Jan Decleir
Acting
Biography
Jan Decleir (born February 14, 1946, in Niel, Belgium) is a Belgian film, television and stage actor, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Flemish cinema. He made his film debut in Mira (1971) and gained international recognition for his performances in Character (1997), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Oscar nominated drama Daens (1992). Alongside his extensive screen career, he is also a highly respected theatre actor and a central figure in Flemish cultural life.
As actor 122
Tytgat Chocolat
2017
Loft
2008
New Texas
2015
Café Derby
2015
Kulderzipken
1995
Dag Sinterklaas
1992
Buiten De Zone
1994
De grote boze wolf show
2000
Crusade in Jeans
2006
Wij Heren Van Zichem
1968
Two Queens and One Consort
1981
Holland's past
2008
Meiden van de Wit
2002
Long Weekend
2005
Marieke, Marieke
2010
Character
1997
John the Fearless
1984
Antonia's Line
1995
Running Free
1999
Mira
1971
Don't Shoot
2018
Koning van de Wereld
2007
Flying Home
2014
Dilemma
1990
The Edelweiss Pirates
2004
WILL
2023
The Eleventh of the Eleventh
2016
The Claus Family
2020
The Conscript
1974
Burned Bridges
1977
Finn
2013
Keromar
1971
Diamant
1997
Pallieter
1975
Moeder, waarom leven wij?
1993
The Surprise
2015
Off Screen
2005
10 Broeders
The Baronesses
2025
Beck – De gesloten kamer
1993
Smoorverliefd
2010
Stille Waters
2001
Nova Zembla
2011
The Memory of a Killer
2003
SuperTex
2003
Me and Kaminski
2015
The Spring of César
2011
Rosenstrasse
2003
Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddybear
2024
The Claus Family 2
2021
Toute une nuit
1982
Mortal Sin
1978
Daens
1992
Anchoress
1993
Mariken
2000
The Claus Family 3
2022
De zaak Alzheimer
2004
This Magnificent Cake!
2018
Wolfsbergen
2007
Sinteressante dingen
2009
De Kavijaks
2007
Blind
2007
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Paparazzo
2007
Sil de strandjutter
1976
Tummy Tom 3: Look Who's Visiting Tummy Tom!
2026
The Lion of Flanders
1985
Shades
1999
9 Days of the Vulture
2001
Koko Flanel
1990
Brush with Fate
2003
Chronicle of a Passion
1973
Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven
1990
Sister Smile
2009
Villa Des Roses
2002
Limo
2009
The Barefoot Emperor
2020
A Page of Love
1978
Flight of the Imagination
2003
Le Filet Américain
1981
Les Barons
2009
Father's Affair
2003
Where Is Winky's Horse?
2007
Ob ihr wollt oder nicht
2009
The Blind Spot
2017
Little Crumb
1999
Ay Ramon!
2015
Zware jongens
1984
Een verkeerde toekomst
2019
Winky's Horse
2005
King of the World
2006
Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend for Tummy Tom
2024
Someone Else's Happiness
2005
The Missing Half
2003
Hop
2002
The Kiss
2004
The van Paemel Family
1986
The Sacrament
1990
Szvo
2015
Things Past
1982
The Life We Dreamt Of
1982
De Verlossing
2001
Wat Mannen Willen
2015
Omokage
2010
the Detour
2000
La Vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos
1996
Firmin
2007
Verloren maandag
1974
A Perfect Match
2007
S.
1998
Lijmen/Het been
2000
De Proefkonijnen
1979
Permeke
1985
Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
2017
De Sint Danst de Tango
2011
De geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr.
1968
Taming the Floods
1999
Tijd om gelukkig te zijn
1982
14-18 Spektakel-Musical
2015
Sinterklaas en de Wakkere Nachten
2018
Hij komt, hij komt, ... intrede van de Sint
2018
De Zondvloed
2006