Edwin Rutten

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Sinterklaas

Niels van der Laan and Jeroen Woe literally make a performance of the week every week.

Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest

Life is simple and complex at the same time, but you don't have to do it alone anymore. Daphne's Support Troops are ready for you from now on! In this weekly talk show, Daphne Bunskoek and her support troops—a rotating panel of Dutch celebrities from three different generations—search for answers to big and small life questions. Together, we look for solutions, ask difficult questions, and *always* give an honest answer. Sometimes confronting, often with humor, but always with the intention of helping you, the listener, move forward. Do you have a dilemma you could use some help with?

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Self

Van Oekel's Discohoek was a Dutch television show, aired on VPRO in 1974-1975. The show, written by Wim T. Schippers and produced by Ellen Jens, starred Dolf Brouwers as Sjef van Oekel, and parodied music television programs of the era. Artists lip-synched their songs, but were frequently interrupted and insulted by van Oekel. The show had a real coup when Captain Beefheart made an appearance.

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Vader Roosje

Ellis's life is less fairy-tale-like than she had expected. As a single mother with an ex-husband who spends almost no money on his son, she has to work two jobs. Ellis decides it's time for a change and enrolls in a course called "How to Marry a Millionaire." Together with her fellow students, she goes hunting for rich bachelors. While the other students make shameless attempts to catch a millionaire, Ellis turns out to be a heartbreaker for the lonely millionaire! Everyone tries to impress her in their own way... But who will win Ellis' heart? Will she choose wealth, stability, or passion?

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Self

Reading relay of the novel 'Oeroeg' by Hella Haasse by eighty well-known and lesser-known Dutch people. Each person reads a page aloud, after which the book is passed on to the next reader. Philip Freriks, news anchor and ambassador for Nederland Leest, opens the reading relay. Director Shireen Strooker concludes it. 'Oeroeg' is Hella Haasse's debut novel from 1948. Haasse tells the story of the friendship between an Indonesian boy and the son of a Dutch administrator at a tea plantation in the Dutch East Indies before the Second World War. Gradually, the two boys grow apart. When the narrator, the Dutch boy, returns to the Indies—which has not yet quite become Indonesia—after studying in Delft, their estrangement turns out to have grown into a chasm. The final sentence reads: "Am I forever a stranger in the land of my birth, on the soil from which I do not wish to be uprooted? Time will tell."

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)

This documentary explores the life and life of Harry Bannink, an important Dutch composer for theatre and television.

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • as Jan

Worried about the ‘declining morals’ of 1950s Amsterdam, taxi driver Piet Amstel decides to emigrate to Australia. The government drive to build atomic shelters and the incessant Dutch rain only strengthen his purpose, as Amstel figures sunny Australia would make a positive change for his family. But first he needs to bring his daughter and her criminal boyfriend back on the right path.

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Wijze Varen

With the help of their animal friends, puppies Woozle and Pip go on a search for the mysterious thief who stole Wise Fern's birthday present.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Wijze Varen

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

A documentary about the life and work of the Dutch poet and lyricist Willem Wilmink (1936-2003).