Paul de Leeuw

In this Dutch name, the surname is De Leeuw, not Leeuw.
Paul de Leeuw
De Leeuw in 2018
Born
Paul Henri de Leeuw

(1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, singer, television presenter
EmployerVARA
SpouseStephan Nugter
ChildrenKas and Tobey (both adopted)
Websitewww.pauldeleeuw.nl

Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.

De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. He often came into publicity with satire about Dutch show business personalities and taboo subject matter. His shows would often feature musical acts, many of which managed to gain national fame after they had been in De Leeuw's show (e.g. Twarres and René Klijn, a former boyband member who contracted HIV).[1][2][3] VARA has since continued his shows apart from a few interruptions, often with considerable success.

In the early nineties, De Leeuw also had some shows celebrating the new year. In the 1993–1994 show he satirized the new commercial television station RTL 5 by announcing another new station, "RTL 6" (RTL six, beter dan niks [lit. RTL six, better than nothing]). This led to a lawsuit by the RTL company.

De Leeuw and his husband, Stephan Nugter, have adopted two children: son Kas (adopted in October 2001) and son Tobey (adopted in December 2002).

De Leeuw has had many hit singles in the Netherlands.[4] He is most famous for: Vlieg met me mee (#2), Ik wil niet dat je liegt / Waarheen, waarvoor (#1), and 'k Heb je lief (#3).

On Koninginnedag 2007 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

  1. ^ "25 jaar na overlijden René Klijn: zo gaf hij aids een gezicht | Show | AD.nl".
  2. ^ "Vandaag: René Klijn maakt indruk | Top40Hitdossier.nl-nieuws".
  3. ^ "Paul de Leeuw onderschatte impact tv-uitzending met zieke René Klijn | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl". 25 November 2017.
  4. ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Paul De Leeuw". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)