Daan Schuurmans

Daniël Adrianus Augustinus "Daan" Schuurmans (born 24 January 1972) is a Dutch actor. He is married to Dutch actress Bracha van Doesburgh and they have a daughter named Sophia and twins sons named Kees and Boris.

Career Schuurmans began his career in 1996, when he played a role in Fort Alpha. After several other roles he landed in Westenwind. After his roles in both Costa! and the TV series with the same title he received national recognition and played roles in other national productions, including Volle maan, Phileine zegt sorry, Polleke, Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder, Snowfever and Floris.

In 2006, Schuurmans played in the TV series Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten.

Since 2014 he's been starring in the TV series Heer en Meester (Lord and Master) as Valentijn Bentinck, a charming millionaire who likes investigating crimes and has a mysterious past.

He is also recently starring in several Dutch theater productions.

In 2022 he was the presenter and narrator of the Dutch historical docudrama Het verhaal van Nederland.

Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1997 Jewish Boxing Actor Short film1999 Dropouts Hotel receptionist The Delivery Man on terrace 2000 Harakiri Operator 2001 Costa! Rens First starring role 2001 Dok 12 Piet 2002 Barry H. Barry Short film Volle maan Ties Full Moon Party (International title) 2003 So Be It Dealer Straight-to-video release Phileine zegt sorry Dylan Polleke Spiek Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder Parelridder Didero van Donderstein 2004 Snowfever Ryan Floris Van Rossum jr. 2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Belgian Gigolo First international movie Wereld van stilstand Max Short film Bonkers Cees 2007 Alles is Liefde Kees Tromp 2008 De Brief voor de Koning Gray Knight Bendoe 2010 Bernhard, schavuit van Oranje Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 2011 The Gang of Oss Wachtmeester Roelofse 2013 The Dinner Serge 2016 De Held 2018 Mocro Maffia Rein van Waard 2019 Adults in the Room