Johan Leysen

Johan Leysen
Leysen in Son of Mine (2015)
Born(1950-02-19)19 February 1950
Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
Died30 March 2023(2023-03-30) (aged 73)
OccupationActor
Years active1977–2023
SpouseRita Horst (divorced)
Children1

Johan Leysen (19 February 1950 – 30 March 2023)[1] was a Belgian actor.[2] He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows from 1977. He starred in the film De grens, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.[3] In 1998 he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role in the movie Felice...Felice.... In the 2010 film The American, he appeared as Pavel, mysterious handler of Jack, the assassin character played by George Clooney.

  1. ^ Belgische acteur Johan Leysen (73) plots overleden (in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Johan Leysen". Allocine. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: De grens". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 June 2009.