Peer Mascini

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{{Short description|Dutch actor and writer (1941–2019)}}

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{{Infobox person

| birth_name = Petrus Johannes Maria Mascini

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|3|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|16|1941|3|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

| years_active = 1975–2019

| occupation = Actor

}}

Petrus Johannes Maria "Peer" Mascini (23 March 1941 – 16 May 2019) was a Dutch actor and writer. He is well known for his work in Blind Date (1996) and De eenzame oorlog van Koos Tak (1996). He was a recipient of Golden Calf award.

Career

For many years Mascini was part of the theater group Hauser Orkater.{{cite web|url=https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/peer-mascini-1941-2019-ondanks-veel-rollen-vooral-bekend-van-tv-reclame~b61f31a0/|title=Peer Mascini (1941-2019): ondanks veel rollen vooral bekend van tv-reclame|first=Erik|last=Voermans|date=17 May 2019|publisher=Het Parool|accessdate=17 May 2019|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517162718/https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/peer-mascini-1941-2019-ondanks-veel-rollen-vooral-bekend-van-tv-reclame~b61f31a0/|language=Dutch}}

In 1996, he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award at the Netherlands Film Festival for his role in the film Blind Date by Theo van Gogh.{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/film/3916707/overzicht-carriere-theo-van-gogh.html|title=Overzicht: Carriere Theo van Gogh|date=31 October 2014|publisher=NU.nl|accessdate=17 May 2019|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517200241/https://www.nu.nl/film/3916707/overzicht-carriere-theo-van-gogh.html|language=Dutch}} Mascini wrote the film together with Van Gogh and Renée Fokker. Mascini also played a role in the 2007 English-language remake Blind Date by Stanley Tucci.

In the Netherlands he is known for his role in Melkunie television commercials and in particular a 1997 commercial which won the Gouden Loeki award for best Dutch commercial of the year. In the commercial Mascini becomes wet as a result of a cow jumping into a swimming pool and his response "Nog zo gezegd: geen bommetje!" (Dutch for "As I clearly said: no cannonball!") became a well-known phrase in the Netherlands. The Melkunie brand was discontinued in 2001 and reintroduced in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/economie/peer-mascini-en-zijn-koe-weer-op-de-buis~acc28588/|title=Peer Mascini en zijn koe weer op de buis|first=Martijn|last=Verburg|date=21 August 2012|publisher=AD.nl|accessdate=17 May 2019|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517184118/https://www.ad.nl/economie/peer-mascini-en-zijn-koe-weer-op-de-buis~acc28588/|language=Dutch}} Mascini reappeared in various commercials as part of the brand's relaunch.

Death

Mascini died on 16 May 2019, at the age of 78.

Awards

Selected filmography

References

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