---
name: "Kees Coolen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kees-coolen"
fi1m_id: "kees-coolen"
imdb_id: "nm0177579"
tmdb_id: 1395577
wikidata_id: "Q2130967"
roles: []
born: "12 March 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:57:16.056190+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."
---

# Kees Coolen

## Identity

Kees Coolen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kees-coolen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kees-coolen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0177579
- **TMDB ID:** 1395577
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2130967
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2130967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1395577

Actor. Born 12 March 1936 in Tilburg.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 March 1936, Tilburg
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2130967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177579/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1395577

## 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

Kees Coolen is a Dutch actor. He graduated from the Toneelacademie Maastricht in 1960 and was a member of the Haagse Comedie from 1960 to 1988, after which he worked as a freelance actor with companies including Het Zuidelijk Toneel, De Trust, the RO-theater, the Noord Nederlands Toneel, Theater van het Oosten and the Nationale Toneel.

His film roles include the Inspector in *A Question of Silence* (1982), Gerrit-Jan in *The Assault* (1986) and Uncle Jan in *Vincent & Theo* (1990). In 1992 he received the Arlecchino award for his stage performance in *Goed/Fout*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Dokter Tinus* (2012), series, as Mr. Elsenbosch
- *Moordvrouw* (2012), series, as Ewoud Krooswijk
- *Ernst, Bobbie And The Secret Of The Monta Rossa* (2010), as Simon van der Loeve
- *Flikken Maastricht* (2007), series, as Mr. van Duivenbode, Servaas Gieling, Pastor Giling
- *Saint Amour* (2001), as Louis (oud)
- *Unit 13* (1996), series, as Aarts
- *Baantjer* (1995), series, as Docter Baren, Anton de Wech, Bertus Penning
- *Vincent & Theo* (1990), as Uncle Jan
- *Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden* (1990), series, as Meneer Petersen
- *12 steden, 13 ongelukken* (1990), series, as Van Putten
- *Medisch Centrum West* (1988), series, as Bestuurslid
- *The Assault* (1986), as Gerrit-Jan
- *A Question of Silence* (1982), as Inspector — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-question-of-silence.md)

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