Johan Heldenbergh

Johan Heldenbergh

1967-02-09 Wilrijk, Flanders, Belgium 44 Credits

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...

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Ad Vitam

Ad Vitam

2025

as Vanaken

6.3
Acting

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

Jeunesse, mon amour

2024

as Hiker

6.0
Acting
Amal

Amal

2024

as Luc

7.7
Acting

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

The Commander

The Commander

2023

as Georges Vogels

7.0
Acting

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

The Worst Ones

2022

as Gabriel

6.8
Acting

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

The Colors of Fire

2022

as Major Dietrich

6.8
Acting

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

A Woman

2022

as Hugo

4.5
Acting

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

inert

2022

as Jozef

Acting

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

Cool Abdoul

2021

as Ron

Acting

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

Sisyphus at Work

2021

as Boy Talma

1.0
Acting
My Dad Is a Sausage

My Dad Is a Sausage

2021

as Paul

5.7
Acting

A father leaves his unhappy job at a bank to pursue an acting career.

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Quo Vadis, Aida?

2021

as Colonel Karremans

7.7
Acting

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

The Breitner Commando

2019

as Colonel Andreas Breitner

5.6
Acting

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

Porcelain

2019

as Arend

4.0
Acting

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

The Hummingbird Project

2019

as Amish Elder

6.2
Acting

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

Dumped

2018

as Thierry

6.0
Acting

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

Carnivores

2018

as Paul Brozek

5.5
Acting

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

55 Steps

2018

as Robert

6.7
Acting

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

Gaspard at the Wedding

2018

as Max

6.0
Acting

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

Younger Days

2017

as Alex

5.7
Acting

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

The Zookeeper's Wife

2017

as Jan Żabiński

7.3
Acting

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

The Confessions

2016

as Michael Wintzl

6.0
Acting

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

Belgica

2016

as Bruno Schollaert

6.0
Acting

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

The Brand New Testament

2015

as The Priest

6.6
Acting

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

Through the Air

2015

as Renaud

5.5
Acting

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

The Broken Circle Breakdown

2012

as Didier

7.7
Acting

The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

The Broken Circle Breakdown

The Broken Circle Breakdown

2012

Theatre Play

7.7

The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

Come As You Are

Come As You Are

2011

as Maarten - Lars' Dad

6.8
Acting

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

Schellebelle 1919

2011

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

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

Swimsuit 46

2011

as Pascal

6.1
Acting

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

Turquoise

2010

as Koenraad De Schepper

5.9
Acting

A trio of Turkish brothers immigrants find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither.

The Misfortunates

The Misfortunates

2009

as Pieter 'Breejen' Strobbe

7.2
Acting

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

5.0
Acting

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

Moscow, Belgium

2008

as Werner

6.7
Acting

‘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

Acting

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

Firmin

2007

as Overvaller 'Bush'

5.3
Acting

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

7.0
Acting

My Bonnie

2005

as Pascal

2.0
Acting

Four members of a pour family from Ghent each have a memorable day.

Wanted: Man

2005

as Thomas

Acting

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

Steve + Sky

2004

as Jean-Claude

6.1
Acting

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

Any Way the Wind Blows

2003

as Schoesetters

6.8
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting