Johannes Wirix-Speetjens Actor

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Johannes Wirix (Sint-Niklaas, 18 July 1997) is a Belgian actor. Wirix was born in Belgium and raised in Haarlem. In 2020 he received his degree in acting at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. During his study he spent one year at the Silvio D'Amico National Acting Academy. Since then he started also writing and performing in Italian.

In January 2020 he was awarded the second prize of the 2019 Lydia Biondi International Prize in Rome for having written and performed his monologue 'Sono tutti loro'.

More recently, Wirix has been cast for several Dutch and Belgian theatreprojects. In 2023, Wirix starred in the film 'Comandante', an Italian-Belgian co-production written and directed by Sandro Veronesi and Edoardo De Angelis. This film will be released in the fall of 2023 and was presented as the opening movie of the Venice Film Festival in 2023.

Overview

NationalityBelgium, Netherlands

LanguagesDutch (mother tongue), Dutch (Middle) (mother tongue), Dutch-Flemish (mother tongue), English (fluent), English (Middle) (fluent), English – American (fluent), English – British (fluent), French (fluent), French (Middle) (fluent), German (fluent), Italian (fluent)

Born1997, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Age range16 - 40

Height194 cm

Ethnic typesWhite

Place of residenceAmsterdam - Noord-Holland (Netherlands), Milano - Lombardy (Italy)

Real nameJohannes Wirix-Speetjens

Showreel

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Contact

Montecatini Talent Agency

Contact: Anne-Paul Houwen

Alternative contact details:

http://www.montecatini.nl/

+31 20 5356200

+31 20 5356201 Fax (office)

mail@montecatini.nl

Linda@montecatini.nl

Herenmarkt 5

1013 EC Amsterdam
Netherlands

Skills/Talents

Languages Dutch (mother tongue), Dutch (Middle) (mother tongue), Dutch-Flemish (mother tongue), English (fluent), English (Middle) (fluent), English – American (fluent), English – British (fluent), French (fluent), French (Middle) (fluent), German (fluent), Italian (fluent)

Accents Belgian (native accent)

Singing. Jazz (very good)

Vocal pitch / Dubbing voice Deep baritone

Musical instruments Piano (very good), Ukulele (very good), Violin (very good)

Driving licences / Other permits Driver’s licence car, Driver’s licence motorbike

Appearance

Age range 16 - 40

Height 194 cm

Build Medium build

Colour of eyes Heterochromia: brown/green

Colour of hair Dark blonde

Twin No

Ethnic types White

Training

2018 - 2019 Acting studies
Accademia Nazionale d´Arte drammatica Silvio d´Amico
Erasmus exchange
2016 - 2020 Acting studies
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Drama, acting

Awards/Nominations

2023 The Golden Lion (Italian: Leone d'oro), the Venice Film Festival (Italy) - Nomination
for Jacques Reclercq / Comandante

2020 Premio Internazionale Lydia Biondi (Italy) - Award
for / Sono tutti loro

CV CV - Film CV - Theatre


CV - Film

2023
Comandante

Indigo Film

Network/Distributor: 01 Distribution

Feature film (cinema)

Drama

Edoardo De Angelis
Directed by

Jacques Reclercq
Lead

CV - Theatre

2023
Tom op de boerderij

Theatergroep Suburbia

Theatre

Drama

Albert Lubbers
Directed by

Tom
Lead

2022
Pidgin Zwolle

Explore the North

Ahilan Ratnamohan
Directed by


Guest Role

2022
De eeuw van mijn moeder

Het Nationale Theater

Theatre

Drama

Eric De Vroedt
Directed by

Paolo
Guest Role

2022
Leedvermaak

Het Nationale Theater

Theatre

Drama

Eric de Vroedt
Directed by


Lead

2021
Rishi

Het Nationale Theater

Kees Roorda
Directed by


2021
Transport XXL

Drama

Noah Senden
Directed by


Lead

2021
Zonderlingen

Cc Berchem, Stad Antwerpen

Drama

Johannes Wirix-Speetjens, Bruno Vanden Broecke, Peter De Graef
Directed by


Lead

2021
TM

Ontroerend Goed

Theatre

Alexander Devriendt
Directed by


Guest Role

2020
Sono tutti loro

Dominio Pubblico Festival

Johannes Wirix-Speetjens
Directed by


Lead

2020
DNA

Aurelie Di Marino, Johan Dehollander
Directed by


Lead

2019
Forse c’è abbastanza cielo su questi prati

RomaEuropa

Dance theatre

Enzo Cosimi
Directed by


Guest Role

2019
Woesten

OPMAAT, K-PARTNERS, KOORTZZ

Theatre

Ignace Cornelissen
Directed by


Lead

2018 - 2019
Altre voci dalla città stanca

Palazzo delle esposizioni Roma, Accademia Silvio d'Amico Roma

Theatre

Monica Demuru
Directed by


Lead