Sander Jan Klerk

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| image = Sander Jan Klerk 2020.jpg

| image caption = Klerk in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|06|19}}

| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands

| othername =

| occupation = Actor, singer

| yearsactive = 2000 ─ Present

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Sander Jan Klerk (born 19 June 1982) is a Dutch actor and singer.

Biography

Klerk was born on 19 June 1982, in The Hague, the youngest son from a family with 2 children. He was born in The Hague{{cite web|access-date=28 June 2019 |title=Algemeen Dagblad |url=https://www.ad.nl/westland/acteur-sander-jan-klerk-het-westland-houdt-me-zo-lekker-nuchter~a39c538f/ |website=ad.nl}} and grew up in the

Westland (municipality), Netherlands.{{cite web|title=Article Westland Inspiration Awards |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/48556237/Monsterse-Courant-week-06|website=scribd.com|accessdate=23 December 2014}} He studied at the Actorsstudio, Theatreschool Rabarber and the Dutch Musical Ensemble in the Netherlands and the UK.{{cite web|access-date=28 June 2019 |title=Algemeen Dagblad |url=https://www.ad.nl/westland/acteur-sander-jan-klerk-het-westland-houdt-me-zo-lekker-nuchter~a39c538f/ |website=ad.nl}}

He began his acting career as a teenager, appearing in various TV series including Baantjer{{cite web|access-date=20 February 2011 |title=Movie Meter |url=https://www.moviemeter.nl/series/show/151/cast |website=Moviemeter.nl}} and Onderweg naar Morgen. Klerk played a recurring role in 4 episodes of Het Glazen Huis dramaseries from Endemol.{{cite web|access-date=28 June 2017 |title=Mijn Serie |url=https://www.mijnserie.nl/acteur/198019-sander-jan-klerk |website=mijnserie.nl}}

Klerk starred in the Nickelodeon (TV channel) television series Zoop (TV series) in the role of Aaron Zomerkamp.{{Cite web|title=Zoop TV Geheugen |url=https://kindertvgeheugen.nl/series/serie-overzicht/1644-zoop6|website=KinderTV Geheugen|accessdate=4 July 2004}} He reprised this role in the feature film "Zoop in Africa".{{cite web|title=Zoop in Afrika, Independent Films |url=https://independentfilms.nl/if_films/zoop-in-afrika/|website=independentfims.nl

|accessdate=5 June 2009}} This TV series and film have won multiple awards, including the "Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award"{{cite web|title=Awards Filmindustry |url=http://www.filmindustryguide.nl/profielen/view/2937|website=filmindustryguide.nl

|accessdate=19 September 2010}} and the "Golden film".{{cite web|title=Film1 Press|url=https://www.film1.nl/blog/7319-Gouden-Film-voor-Zoop-in-Afrika.html|website=film1.nl|accessdate=7 April 2006}}

His theatre roles include Grease - (Doody), Jekyll & Hyde - (Simon Stride), and Tita Tovenaar (Tom de Tuinman).{{cite web | url=https://imgur.com/a/NlWseuR | title=Playbill Credits |accessdate=20 August 2002 }} {{cite web | url=https://www.eftepedia.nl/lemma/Ti_Ta_Tovenaar_(musical) | title= Efteling Theatre |accessdate=22 August 2005 }} {{Cite web|title=RTL Boulevard |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Zv4Z_S9PM|website=|accessdate=8 August 2005}} {{Cite web|title=SBS6 Shownieuws cast presentation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5I9Cb4NstM|website=|accessdate=10 August 2005}}

Klerk performed in the John Kraaijkamp Musical Awards Gala's, Musicals in Ahoy'{{cite web|title=Musicals in Ahoy' Cast List programme|url=https://imgur.com/a/J9GKYWV|accessdate=6 June 2019}} the All Star Musical Gala, and Musical Sing-Along at Amsterdam Uitmarkt.

File:Sander Jan Klerk Event.jpg

From 2008 to 2012, Klerk was seen in various international commercials for brands as McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, and Starbucks.{{cite web|title=Sander Jan Klerk in commercial |url=https://deskgram.net/p/1933568176638282091_8286708925|accessdate=28 December 2017}}{{cite web|title=Sander Jan Klerk in commercial |url=http://adfobase.nl/campagne/real|accessdate=12 October 2011}}{{cite web|title=Sander Jan Klerk in commercial |url=https://www.ad.nl/westland/acteur-sander-jan-klerk-het-westland-houdt-me-zo-lekker-nuchter~a39c538f/|accessdate=22 June 2019}}

In 2009, Klerk performed with Lea Salonga in concert in New York.{{cite web|access-date=28 October 2010 |title=Lea Salonga in Concert |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8HGqpxtYSE}} In 2012, Klerk performed in Musical Classics in Ahoy in Ahoy Rotterdam.{{cite web|access-date=8 February 2014 |title=Musical Classics in Ahoy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJFj6yBxKkE}} Later that year Klerk was a backup artist for Mika at his European tour "The Origin of Love".{{cite web|title=Sander Jan Klerk in European "Origin of Love" Tour|url=http://www.mtv.nl/nieuws/szs6sw/zoop-waar-zijn-de-rangers-nu|accessdate=9 August 2018}}

Klerk played in the NET 5 TV series "Achter Gesloten Deuren" (Behind Closed Doors){{cite web|title=Achter Gesloten Deuren |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2455030/mediaviewer/rm2839830016|website=imdb.com|accessdate=15 October 2015}} in the role of Thomas Henegouwen, broadcast in fall 2012. In 2015 he appeared in the RTL-series Goede tijden, slechte tijden as Bas Luster.{{cite web|access-date=4 October 2016 |title=Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4283322/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_epp_sm_1}}

Following roles in dramaseries as ‘’Moordvrouw (2016) and Suspects (TV series)’’ (2018) Klerk played the role of "Hermann of Thuringia" in the international tv dramaseries "Glow & Darkness" in 2021.{{cite web|title=Dutch Actor Sander Jan Klerk in international tv series "Glow & Darkness" |url=https://www.persberichten.nl/home/detail/c2244014-4476-475e-80cd-ef2fd195787b/title/nederlandse-acteur-sander-jan-klerk-in-internationale-serie-glow-amp-darkness|website=ANP Press|accessdate=8 June 2022}}

Selected filmography

=Television=

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2002 \| Baantjer \| Gevangene \| Episode: "De Cock en de moord om het woord"
2003 \| Onderweg Naar Morgen \| Doctor \| 1 Episode
2003 \| Meiden van de Wit \| Daniel de Ridder \| Episode: "Het Jubileum"
2004 \| Het Glazen Huis \| Acteur "Zilver & Goud" \| 4 Episodes
2005-2006 \| Zoop (TV) \| Aaron Zomerkamp \| 129 Episodes
2012 \| Achter Gesloten Deuren \| Thomas Henegouwen \| Episode: "Vakantieliefde"
2014 \| Danni Lowinski \| Erik Koerier \| Episode: "Het Moederskindje", Episode: "Monster"
2015 \| Goede tijden, slechte tijden \| Bas Luster \| 4 Episodes
2016 \| Moordvrouw \| Pieter Broekman \| Episode: "Duivels Genoegen"
2018 \| Suspects (TV series) \| Advocaat Kathelijne \| Episode: "Missie Mali"
2021 \| Glow & Darkness \| Hermann of Thuringia \| Season 1

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2002

| Baantjer

| Gevangene

| Episode: "De Cock en de moord om het woord"

2003

| Onderweg Naar Morgen

| Doctor