Jan Decleir
Born	February 14, 1946 (age 60) Niel, Belgium
Notable roles	"Priest Daens" in Daens; "Dreverhaven" in Character; "Angelo Ledda" in The Memory of a Killer

Jan Decleir (born February 14, 1946), is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium). February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Niel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ... Adolf Daens (18 December 1839 – 14 June 1907) was a Belgian Flemish priest from Aalst. ... The Alzheimer Case film poster The Alzheimer Case (a. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Niel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ... The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal (Cathedral of our Lady) at the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to several triptychs by Baroque painter Rubens. ...

He had his first big role in Fons Rademaker's "Mira" (1971) and has since then appeared in countless Flemish and Dutch films and tv productions. He starred in Academy Award winning movies as Karakter and Antonia and the Oscar-nominated social drama Daens. More recently he turned down roles in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (due to commitments to other projects) and The World Is Not Enough. The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Character (Dutch title Karakter) is a 1997 Dutch film, based on a best-selling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. ... Antonia can refer to: Roman Antiquity The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome, according to the Roman naming convention. ... Daens is a 1993 Belgian film directed by Stijn Coninx. ... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director and producer, generally considered one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers of cinema history. ... Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 feature-length motion picture directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novella Traumnovelle (in English Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler. ... The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth official James Bond film made by EON Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings secret agent, James Bond. ...

In 2003 he had the starring role in the critically acclaimed thriller The Memory of a Killer (The Alzheimer's Case) of which the leading American film critic Roger Ebert wrote in his review: "Jan Decleir never goes for the easy effect, never pushes too hard, is a rock-solid occupant of his character. Everything he has to say is embodied, not expressed. Talks are under way for a Hollywood remake, but this performance will not be easily equaled. Gene Hackman, maybe. Morgan Freeman. Robert Mitchum, if he were alive. Decleir is the real thing." // February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... The Alzheimer Case film poster The Alzheimer Case (a. ... Roger Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer, 1970 Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is an Emmy Award-nominated American television personality, author, and film critic who began writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, every week since 1967. ...

Filmography

• Heeft geleden onder Pontius Pilatus (1966)
• Geboorte en dood van Dirk Vandersteen jr. (1968)
• Het huis met de maskers (1968)
• De meeuw (1968)
• Klucht van de brave moordenaar (1969)
• Koning Lear (=King Lear) (1969)
• Het Helleschip (1969)
• Zeven miljoen molekulen (1970)
• De Familie Tot (1971)
• Mira, aka Mira of de teleurgang van de waterhoek (1971)
• August, August, August (1971)
• Rolande met de bles (1972)
• De Loteling (=The Conscript) (1973)
• De Vrek (1974)
• Verloren maandag (1974)
• Verbrande burg (Burned bridge) (1975)
• Pallieter (1976)
• De man in de rok en de man zonder (1976)
• Niet alle dieven komen ongelegen (1976)
• Als schilders konden spreken (1976)
• Une page d'amour (=one page of love) (1978)
• Doodzonde (=Deadly sin) (1978)
• De proefkonijnen (1979)
• Grueten broos (1979)
• Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981)
• Twee vorstinnen en een vorst (=Two queens and one consort) (1981)
• Tijd om gelukkig te zijn (=Time to be happy) (1982)
• Het verleden (1982)
• Toute une nuit (=A Whole/Entire Night) (1982)
• Maria Danneels (of het leven dat we droomden) (1982)
• Zware jongens (1984)
• De Loteling (1984)
• De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (= the Flemish lion) (1985)
• Het gezin van Paemel (=The Van Paemel family) (1986)
• De Tijger (1988)
• Het eerste mirakel van kindeke Jesus (1988)
• Het Sacrament (1990)
• Koko Flanel (1990)
• Dilemma (1990)
• Anchoress (1993)
• Daens (1993)
• Beck - De gesloten kamer (1993)
• Antonia (=Antonia's line) (1995)
• Camping Cosmos (1996)
• Karakter (=Character) (1997)
• S. (1998)
• Taming the Floods (1999)
• Retour Den Haag (1999)
• Molokai: The story of Father Damien (aka Molokai: the forbidden island) (1999)
• Shades (1999)
• Kruimeltje (=Little crumb) (1999)
• Running free (1999)
• Lijmen/Het Been (=The publishers) (2000)
• Mariken (2000)
• De omweg (2000)
• De verlossing (=Closure aka The other life) (2001)
• Villa des Roses (2002)
• Hop (2002)
• Brush with Fate (2003)
• Rosenstrasse(2003) (=Rosenstraße)
• SuperTex (= Supertex - Eine Stunde im Paradies)
• Till Eusterspiegel (=Jester Till) (2003)
• Vlucht der verbeelding (2003)
• De Zaak Alzheimer (2003)
• L'Autre (=The missing) (2003)
• De passievrucht (=Father's affair) (2003)
• Edelweißpiraten (=Edelweiss pirates) (2004)
• De kus (=The Kiss) (2004)
• Off screen (2005)
• Een Ander Zijn Geluk (2005)
• Verlengd weekend (2005)
• Het paard van Sinterklaas (2005)
• Crusade in Jeans (2005)

He is also known from Flemish TV series such as: Chandra X-ray Image of Mira Mira (ο Cet / 68 Ceti / HD14386 / HIP10826 / ADS 1778 AP / Omicron Ceti) is a binary star in the constellation Cetus consisting of the red giant, Mira A or just Mira, and a white dwarf, Mira B or VZ Ceti. ... Hendrik Conscience (born December 3, 1812 in Antwerp – died September 10, 1883 in Antwerp) was a Flemish writer. ... Daens is a 1993 Belgian film directed by Stijn Coninx. ... Antonias Line (original title Antonia) is the award winning Dutch film about living a liberal life in a small Dutch town. ... now. ... Character (Dutch title Karakter) is a 1997 Dutch film, based on a best-selling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. ... Damien redirects here. ... Lijmen/Het Been is a Dutch movie adapted from short stories by Willem Elsschot and directed by Robbe De Hert, starring Mike Vedrengh and Koen De Bouw. ... The Alzheimer Case film poster The Alzheimer Case (a. ...

• Keromar (1971)
• Sil de strandjutter (1976)
• Adriaen Brouwer (1986)
• Klein Londen, Klein Berlijn (1988)
• Moeder, waarom leven wij? (1993)
• Dag Sinterklaas (1993)
• Ons geluk (1995)
• Gaston Berghmans Show (1995)
• Kulderzipken (1996)
• Diamant (1997)
• Grote boze wolf show (2000)
• Stille waters (2001)
• De 9 dagen van de gier (2001)
• Meiden van De Wit (2002)
• Koning van de wereld (2005)
• Als 't maar beweegt (2005)
• De kavijaks (2005)

External links

• Jan Decleir at the Internet Movie Database