- Born
- Height6′ 3½″ (1.92 m)
- Peter Van den Begin is a Belgian actor and writer whose career spans over almost 4 decades. He is known for his versatility, delivering award-winning performances both in drama and comedy as well as theater. Most recently he received international acclaim for his role in festival favorite King of the Belgians (2016), for which he also received the Best Actor award at Les Magritte du Cinéma 2018. The Hollywood Reporter stated "Peter Van den Begin plays the multifaceted figure to perfection", Variety said "Peter Van den Begin perfectly captures the ultra-composed royal placidity". He also appears in many television series, such as De infiltrant (2018), Tabula Rasa (2017), Amateurs (2014) and Oud België (2010). Peter received various nominations for the Joseph Plateau Awards in the category of Best Belgian Actor for Everything Must Go (1996), Le bal masqué (1998) and Film 1 (1999). He also received a nomination for the Ensors in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his role in Waste Land (2014), and won two Best Actor awards (in both Film and Theater categories) at the 2017 Flemish Actors Guild awards.
- IMDb mini biography by: M. Wouters
- SpouseTine Reymer(August 20, 2011 - present) (2 children)
- He met his future wife Tine Reymer at Studio Herman Teirlinck, a theatre school in Antwerp, Belgium. He was her teacher.
- Very close friend of Stany Crets. They have done a lot of projects together, including the movies Everything Must Go (1996), Plop in de wolken (2000) and Team Spirit (2000), and the television series De Raf & Ronny Show (1998), Raf & Ronny II (1999), Raf & Ronny III (2001) and Debby & Nancy Laid Knight (2000).
- His first daughter, Charlie, was born in June 2005. His second daughter Thelma was born on October 2, 2008.
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