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Sjarel Branckaerts

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1947-09-11
Turnhout, Belgium

Known For & Full Filmography29 Titles

#1De Kotmadam

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Verwarmingsinstallateur

5.7 / 10
Comedy

'De Kotmadam' was a classic Flemish comedy television series, that aired from 1991 to 2024, meaning the show is the longest running Belgian sitcom in terms of time and amounts of episodes and seasons. The series revolves around Jeanne Piens, who owns a small sweet shop in the centre of Leuven and rents out several rooms of her house to students studying in the city. She is a caring type and loves all her students. Her husband Jef Liefooghe works for the city's gardening department. Except for the last season, their friend Odilon Bonheur, a naïve warden in the local prison, visits regularly to give or seek help.

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#2Secret Army

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Corporal

7.7 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.

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#3Spoed

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Roger Megank

7.0 / 10
Drama

Spoed is a Belgian action drama TV series produced in the Dutch language in Belgium since 2000. The series is also shown on both Flemish/Belgian TV and Dutch TV. The series is directed by Johan Thiels and Guy Thys. The series has produced 217 episodes to date. It may be compared to the American TV programs ER or Chicago Hope.

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#4Spoed

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Gerard Vermeer

7.0 / 10
Drama

Spoed is a Belgian action drama TV series produced in the Dutch language in Belgium since 2000. The series is also shown on both Flemish/Belgian TV and Dutch TV. The series is directed by Johan Thiels and Guy Thys. The series has produced 217 episodes to date. It may be compared to the American TV programs ER or Chicago Hope.

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#5Spoed

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Geert Staelens

7.0 / 10
Drama

Spoed is a Belgian action drama TV series produced in the Dutch language in Belgium since 2000. The series is also shown on both Flemish/Belgian TV and Dutch TV. The series is directed by Johan Thiels and Guy Thys. The series has produced 217 episodes to date. It may be compared to the American TV programs ER or Chicago Hope.

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#6Aspe

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Burgemeester Moens

5.6 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureCrime

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#7Witse

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Walter Adriaensen

6.6 / 10
DramaCrimeMystery

Witse is a Dutch language crime drama produced by Belgian broadcaster VRT and broadcast on their één channel. It is also shown on BVN. First broadcast in 2004, as of 2010 the programme comprises eight series with a ninth and final series planned for 2012. It stars Hubert Damen as the eponymous Witse, a driven inspector in the Belgian federal police based in Halle. It is one of the most popular Flemish television programmes with some 1.6 million viewers. There are also Witse books. The first three were based on the last two episodes of each season, but since 2010 every six months a brand new story is published, written and invented by established Belgian writers, as Bob Van Laerhoven and Bart Van Lierde. The music for Witse is composed by Steve Willaert.

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#8Zone Stad

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Dronken klant in etablissement

5.2 / 10
Drama

Zone Stad is a Flemish-Belgian TV series about a police-department located in Antwerp. In the series, police officers solve various crimes, which are shown as realistically as possible.

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#9Recht op Recht

Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • as John Verhulst

7.0 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#10Recht op Recht

Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • as Buurman

7.0 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#11Mega Mindy

Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Commissaris Emiel Migrain

8.8 / 10
Action & AdventureFamilyMystery

Mega Mindy is a Flemish children's supernatural/superhero drama airing on Ketnet in Belgium. The series was created by Studio 100. It revolves around Mieke, a girl who lives with her grandparents and works as a police officer but also has a secret identity as superhero Mega Mindy. She tries to keep it a secret, but falls in love with Toby who also works at the police. He is in love with Mega Mindy and doesn't know that Mieke secretly likes him and is actually Mega Mindy. She tries to find a way to balance between work and being a superhero, but it isn't always easy. Every episode has a new mystery that Mieke has to solve and one or more badguys who Mega Mindy takes down. Mieke's not-so-smart boss always tries to solve the case, but Mega Mindy usually ends up with the solution, which he doesn't appreciate. He does manage to claim responsibility for capturing a bad guy on several occasions because Mega Mindy can't reveal herself.

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#12Grappa

Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Kleine zelfstandige

8.8 / 10
Comedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#13Big en Betsy

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Hoofdcommissaris

8.8 / 10

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#14Sedes & Belli

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Bokstrainer Ronny Bernaert

6.7 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#15Slisse & Cesar

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Constant

7.5 / 10
Comedy

This series by Jos Gevers and Jeroom Verten is set in 1958 and revolves around the friendship between the wealthy insurance broker Sander Slisse and the simple Cesar. Other characters are Slisse's wife Melanie, his sons Rik and Jan, his daughter Tinneke and the eternal factor who always comes begging for a drop of gin. Joanna Geldof also contributed to this series. The sitcom was interpreted in Antwerp. The series was also adapted into a play, in which other actors took on the roles.

