Joris Putman
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Joris Jacques Kees Putman (24 July 1984 at Noordwijk in the Netherlands) is a Dutch actor.
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[edit] Life
Joris' mother is a non-western sociologist and his father is a documentary film-maker. From the age of three months until he was nine he and his parents lived out of Europe, firstly in Burkina Faso, West Africa, later in Bangkok, and from 1990 in Semarang in Indonesia, before returning to the Netherlands in 1993.
He first acted aged 7 in a Dutch film called "Oeroeg" ("Going Home") shot in Indonesia.
While at school in the Netherlands he acted in independent films and on TV. After finishing secondary school he moved to the UK to attend drama school in London (L.A.P.A.). After occasional film parts and, from 2000 onwards, some English language stage roles, he was given the part of Morris Fischer in the popular and long-running Dutch soap opera "Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden" ("Good Times, Bad Times"), which he played from 2004 until the end of 2006. March 2007 he became the winner of the Dutch Dancing on Ice TV contest.
[edit] Main roles
[edit] Television
- Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden (2004 - 2006): Morris Fischer
[edit] Film/Video
- Sprookjes van de Efteling (2005)
- Emergency Exit (2001)
- Pest (1996)
- Going Home (aka 'Oeroeg') (1992)
[edit] As Himself
[edit] Sources
- Joris Putman at the Internet Movie Database
- (Dutch) Joris Putman official website
- (Dutch) Dutch Dancing on Ice official website
- (English) 'Going Home' feature film
- (Dutch) 'Emergency Exit' short feature
