Okke Verstrenge

Photo by Ilya de Milde

Welcome!

Welcome, my name is Okke Verstrenge.

I was born in 1956 in the province of Zeeland (The Netherlands) and went via Rotterdam to the province of Limburg, where I live nowadays. Originally I trained as a teacher: I taught for many years, then pursued other goals: I was a CEO, project manager and chairman of a union. For the last ten years I have worked as a business consultant & coach and as an interim manager. I’m also an experienced host , speaker, presenter and columnist.

I have been an actor for about 6 years, and loving it! I am self-taught in this area.

CV

2012: Mailman in the thriller ‘Omega’ by Patrick Haagmans
2013 – present: Commissioner Rob Meijer in ‘045 De Serie’ by Patrick Haagmans
2017: Leading actor in the 48Hours-project ‘Hiep Hiep’ by Annemieke Elstak
2017: Guest performance in the NPO 1 (Dutch Public TV) tv series ‘Sorry voor Alles’
2018: Leading actor in the shortmovie ‘Lege Handen’ by Dennis Hoevers
2018: Leading actor in the shortmovie ‘Me, Grandpa & the tree’ by Sarah Bastings
2018: Father in the You Tube commercial by Wolky shoes
2014 – 2019: Warden Henk Keizer in real life game ‘Prison Escape’
2019: Leo (the gardener) in the shortmovie ‘Gesloten ogen’ by Robert van Delft & Lloyd van Boxtel – 48 Hours Project Nijmegen
2019: Leading actor in the shortmovie ‘Bondgenoot’ by Robert Hofman – 48 Hours Project Rotterdam
2019: Leading actor in the shortmovie ‘Burn Out’ by Kevin Jochems

Upcoming projects

‘De moord van Raamsdonck’ – movie, historical
‘Een stukje hemel’ – monologue, drama
‘Maatjes’ – shortmovie, thriller

Photo by Ilya de Milde

Agent

André Sjouerman
anser@askmyagent.nl
tel: +31 20 6754279

Languages and dialects

Dutch is my native language.
I’m fluent in Zeeuws (dialect of the province of Zeeland) and Limburgs (dialect of the province of Limburg). When needed, I can do an impression of a Rotterdam, Den Haag, Amsterdam or Frisian accent.
English: very good, German: good, French: average, but good enough to reproduce text in French.

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Piano, organ, song and dance

I’m a classically trained organist and pianist.
I like to dance: ballroom, merengue and salsa. I always loved singing, but purely for my own pleasure. In 2018 I took the bull by the horns and participated in two workshops by Martine Reyners. There I learned to use my voice as a real instrument.
I am a baritone and love to sing all kinds of songs: church hymns, musicals, pop, chanson and opera.

Piano, from Sonatine Op. 168 nr 1 – Czerny