---
name: "Hans Croiset"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hans-croiset"
fi1m_id: "hans-croiset"
imdb_id: "nm0188534"
tmdb_id: 145580
wikidata_id: "Q1909357"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 October 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:57:06.233117+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hans Croiset

## Identity

Hans Croiset

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hans-croiset
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hans-croiset
- **IMDb ID:** nm0188534
- **TMDB ID:** 145580
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1909357
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145580

Actor. Born 15 October 1935 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 October 1935, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145580

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Question of Silence*](https://film.one/film/a-question-of-silence.md) (79)

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## Biography

Hans Croiset is a Dutch actor and stage director. He was born on 15 October 1935 in Amsterdam and is the son of actor and director Max Croiset and the brother of actor Jules Croiset.

He has appeared in films including *A Bridge Too Far* (1977) and *A Question of Silence* (1982), in which he played the Judge. His career has been primarily in theatre, where he has also directed and founded companies including Publiekstheater and Het Toneel Speelt.

Croiset announced his retirement from acting in May 2022. He has also worked as a writer, publishing an autobiography and novels.

*Sources: imdb.com, nl.wikipedia.org, nos.nl.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Question of Silence* (1982), Fi1m 79, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/a-question-of-silence.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Songs for a Passerby* (2023), Actor
- *Rundfunk: Jachterwachter* (2020), as Jos
- *High Flyers* (2020), series, as Menno
- *Oogappels* (2019), series, as Lodewijk Larooi
- *The Hero* (2016), as Herman Silverstein
- *Heer & Meester* (2014), series, as Kardinaal ten Berghe
- *King of Katoren* (2012), as Dominee
- *Only Decent People* (2012), as Professor
- *Ballast* (2012), Actor
- *Dokter Deen* (2012), series, as Hans Hazelbag
- *De Overloper* (2012), as Arthur Winnies
- *Moordvrouw* (2012), series, as Hendrik van Kampen
- *About Canto* (2011), Actor
- *Bon Voyage* (2011), as Bob
- *Majesty* (2010), as Prins Bernhard (aged 90)
- *Divina Gloria* (2006), Actor
- *Parels & zwijnen* (2005), series, as Alfons Teeuwe
- *Guernsey* (2005), as Father
- *Broken Red* (2005), as Simon
- *Punk Lawyer* (1996), as Dr. Rollema
- *It Will Never Be Spring* (1994), as Duvekot/Boatman
- *Faëton* (1990), Director
- *Romeo* (1990), as Doctor
- *White Madness* (1984), as Portier
- *Schwarz Rot Gold* (1982), series, as Claas Hoekstra
- *A Question of Silence* (1982), as Judge — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-question-of-silence.md)
- *Lucifer* (1981), Co-Director
- *The Forbidden Bacchanal* (1981), as Carl Fentener
- *Erik of het Klein Insectenboek* (1979), series, as Meneer Pinksterblom
- *Fatal Error* (1979), as De Kater
- *The Rising Sun* (1978), Director
- *The Mantle of Love* (1978), as Minister
- *A Bridge Too Far* (1977), as Hans - Old Dutch Lady's Son
- *Flanagan* (1975), as Theo Speer
- *The Burglar* (1972), as Van Sprang
- *A Bride in the Morning* (1959), as Thomas Patijn

## Gallery

- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Toneelprijzen 1980 uitgereikt door minister Gardeniers (CRM) in Leiden](https://film.one/media/person/3923891/gallery-b93d75eeb6a3.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Toneelprijzen 1980 uitgereikt door minister Gardeniers (CRM) in Leiden — Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hans_Croiset_-_Toneelprijzen_uitgereikt_door_minister_Gardeniers_%28CRM%29_in_Leiden_winnaars%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-8357_%281980%29.jpg/1280px-Hans_Croiset_-_Toneelprijzen_uitgereikt_door_minister_Gardeniers_%28CRM%29_in_Leiden_winnaars%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-8357_%281980%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hans Croiset](https://film.one/media/person/3923891/gallery-4b20bbb9662c.jpg) Hans Croiset — Roland Gerrits / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Prijs_van_de_Kritiek_1986_toegekend_aan_toneelgroep_Appel_voor_Faust_Hans_Cro%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-8169.jpg/1280px-Prijs_van_de_Kritiek_1986_toegekend_aan_toneelgroep_Appel_voor_Faust_Hans_Cro%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-8169.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toneelprijzen 1980 uitgereikt door minister Gardeniers (CRM) in Leiden; winnaars Jose Ruiter (links) en Hans Croiset 20 mei 1980](https://film.one/media/person/3923891/gallery-a6be2d5b99db.jpg) Toneelprijzen 1980 uitgereikt door minister Gardeniers (CRM) in Leiden; winnaars Jose Ruiter (links) en Hans Croiset 20 mei 1980 — Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Jos%C3%A9e_Ruiter_en_Hans_Croiset_%281980%29.jpg/1280px-Jos%C3%A9e_Ruiter_en_Hans_Croiset_%281980%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Toneelprijzen 1980 uitgereikt door minister Gardeniers (CRM) in Leiden](https://film.one/media/person/3923891/gallery-95eb8109ef99.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Toneelprijzen 1980 uitgereikt door minister Gardeniers (CRM) in Leiden — Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Toneelprijzen_1980_uitgereikt_door_minister_Gardeniers_%28CRM%29_in_Leiden_minister%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-8363.jpg/1280px-Toneelprijzen_1980_uitgereikt_door_minister_Gardeniers_%28CRM%29_in_Leiden_minister%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-8363.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : De toneelspelers Hans Tiemeyer en Hans Croiset in de boksring, traning (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/3923891/gallery-dd407589ee6a.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : De toneelspelers Hans Tiemeyer en Hans Croiset in de boksring, traning (1964) — Hugo van Gelderen / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/De_toneelspelers_Hans_Tiemeyer_en_Hans_Croiset_in_de_boksring%2C_traning_voor_het_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7580.jpg/1280px-De_toneelspelers_Hans_Tiemeyer_en_Hans_Croiset_in_de_boksring%2C_traning_voor_het_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7580.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : De toneelspelers Hans Tiemeyer en Hans Croiset in de boksring, traning (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/3923891/gallery-3b469a212d38.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : De toneelspelers Hans Tiemeyer en Hans Croiset in de boksring, traning (1964) — Hugo van Gelderen / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/De_toneelspelers_Hans_Tiemeyer_en_Hans_Croiset_in_de_boksring%2C_traning_voor_het_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7589.jpg/1280px-De_toneelspelers_Hans_Tiemeyer_en_Hans_Croiset_in_de_boksring%2C_traning_voor_het_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_916-7589.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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