Lucas van den Eynde

Lucas Van den Eynde (born 23 February 1959) is a Belgian actor who 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.

Work In the theater he played with, among other theater companies, , , , and with the KVS in , , , and . He also toured for years with with and .

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 .

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.

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.

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.

Personal life 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.

In 2014, he toured Flanders with , Barbara Dex and with the program Kleinkunsteiland.

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes1993 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

Television

Voice roles

Year Title RoleNotes 2009 Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers Lambik 2021 Sabena Narrator

Dubbing roles

Animated films Year Title RoleNotes 1998 Mulan Shang 2001 Shrek Shrek 2002 Ice Age Diego 2004 Shrek 2 Shrek 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Diego 2007 Shrek the Third Shrek 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Diego 2010 Shrek Forever After Shrek 2011 The Smurfs Narrator Smurf 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift Diego 2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Diego

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryProjectResultRef. 1998 Arlecchino AwardBest Supporting Actor of the Dutch Theater Season Ten Oorlog 1999 Louis d'OrBest Actor of the Dutch Theater Season Bruno in De cocu magnifique oftewel de wonderbaarlijke hoorndrager