Actor
Rijk de Gooyer
December 17, 1925 · Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
De Gooyer was raised in a baker's family, born as one half of a fraternal twin. In World War II he worked as an interpreter, initially for the American 101st Airborne, later on for the British Field Security. From 1959 till 1961 de Gooyer studied at an actors school of the UFA in Berlin.
In the 1950s, he started a comic duo with Johnny Kraaijkamp. Thanks to their performances on TV, the duo became extremely popular. They split up in the 1970s, when De Gooyer focused more on his film career.
Notable work
Often works with
Peter Faber
4 titles together
Soldier of Orange, Darlings!, Hitting the Fan!
Rutger Hauer
3 titles together
Soldier of Orange, The Wilby Conspiracy, Fatal Error
Jeroen Krabbé
3 titles together
Soldier of Orange, A Flight of Rainbirds, Shadow of Victory
Leen Jongewaard
3 titles together
High Heels, Real Love, The Good Hope, Evenings
Jon Bluming
3 titles together
High Heels, Real Love, The Rattle Rat, The Burglar
Kitty Courbois
3 titles together
The Good Hope, Two Queens and One Consort, Scratches in the Table
Full filmography · 49
Happy End
as Zwart
2009
Qui Vive
as Zwart
2002
Scratches in the Table
as Opa
1998
The Dress
as Martin
19966.2
Filmpje!
as Don Gorgonzola
1995
Last Call
as Willem 'Uli' Bouwmeester
1995
Evenings
as Vader
1989
Polonaise
as Zwart
1989
The Rattle Rat
as Adjudant Grijpstra
1987
The Good Hope
as Clemens Bos
1986
Hitting the Fan!
as Pete Stewart
19864.6
Shadow of Victory
as Vos
1986