| Lucas Van den Eynde | |
| Birth Date: | 1959 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Lier, Belgium |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1985–present |
Lucas Van den Eynde (born 23 February 1959)[1] is a Belgian actor. He has acted in theater films and television programs and also dubbed animated films in Belgian Dutch.
In 1998 he was the recipient of the Arlecchino Award (the award presented annually by the VSCD to the best supporting actor of the Dutch theater season) for his role as Edwaar in Ten Oorlog, which was followed by the 1999 Louis d'Or for his lead role as Bruno in Bruno in De cocu magnifique oftewel de wonderbaarlijke hoorndrager.
In 2013 he appeared in Salamander.
In the theater he played with, among other theater companies, , , , and with the KVS in , , , and . He also toured for years with with and .[2]
He became a well-known TV actor in the role of "professional farewell taker", in which he first appeared in . De Baere was also the closing party of the "50 years of Flemish Television" (Dutch: 50 jaar Vlaamse Televisie) festival. Van den Eynde then played Bert "Bucky" Laplasse, another well-known character in Flemish television, in the second series of .[3] [4]
From 2004 Van den Eynde played a leading role in the police series Aspe (disambiguation), that of sergeant . He played this character for four seasons, but left the series in 2008 to focus more on stage and musical projects that year. Van den Eynde was briefly seen in a guest appearance during the fifth season of the series. In 2014, he reprised the role of Guido Versavel in the five concluding episodes of the last season.[5] [6]
At the end of 2008, Van den Eynde played in the musical (Studio 100), in which he played the title role. In 2009 he played the butcher André Vangenechten in the television series Van Vlees en Bloed, a character that came to be known as the bospoeper. Van den Eynde played a prominent role in the highly successful television series Salamander in 2013, as Carl Cassimon. In 2017, he starred in the second season of , playing businessman Toni Beernaert, a board member and later also the chairman of a fictional representation of football club Racing Genk.[7]
In 1998 he received an Arlecchino from the VSCD in the Netherlands for his role as Edwaar in Ten Oorlog. In 1999 the Louis d'Or followed for his lead role as Bruno in Bruno in De cocu magnifique oftewel de wonderbaarlijke hoorndrager.[8] [9]
Van den Eynde got married in 2005 and together with his wife Sofie he has a daughter, Flore, born in 2003 and a son, Lou, born in 2008.[10]
In 2014 he toured Flanders with, Barbara Dex and with the program Kleinkunsteiland.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Seventh Heaven | |||
| Ad Fundum | Police officer Pots | |||
| 2002 | Step by Step | The Dutchman | ||
| 2003 | The Alzheimer Case | Bob Van Camp | ||
| 2009 | The Over the Hill Band | Michel | ||
| 2010 | Frits and Freddy | Sjarel Willems | ||
| 2011 | Groenten uit Balen | Piet Populiers |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Alfa Papa Tango | 1 episode | ||
| 1995–1996 | Kulderzipken | Brother Grimm | Main role (10 episodes) | |
| 1996 | Buiten De Zone | Dr. De Waele | 2 episodes | |
| 2000–2001 | In de gloria | Dagtripper | Main role (20 episodes) | |
| 2005–2008 | Nico Maes | Main role (8 episodes) | ||
| 2009 | Van Vlees en Bloed | André Vangenechten | Main role (7 episodes) | |
| 2009 | Mega Mindy | Jef | Episode: "Kermis in het dorp" | |
| 2010 | Witse | André Vestiaux | 2 episodes | |
| 2013 | Salamander | Carl Cassimon | Recurring role (11 episodes) | |
| 2016 | Vermist | Johan Cools | Episode: "Louic" | |
| 2019 | Undercover | Ignace Devlaeminck | 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lambik | |||
| 2021 | Sabena | Narrator |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Mulan | Shang | ||
| 2001 | Shrek | Shrek | ||
| 2002 | Ice Age | Diego | ||
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Shrek | ||
| 2006 | Diego | |||
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Shrek | ||
| 2009 | Diego | |||
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Shrek | ||
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Narrator Smurf | ||
| 2012 | Diego | |||
| 2016 | Diego |
| Year | Award | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Arlecchino Award | Best Supporting Actor of the Dutch Theater Season | Ten Oorlog | [12] | |
| 1999 | Louis d'Or | Best Actor of the Dutch Theater Season | Bruno in De cocu magnifique oftewel de wonderbaarlijke hoorndrager | [13] | |