the older brother of Willem in the Dutch Children's TV hit series Ik ben Willem. Koomen played in all three seasons of the series between the ages of 14 and 21.

Two years later Koomen played a role in the movie Simon (Eddy Terstall, 2004). The movie won in 4 categories of the National Dutch Film Awards (Gouden Kalveren).

Simon was also the Dutch entry for the Oscars in 2005. In that same year IMDB ranked the movie 9th in the category of best international comedy.

Koomen also played in the independent movies Diep (Simone van Dusseldorp, 2005) and “Tussenstand” by Mijke de Jong. In the latter he was one of the main characters next to Marcel Musters and Elsie de Brouw.

Tussenstand won 3 National Dutch Film Awards as well as several international awards.

In 2009 Koomen plays the leading role in the international film R U There by David Verbeek. R U There premiered during the international filmfestival of Cannes in the section: un certain regard. It eventually won 2 National Dutch Film Awards and was sold internationally.

After R U There Koomen played in various short movies and television films. Amongst them: Valdrift (Jasper Wessels, 2010) and Mijn Marco (Sarah Verweij, 2011).

He also guest starred in a variety of television series such as

Van God Los (2012) and GTST (2014).