---
name: "Johan Heldenbergh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/johan-heldenbergh"
fi1m_id: "johan-heldenbergh"
imdb_id: "nm0374949"
tmdb_id: 115742
wikidata_id: "Q2431878"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 February 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:39:50.584682+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."
---

# Johan Heldenbergh

## Identity

Johan Heldenbergh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/johan-heldenbergh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** johan-heldenbergh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0374949
- **TMDB ID:** 115742
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2431878
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Heldenbergh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2431878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115742

Actor. Born 9 February 1967 in Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 February 1967, Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Heldenbergh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2431878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115742

## Coming up

- *Chercheurs* (2026-10-19)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Quo Vadis, Aida?*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis-aida.md) (92)

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## Biography

Johan Heldenbergh is a Belgian actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director and film director. He trained at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp and began his career in Flemish theatre before moving into film and television. He co-founded the Ghent-based Compagnie Cecilia in 2005, where he has written, directed and performed original work.

Heldenbergh gained wider recognition through Belgian films including *Moscow, Belgium* (2008), *The Misfortunates* (2009) and *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), the last of which he adapted from his own stage play and which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since appeared in international productions such as *The Zookeeper's Wife* (2017) as Jan Żabiński and *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (2021) as Colonel Karremans.

He previously lived with actress Joke Devynck for 19 years; they separated in 2013 and have three children.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (2021), Fi1m 92, as Colonel Karremans — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis-aida.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *Chercheurs* (2026), Actor
- *Vigilante* (2026), as Ortega
- *Encontro* (2026), as Alain
- *Ad Vitam* (2025), as Vanaken
- *Jeunesse, mon amour* (2024), as Hiker
- *Amal* (2024), as Luc
- *Sphinx* (2024), series, as Luc Laurent
- *The Plague* (2024), series, as Jean Tarrou
- *The Commander* (2023), as Georges Vogels
- *Everybody Loves Diamonds* (2023), series, as Inspector Mertens
- *The Worst Ones* (2022), as Gabriel
- *The Colors of Fire* (2022), as Major Dietrich
- *A Woman* (2022), as Hugo
- *inert* (2022), as Jozef
- *Cool Abdoul* (2021), as Ron
- *Sisyphus at Work* (2021), as Boy Talma
- *My Dad Is a Sausage* (2021), as Paul
- *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (2021), as Colonel Karremans — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis-aida.md)
- *The Breitner Commando* (2019), as Colonel Andreas Breitner
- *Porcelain* (2019), as Arend
- *The Twelve* (2019), series, as Stefaan De Munck
- *The Hummingbird Project* (2019), as Amish Elder
- *Dumped* (2018), as Thierry
- *Carnivores* (2018), as Paul Brozek
- *55 Steps* (2018), as Robert
- *Gaspard at the Wedding* (2018), as Max
- *Younger Days* (2017), as Alex
- *The Zookeeper's Wife* (2017), as Jan Żabiński
- *The Confessions* (2016), as Michael Wintzl
- *Belgica* (2016), as Bruno Schollaert
- *The Brand New Testament* (2015), as The Priest
- *Through the Air* (2015), as Renaud
- *The Broken Circle Breakdown* (2012), as Didier · Theatre Play
- *Come As You Are* (2011), as Maarten - Lars' Dad
- *Schellebelle 1919* (2011), Director, Writer
- *Swimsuit 46* (2011), as Pascal
- *The Tour* (2011), series, as Peter Willemyns
- *Turquoise* (2010), as Koenraad De Schepper
- *The Misfortunates* (2009), as Pieter 'Breejen' Strobbe
- *Code 37* (2009), series, as Pascal Kardinaals
- *Jes* (2009), series, as John Gillis
- *A Day in the Life* (2008), as Man
- *Vermist* (2008), series, as Baas van Ilse, Joachim Mannaert
- *Moscow, Belgium* (2008), as Werner
- *Tanguy's Unifying Theory of Life* (2007), as Gregoire
- *Firmin* (2007), as Overvaller 'Bush'
- *Vleugels* (2006), as Bruno
- *My Bonnie* (2005), as Pascal
- *Wanted: Man* (2005), as Thomas
- *Steve + Sky* (2004), as Jean-Claude
- *Witse* (2004), series, as Dirk Desmet
- *Any Way the Wind Blows* (2003), as Schoesetters
- *Recht op Recht* (1998), series, as Joris Aerts
- *Antonia's Line* (1995), as Tom
- *Ons Geluk* (1995), series, as René Hox
- *Familie* (1991), series, as Mark Oorschot
- *Belladonne*, Actor
- *Etre roi*, Actor
- *La Neuvième Rotation*, Actor
- *Clash*, series, Actor
- *A Ringing in the Ears*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jurés du festival de Cabourg : Johan Heldenbergh, Julia Faure, Alysson Paradis, Thierry Klifa, Marc Ruchmann, Ophélie Bau, Alice Vial. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/4185184/gallery-6c639cd2a9a9.jpg) Jurés du festival de Cabourg : Johan Heldenbergh, Julia Faure, Alysson Paradis, Thierry Klifa, Marc Ruchmann, Ophélie Bau, Alice Vial. (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Cabourg_2018.jpg/1280px-Cabourg_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jurés du festival du film de Cabourg : Johan Heldenbergh, Alysson Paradis, Thierry Klifa (caché), Julia Faure, Ophélie Bau, Alice Vial, Marc Ruchmann. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/4185184/gallery-05c16e443e7d.jpg) Jurés du festival du film de Cabourg : Johan Heldenbergh, Alysson Paradis, Thierry Klifa (caché), Julia Faure, Ophélie Bau, Alice Vial, Marc Ruchmann. (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Cabourg_2018_12.jpg/1280px-Cabourg_2018_12.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Johan Heldenbergh](https://film.one/media/person/4185184/gallery-5a07613c3a69.jpg) Johan Heldenbergh — Joost Pauwels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Johan_Heldenbergh_%282021%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Johan Heldenbergh au festival de Cabourg (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/4185184/gallery-b4dd7eba07fb.jpg) Johan Heldenbergh au festival de Cabourg (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Johan_Heldenbergh_Cabourg_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Johan Heldenbergh](https://film.one/media/person/4185184/gallery-39a31082d412.jpg) Johan Heldenbergh — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actor 2013: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Broken Circle Breakdown*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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