- Birthday
- 1955-01-18
- Deathday
- 1982-08-25
- Place of Birth
- Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Hans van Tongeren
ActingBiography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Johannes Adrianus Maria (Hans) van Tongeren (January 18, 1955, Breda - August 25, 1982, Amsterdam) was a Dutch movie actor, who made his debut in the 1980 Paul Verhoeven movie Spetters. Van Tongeren was born in Breda and was recommended to Joop van den Ende for the role of "Rien" in Spetters by casting-director Hans Kemna. The character Rien is a talented motocrosser who is paralyzed in an accident and commits suicide. Spetters was a very successful movie and van Tongeren was cast afterwards for several Dutch movies. In 1982 van Tongeren starred with P...