There is a chance that you haven't seen that series. Perhaps De Bossen Van Vlaanderen, a miniseries about a number of disturbing murders that were committed just after the First World War, has a slightly better chance. Van den Begin plays the role of coachman, so spotting him clearly may require a hawk's eye.
More importantly, the nineties are a clear starting point for Van den Begin's career. Other roles he played in these years can be found in series such as Mother, Why We Live?, Kats & Co, Ons Liefde, Kulderzipken and Windkracht 10. He really broke through with De Raf and Ronny Show. As inexperienced wannabe actor Ronny, he performs brilliantly alongside Stany Crets in this short buddy comedy. What should not go unmentioned are the countless small roles that Van den Begin plays in Flemish films.
A year after the success of The Raf & Ronny Show, sequels were released, originally titled Raf & Ronny II (1999) and Raf & Ronny III (2001). In between, Van den Begin also appears in an episode in the series Heterdaad and in films such as Plop in de Wolken and Kaas. Van den Begin then focuses more on film roles for a while. He can be seen in De Verlossing, among others, as well as in the very Flemish Suske en Wiske: The dark diamond. He also has a role in Erik or the small insect book, Lepel and Vet Hard.
He returns briefly in a series with Enneagram, but we owe his real return to the small screen to the highly rated Matryoshka's, the series that tells the story about all those women who are forced into prostitution and sex slavery. Van den Begin also plays in Team Spirit: The Series 2, De Parelvissers and Fans.
New film roles in, among others, Wit Licht, Suske en Wiske: De Texas rascals and Anubis and the revenge of Arghus follow, after which Oud België, a miniseries about the rise of television and how the small Flemish theaters struggle with it, Van den's next project Beginning is. He then briefly appeared as an agent in the dramedy Kiekens, after which he took on a role in the serious Deadline 14/10.
Deadline 14/10 is a story of a journalist who investigates the disappearance of a young girl, just before the elections take place this journalist makes some shocking discoveries, which of course have a link to some shady politicians. The whole of Antwerp is turned upside down, including by the conservative opposition leader Bert Coenen, who is played by Van den Begin.
A year later there will also be a sequel: Deadline 25/5. This time the investigation focuses on CO2 poisoning at a school, while political unrest in Antwerp and Flanders continues to simmer. Van den Begin reprises his role of Bert Coenen. In between he also plays in With man en power. Amateurs and Lang Leve follow, as well as a one-off role in the well-known Penoza, after which Den elevende van den elfde - a somewhat less cheerful series about carnival - and Auwch_ follow.
While Van den Begin used to mainly act in comedies, he has switched more to drama series in recent years. We have seen this in strong, short-lived series such as Tabula Rasa, De Infiltrant, Eigen Kweek, Studio Tarara and Callboys. Van den Begin plays a very successful role in the long-running Hollands Hoop, the Dutch-Belgian collaboration with a premise that looks suspiciously like Breaking Bad. And drugs always do well in series - also in Hollands Hoop.
When Hollands Hoop ends in 2020, Van den Begin continued with roles in the series Lockdown, Before We Die, Mauvaise Pioche, Des gens bien and 1985. In Fair Trade he played the role of Patrick Paternoster for several seasons while he played Peter Van Maaren also takes on a regular role in Pandore. In the meantime, appearances will also follow in F*** you Very Very Much, Everybody Loves Diamonds and De twelve.
It should be clear: Peter Van den Begin is now a much sought-after Flemish actor. One of his next projects is Dood Spoor. In it he plays Ed Bex, a man with a rather special eating disorder. As soon as he puts something in his mouth, he sees what happened to it. And he uses this special gift to help relatives reconstruct the last hours of their loved one. Then the police ask for his help... crazy enough to take a look!
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