Koen van Impe
- Actor
- Writer
Koen Van Impe is a Belgian actor. He studied drama at the Royal
Music Conservatorium in Antwerp.
Koen Van Impe has been a member of various theatre companies, but since 2002 he's been a member of the group Compagnie Marius, which he's traveled with to various (mainly French) theatre festivals during the summer.
As a television actor Koen has a lot of experience playing various very different characters in drama-series, comedies and crime-series alike. In 2008 he played an important character in Katarakt, a very successful drama-series on public broadcaster vrt, directed by Jan Matthys. One year later he starred in Aspe, a crime series that ran for 10 seasons in which he played the part of of inspector Ivo Verbruggen for 3 years. In 2011 Koen was the lead in a comedy show, Kiekens. In 2012 he starred in Salamander, a Flemish drama-series broadcasted on BBC4 and the first Belgian series ever to be released on Netflix USA.
Koen also starred in various movies such as the Oscar-nominated Daens by Stijn Coninx, Brylcream Boulevard by Robbe De Hert, De Indringer (aka: The Intruder) by Frank Van Mechelen, Ben X by Nic Balthazar, S&M Judge by Erik Lamens, etc.
In addition to his on-screen work Koen lends his voice to animated characters for the Flemish versions of movies such as Asterix & Obelix
Koen speaks Flemish, French and English.
Koen Van Impe has been a member of various theatre companies, but since 2002 he's been a member of the group Compagnie Marius, which he's traveled with to various (mainly French) theatre festivals during the summer.
As a television actor Koen has a lot of experience playing various very different characters in drama-series, comedies and crime-series alike. In 2008 he played an important character in Katarakt, a very successful drama-series on public broadcaster vrt, directed by Jan Matthys. One year later he starred in Aspe, a crime series that ran for 10 seasons in which he played the part of of inspector Ivo Verbruggen for 3 years. In 2011 Koen was the lead in a comedy show, Kiekens. In 2012 he starred in Salamander, a Flemish drama-series broadcasted on BBC4 and the first Belgian series ever to be released on Netflix USA.
Koen also starred in various movies such as the Oscar-nominated Daens by Stijn Coninx, Brylcream Boulevard by Robbe De Hert, De Indringer (aka: The Intruder) by Frank Van Mechelen, Ben X by Nic Balthazar, S&M Judge by Erik Lamens, etc.
In addition to his on-screen work Koen lends his voice to animated characters for the Flemish versions of movies such as Asterix & Obelix
- Missie Cleopatra, Lillo and Stitch, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Koen speaks Flemish, French and English.
