Biography
Johan Heldenbergh (born 9 February 1967) is a Belgian actor, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director and film director. He gained international fame by starring in films, including A Day in a Life (2007), Moscow, Belgium (2008), The Misfortunates (2009), The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) and The Zookeeper's Wife (2017). For 19 years he lived together with the Flemish actress Joke Devynck in Hofstade in Aalst, Belgium. On 17 September 2013 it became public that both actors separated. They ha...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ad Vitam
2025
as Vanaken
When he and his pregnant wife are attacked in their home, a former elite agent becomes trapped in a deadly manhunt tied to his own painful past.

Jeunesse, mon amour
2024
as Hiker

Amal
2024
as Luc
An idealistic and passionate literature teacher in a suburban Brussels school becomes the target of intense hostility from students and colleagues tie...

The Commander
2023
as Georges Vogels
One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At t...

The Worst Ones
2022
as Gabriel
The story centres on a group of teenagers street cast in their neighbourhood and selected to play in a feature film during the summer. The film tells ...

The Colors of Fire
2022
as Major Dietrich
February 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire o...

A Woman
2022
as Hugo
Juliane, a police commissioner in Paris, is a woman with great moral integrity. But when she discovers her husband’s double life, she starts committin...

inert
2022
as Jozef
Casper is haunted by feelings of self-blame and post-traumatic stress after the loss of his father. As he grapples with his grief, he becomes increasi...

Cool Abdoul
2021
as Ron
The story of Ismail Abdoul, a promising young boxer getting caught between his sporting carreer and his rising fame in the criminal underworld.

Sisyphus at Work
2021
as Boy Talma

My Dad Is a Sausage
2021
as Paul
A father leaves his unhappy job at a bank to pursue an acting career.

Quo Vadis, Aida?
2021
as Colonel Karremans
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the...

The Breitner Commando
2019
as Colonel Andreas Breitner
1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Al...

Porcelain
2019
as Arend
The lives of Anna, Paul and their little son Thomas seem perfect from the outside. Paul has a well-paid job, Anna has a home studio where she works wi...

The Hummingbird Project
2019
as Amish Elder
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

Dumped
2018
as Thierry
Françoise has just been dumped by her husband for a much younger woman. In order to cheer her up, and to celebrate her 60th birthday, sisters Rose and...

Carnivores
2018
as Paul Brozek
At the dawn of her thirties, Mona tries relentlessly to take off as an actress. Time passes and proposals do not arrive. Short of resources, she is fo...

55 Steps
2018
as Robert
The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the righ...

Gaspard at the Wedding
2018
as Max
After keeping a careful distance for many years, 25-year-old Gaspard must renew contact with his family when his father remarries. Accompanied by Laur...

Younger Days
2017
as Alex
A group of middle-aged former bandmates reunite to scatter the ashes of their deceased lead singer, only to have their bond put to the test by the une...

The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
as Jan Żabiński
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

The Confessions
2016
as Michael Wintzl
A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that...

Belgica
2016
as Bruno Schollaert
The story of two brothers who, even though they have absolutely nothing in common, open a bar together that quickly becomes a regular hangout for nigh...

The Brand New Testament
2015
as The Priest
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand...

Through the Air
2015
as Renaud
Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problem...

The Broken Circle Breakdown
2012
as Didier
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

The Broken Circle Breakdown
2012
Theatre Play
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

Come As You Are
2011
as Maarten - Lars' Dad
Three young guys like wine and women. They tested wine with pleasure, but the second they have never been able to taste. Under the guise of a wine tou...

Schellebelle 1919
2011
Director, Writer
The movie tells the story of the farming family Van de Velde, in the aftermath of the First World War. The farmer and his son, who have fought in the ...

Swimsuit 46
2011
as Pascal
Chantal, a chubby girl of twelve, is having a hard time finding her way throughlife. She doesn't have a lot of friends, and at home she can only turn ...

Turquoise
2010
as Koenraad De Schepper
A trio of Turkish brothers immigrants find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither.

The Misfortunates
2009
as Pieter 'Breejen' Strobbe
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared...
A Day in the Life
2008
as Man
Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask the young Turkish Emin to be their driver that day. Emin can use the money and acc...

Moscow, Belgium
2008
as Werner
‘Moscou’ is a densely populated working class neighbourhood on the outskirts of Ghent, Belgium. Matty, mother of three, bumps her car into a truck on ...
Tanguy's Unifying Theory of Life
2007
as Gregoire
Tanguy has big plans - the film script he is working on is almost finished. But meanwhile he still lives with his mother and her new boyfriend and he ...

Firmin
2007
as Overvaller 'Bush'
After almost thirty years, Germaine, Firmin's great love, suddenly returns to her hometown. Firmin is overjoyed and determined to win Germaine's heart...
Vleugels
2006
as Bruno
My Bonnie
2005
as Pascal
Four members of a pour family from Ghent each have a memorable day.
Wanted: Man
2005
as Thomas
When Bas puts up the note Wanted: Man on the notice board of the local supermarket for his single mother, she does not know about it. The self-willed ...

Steve + Sky
2004
as Jean-Claude
A story about two struggling people who are trying to find their own place in the world. He is a small-time crook recently released from prison and sh...

Any Way the Wind Blows
2003
as Schoesetters
Antwerp, early June. On a sweltering Friday, eight people dream of a different life. There is wind and music, police and paranoia, gossip and arguing....
Etre roi
N/A
On March 29, 1990, Belgium passed its abortion law. At last! On the same day, King Baudouin informed the Prime Minister of his refusal to sign the law...
A Ringing in the Ears
N/A
Six military musicians flee into a forest after an attack on their parade. In the chaos that follows, a wounded colleague is left for dead in the wood...
Vigilante
N/A
as Ortega