Herman van Veen
Actor
Biography
Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician and painter. He worked with accompanists Laurens van Rooyen and Erik van der Wurff, both of whom were pianists and composers.
In addition to performing internationally, Van Veen is famous as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak (1976). The original one-man theatre show was adapted as a Dutch-German-Japanese cartoon (1989), which was broadcast internationally. In addition to creating the show's story, Van Veen also wrote, composed and performed most of the show's music.
He also performed the voice-overs for the characters Johan Sebastian Kwak, Krabnagel de Kater and Professor Paljas (Professor Buffon) in the Dutch and German versions of Alfred J. Kwak.
As Director
Filmography
Ciske the Rat
as Meester Bruis 1984
Princess
as Mark 1969
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
as Self 2003
Herman van Veen - Kersvers in Carré
as Artist 2015
Kunst en Vliegwerk
as Vader Drost 1989
what I wanted to sing you
as himself 2002
Unter einem Hut
as himself 2003
Herman van Veen - Vaders In Carre
as Himself 2005
Herman van Veen - Nederlanders In Carré
as Himself 2008
Uit elkaar
as Vincent 1979
Herman van Veen: Verboden Te Lachen
2002
Herman van Veen zingt en vertelt de muziekfabel van Alfred Jodocus Kwak
1987
Junger Frühling
as philharmonist 1986
Toon Hermans, de kleuren van een clown
2005
Nachtvlinder
as Wogram 1999
Children of Ghana
as Voice-over (Dutch) 1988