Yorick van Wageningen

Yorick van Wageningen (born 16 April 1964) is a Dutch actor who has performed in Dutch and American films, including The Chronicles of Riddick and the 2011 remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Life and career Van Wageningen was born in Baarn. After acting in several Dutch plays, movies, and television series, van Wageningen was asked to come to Hollywood to appear in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. Due to problems with his visa, he was unable to work on that movie, but thereafter acted in a number of American movies, achieving a breakthrough with his role in The Chronicles of Riddick.

Back in the Netherlands, he starred in Winter in Wartime, based on a Dutch novel about World War II.

In 2011, he appeared in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo along with Daniel Craig, in the role of Nils Bjurman, the sexually abusive guardian of Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). He garnered praise in the Dutch press for his portrayal of Ronnie, an Amsterdam gangster who experiences a spiritual resurrection after miraculously surviving an assassination attempt, in the 2013 film De wederopstanding van een klootzak.

In 2017, Van Wageningen was reported to be filming one of his last major roles, a remake of 1973's Papillon, and in pre-production for Simon de Waal's The Fear of God, before shifting his attention to "improving the position of creators in the Netherlands".

In 2019, he appeared in the film, The Promise of Pisa as Pluizebol.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Wilde Harten Handlanger 1993 Angie Kick 1998 ledereen kent Suus Short film 2000 Total Loss Reinier Kloprogge 2001 Soul Assassin Local Inspector 2001 Me and Morrison Jan 2002 Deserter Schreiber 2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story Julian Lephrenic 2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp Julian Lephrenic 2003 Beyond Borders Kurt Steiger 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick The Guv 2005 Tulse Luper Suitcase: A Life in Suitcases Julian Lephrenic 2005 The New World Captain Argall 2006 Night Run Uncredited 2007 The Blue Hour Avo 2008 Winter in Wartime Uncle Ben 2010 The Way Joost 2011 U & Eye Upholsterer Short film 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Nils Bjurman 2013 De wederopstanding van een klootzak Ronnie 2013 47 Ronin Kapitan 2014 Last Summer Alex 2015 Blackhat Sadak 2015 Broker Our Man Short film 2017 Storm: Letters van Vuur Klaas 2017 Final Review Rick Garret Short film 2017 Papillon Warden Barrot 2019 Escape Room Games Master WooTan Yu 2019 De Belofte van Pisa Pluizebol 2021 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Flashback - Games Master WooTan Yu 2021 The Judgement Michael de Jong Post-production TBA The Fear of God Robert Pre-production TBA Judy Lieutenant Albers Pre-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989-1990 Spijkerhoek Ruud de Lange Recurring role; 9 episodes 1990 Goede tijden, slechte tijden Ben Veerman Recurring role; 14 episodes 1991-1992 Vrienden voor het leven Frank / Gerard Guest role; 2 episodes 1993 Oppassen!!! Robbie de Wit Episode: "'it Reclamespotje" 1995 20 Plus Julian Unaired television series 1996 Zonder Ernst Episode: "Niemendalletjes" 1997 12 steden, 13 ongelukken David Zomer Episode: "Geen geheimen (Bathmen)" 1998 Frenchman's Creek Van Basten Television film 2006 The Commander: Blacklight Van Hauten Television film 2007 The Commander: The Fraudster Van Hauten Television film 2009 Flow Lucien Kortrijk Episode: "Aflevering 5" 2010 De Troon Willem I Television mini-series 2020 The Letter for the King King Favian Netflix original series 2022 Rampvlucht Pierre Heijboer KRO-NCRV original series 2024 Mayor of Kingstown Konstantin Noskov 9 episodes

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