---
name: "Jan Bijvoet"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-bijvoet"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:36:36.542309+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."
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# Jan Bijvoet

Actor. Born 28 December 1966 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 December 1966, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium
- **Also known as:** یان بیوویت
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2282298, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1106964

## Coming up

- *Le Faux Soir* (2026-12-02)
- *Werwulf* (2026-12-25)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Embrace of the Serpent*](https://film.one/film/embrace-of-the-serpent.md) (82)

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## Biography

Jan Bijvoet is a Flemish actor born on 28 December 1966 in Antwerp, Belgium. He trained at the Studio Herman Teirlinck and began his professional career in theatre in 1991 with NTGent. He later worked with companies including Toneelgroep Ceremonia, Toneelhuis and, from 2005, as one of the artistic leaders of Theater Zuidpool.

On screen he is known for roles including Koen in *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), Camiel Borgman in *Borgman* (2013), Stef in *The Ardennes* (2015) and Theodor Koch-Grunberg in *Embrace of the Serpent* (2015). He has also appeared in the television series *Peaky Blinders* (2013) and *Into the Night* (2020).

*Sources: nl.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, allmovie.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Embrace of the Serpent* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Theodor Koch-Grunberg — [page](https://film.one/film/embrace-of-the-serpent.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Werwulf* (2026), Acting
- *Le Faux Soir* (2026), Acting
- *Dust* (2026), as Prime Minister Verdoodt
- *Koffie in Lourdes* (2025), as Dicky
- *The Megalomaniacs* (2025), as Potter
- *Stanzas in Dejection* (2025), as Patrick
- *My Friend Miles* (2025), as Prince Anew
- *Jackson & Malone* (2024), series, as Kapelaan Lindemann
- *The Magnet Man* (2024), as Pladijs
- *Krazy House* (2024), as Piotr Christian
- *Wasteland* (2024), Acting
- *Hearts of Stone* (2024), as Groundskeeper
- *Natasha’s Dance* (2024), as Igor
- *WILL* (2023), as Police commissioner Jean
- *The Land of Women* (2023), as Thomas
- *Luka* (2023), as Sergeant Major Raf
- *Nocturnus* (2022), as Knud
- *Darker* (2022), as Atlas
- *No. 10* (2021), as Biko
- *The Forgotten Battle* (2021), as Doctor Visser
- *Undergods* (2021), as Foreigner
- *Sword of God* (2020), as King
- *Into the Night* (2020), series, as Rik
- *Motel Acacia* (2020), as Father
- *Exit Plan* (2019), as Frank
- *Patrick* (2019), as Flik
- *Bloody Marie* (2019), as Oscar
- *Zoo* (2018), as Leo
- *In Darkness* (2018), as Radic
- *Fenix* (2018), series, as Sev Herzof
- *Hampi* (2016), Acting
- *Compulsion* (2016), as Minos
- *The Ardennes* (2015), as Stef
- *Embrace of the Serpent* (2015), as Theodor Koch-Grunberg — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/embrace-of-the-serpent.md)
- *Marina* (2013), as Police Inspector #1
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Grand Duke Leon Petrovna — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Borgman* (2013), as Camiel Borgman
- *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), as Koen
- *Van Vlees en Bloed* (2009), series, as JB
- *The Sunflyers* (2005), as Dragonflyer Black Eagle
- *Ad Fundum* (1993), as Piet
- *De Kotmadam* (1991), series, as Vriend van Jo, Patrick
- *Commissaris Roos* (1990), series, as Rebelse jongere
- *10 Broeders*, series, Acting
- *Hunters*, as Truck driver

## Gallery

- ![Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/695612/gallery-bd457775bc1e.jpg) Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/OIFF_2015-07-17_142818_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-17_142818_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/695612/gallery-686f2d63731f.jpg) Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/OIFF_2015-07-17_142840_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-17_142840_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan Bijvoet](https://film.one/media/person/695612/gallery-bbf20a380853.jpg) Jan Bijvoet — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/OIFF_2015-07-17_144022_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-17_144022_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/695612/gallery-ff437818204f.jpg) Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/OIFF_2015-07-17_144407_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-17_144407_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan Bijvoet](https://film.one/media/person/695612/gallery-0fd01082f8ee.jpg) Jan Bijvoet — Image via TMDB
- ![Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/695612/gallery-b15df48997a5.jpg) Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/OIFF_2015-07-17_144455_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-17_144455_-_Jan_Bijvoet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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