Vincent van Ommen

Vincent van Ommen
Born Vincent van Ommen
(1982-06-14) 14 June 1982
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation Actor
Years active 2008 – present
Website http://www.vincentvanommen.com

Vincent van Ommen is a Dutch film and television actor. He is known for his English language work in films like Life is an Art (2010), Amsterdam Heavy (2011), A Morass (2011), and the TV mini-series You Look Stunning Too (2013) in which he has played the role of Richard. Van Ommen is also part of the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam. An annual film festival promoting short films in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, other jury members include George Sluizer, Roel Reine and Tygo Gernandt.

Early life

Van Ommen was born on 14 June 1982 in The Hague, the Netherlands. His parents raised him bilingual, speaking both English and Dutch. He studied drama at De Trap, a private school for acting in Amsterdam, where he was trained to become a professional actor. After that he did a post-grad, specializing in acting for film and television.[1] He also studied classical Shakespearean acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and followed an advanced acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[2] He was also trained in film and stage combat by Tony Wolf, the Lord of the Rings fighting styles designer.[3]

Film career

His first screen role was in the short film Stop!.[4] The film, depicting a violent theft and car chase, was released during the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2008. The film was a viral success and was widely praised for its acting, multiple journalists filed police reports "We think its real".[5] The film reached national media and talk shows like De Wereld Draait Door and Editie NL.

In 2009, Van Ommen made his English language feature film debut as the immortal Elijah in the fantasy film Reiki, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival later that year.[6] In April 2010, Reiki also screened at the Elf Fantasy Fair, the biggest fantasy event in Europe.

Director Jayant R. Harnam saw one of his short films[7] and cast him in the leading role for his thriller Life is an Art, in which he stars opposite Alison Carroll (Doghouse, Tomb Raider: Underworld model). This movie was Van Ommen's second appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.[8][9]

In March 2010, Van Ommen starred in the British film A Morass, with Alessandro Giuggioli (Me and Orson Welles, Genova) and was cast in the Dutch film Verloren Jaren starring Frederik de Groot and Wouter de Jong. He was also cast in the short film Klik alongside Lone van Roosendaal, Thomas Acda & Tim Oliehoek.

In January 2011, it was announced that Van Ommen was cast opposite Fajah Lourens in the action film Amsterdam Heavy[10] by UK director Michael Wright. The movie also stars Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs).

In March 2011, he appeared in the short movie Paper Parachutes directed by Katie Pow, a children's fantasy film about obsessively ordered nine-year-old Miles. Both Amsterdam Heavy and Paper Parachutes screened at the 64th Cannes Film Festival[11][12] and marked his third appearance at the festival.

In 2012, Van Ommen joined the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam.[13][14] An annual film festival promoting short films in Amsterdam.[15] Other jury members include George Sluizer, Waldemar Torenstra and Jeroen Koolbergen.

He starred in a slate of short movies, notably Millie directed by Merel den Otter, Faith, La Commedia, Escape and Orbit directed by Djie Han Thung.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Stop! Paul Short film
2008 De beste commercial Zoon 1 episode
2008 Millie Matthias
2008 Gamekings Mark / Pascal 1 episode
2008 Kaaskoppen & waterlanders Willem Drees 1 episode
2009 Reiki Elijah
2009 Koekeloere Meneer Boer 1 episode
2010 Life is an Art Nathan
2010 Verloren Jaren Luuk Dutch film
2010 Escape Felton
2010 Faith Keith
2010 Win/Win Junior Broker Dutch film
2011 A Morass Traveller
2011 Amsterdam Heavy Agent van Beek
2011 Paper Parachutes Uncle Ed
2011 Klik The Manager
2011 Orbit
2013 You Look Stunning Too Richard Recurring role
2013 ShortCutz Amsterdam Jury Himself
2013 La Commedia
2014 Cam2Cam Voyeur
2014 Triggers Joseph

References

  1. ↑ What about Vincent van Ommen - Interview (in Dutch), castingnieuws.nl. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Biography for Vincent van Ommen Retrieved 02 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Film1 interview De Filmliefde van Vincent van Ommen (in Dutch), film1.nl.
  4. ↑ Vincent in Stop! imdb.com.
  5. ↑ Stop! reaches Dutch national news broadcast, EditieNL.
  6. ↑ ANP (24 May 2009). "Nederlandse acteur in film met Tomb Raider-model".
  7. ↑ Vincent van Ommen: Q & A
  8. ↑ RTL Boulevard interview Vincent van Ommen (in Dutch), RTL Boulevard broadcast.
  9. ↑ Novum interview Vincent: "Cannes was echt kicken" (in Dutch), broadcast. Retrieved 28 May 2010
  10. ↑ Ook Van Ommen in ‘Amsterdam Heavy’ (in Dutch), nlfilmdoek.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  11. ↑ Vincent van Ommen, Amsterdam Heavy, Cannes Film Festival 2011 RealTVFilms.com broadcast. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  12. ↑ Acteur Vincent van Ommen in Cannes Omroep West. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  13. ↑ ShortCutz Amsterdam
  14. ↑ Jurylid Vincent van Ommen en Eddy Terstall met Shortcutz-mascotte Mr Zee filmkrant.nl.
  15. ↑ Dutch Short Films Are the Focus - Shortcutz Amsterdam Go Social Film Magazine. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

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