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#16Keromar

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
Action & Adventure

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#17Droge voeding kassa 4

Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Agent

9.0 / 10
Comedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#18Alexander

Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as W. Bertels

8.8 / 10
Comedy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#19Buiten De Zone

Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Vader Roger

9.0 / 10
Comedy

Buiten De Zone (translated as "Out of the Zone") is a Flemish youth series (1994-1996) about five volunteers at the Jongerenfoon, a helpline that rarely receives calls. Out of boredom, they fantasize about absurd and humorous situations, where reality and fiction constantly blur. Each episode revolves around a theme such as love, fear, or fame. The series is known for its humor, satire, and social criticism and has become a cult classic.

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#20Alfa Papa Tango

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as korporaal Albert Goossens

9.0 / 10
Drama

Alfa Papa Tango was a 1990 - 1991 Belgian romantic TV drama series directed by Vincent Rouffaer, written by Guy Bernaert and Mark De Bie.

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#21De vorstinnen van Brugge

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Brozen Bronders

6.0 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#22Na de liefde

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Police officer nbr. 1

9.0 / 10
Drama

The antiques shop Gerard owns should help him to get rid of his financial problems. He dreams of writing the most important Dutch novel ever. Unfortunately he spends money like water. As a result he is constantly broke. His sister Ingrid is married to Pierre. She wants a child but he refuses. While Gerard is willing to consider leading a normal life, a wish mainly expressed by his parents, Ingrid's marriage falls apart.

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#23Gaston & Leo in Hong Kong

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Douanier Zaventem

6.9 / 10
ComedyAdventure

Gaston and Leo run OLTOHN, a luxury undertaker business specializing in high-end international body transport. Their ultimate challenge arises when they must repatriate the body of a wealthy Chinese businessman from Antwerp to Hong Kong. Unbeknownst to them, criminal partners from the Chinese Triad mafia use the corpse to smuggle a valuable stash of diamonds into the British colony. Along the way, the chaotic duo accidentally discovers the hidden gems and decides to use them to help the poor and needy. Upon arrival at the Hong Kong airport, the ruthless gangsters realize the diamonds are missing. Gaston and Leo find themselves in a hilarious, high-stakes pursuit across exotic locations as they try to outrun the mafia

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#24Blinker

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Strepers

4.7 / 10
FamilyMystery

A series of mysterious events and the pestering motor gang 'The Red Vampires' turns the idyllic holiday of Blinker and his friends into a thrilling adventure.

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#25In All Intimacy

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Drunk nbr 3

8.0 / 10
Drama

Fred, a 28-year-old bachelor from a quiet village in the Ardennes, is forester and grave digger. He is in love with Isabel but she has always loved their childhood friend Peter. Then Peter returns after a failed marriage.

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#26Plop In The City

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Bakker

3.5 / 10
AdventureComedy

Lui eats a dangerous berry, despite Plop's warning, and grows as tall as a human. The gnomes get angry, so Lui runs away crying and gets lost in the forest. Before he knows it, he ends up in the city, causing chaos wherever he comes..

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#27Lijmen/Het been

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Veilingmeester

7.0 / 10
DramaCrime

Story of two con men, Boorman and his younger assistant Laarmans, who are trying to sell companies their non-existing magazine.

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#28Olivetti 82

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Van Beveren

7.0 / 10
DramaThriller

A man with bloody hands is arrested as prime suspect in a murder case. He does not understand why and refuses to cooperate. Bernard Van de Wiele, the suspect, is a writer. One of the police inspectors comes up with the idea to give him a typewriter: an Olivetti 82. The interrogators hope that this way he will agree to share his story. Bernard begins his memoir: a long search for love and protection. Little by little the truth comes to light.

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#29The Life We Dreamt Of

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Personeelschef

7.0 / 10
Drama

Antwerp. Someone is making a feature film. After shooting the scenes on location, the filmmaker wanders to the railway station. He's having difficulties with his material, it's a commissioned film. The story is giving him trouble too. But he cannot abandon the project. He now wants to introduce a male character so that he can explain his problems.

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