Role Writer Name Freek Jonge | Genres Political satire Years active 1955-present Spouse Hella Asser (m. 1971) | |
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Birth name Frederik Jan George de Jonge Born 30 August 1944 (age 80) Westernieland, Netherlands ( 1944-08-30 ) Albums De mythe, Gemeen goed, De estafette Music group Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen Similar People Bram Vermeulen, Hella Asser, Robert Jan Stips, Boudewijn de Groot, Brainpower | ||
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Frederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge (born 30 August 1944) is a Dutch cabaret performer and writer.
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- Is a revival of ethics on the way freek de jonge tedxhaarlem
- Freek de jonge het damestasje deel 2
- Early life and career
- Writer and musician
- 1997 present
- Personal life
- With Neerlands Hoop
- One mans shows
- Books
- Movies
- References
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Early life and career
He was born in the village of Westernieland as son of a pastor. His family moved to Workum, and later to Zaandam and Goes. At age 11, Freek had his first performance on stage. After barely making it through high school, he studied cultural anthropology in Amsterdam. During his studies he met Bram Vermeulen and Johan Gertenbach, and they formed a group of comedy performers, Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen. In 1978, Neerlands Hoop, by the show "Bloed aan de paal" ("Blood on the Goalpost"), became famous for its fight against the participation of the Netherlands national football team at the football world cup in Argentina. In 1979, Neerlands Hoop split up and Freek de Jonge started his solo career.
Writer and musician
Besides performing in cabaret, Freek de Jonge has written the novels Zaansch Veem (1987), Neerlands Bloed (1991) and Opa's Wijsvinger (1993). He has been the host of some television shows and wrote two films: The Illusionist (1983) and De Komediant (1986). He also wrote a hip hop song with Dutch rapper Brainpower. In 1994, Freek de Jonge started to work with Nits. Under the name Frits, they performed covers of old Neerlands Hoop songs, translated Nits songs and newly written material. An album was released in 1995: Dankzij de Dijken. Freek de Jonge continued to work with their keyboard player Robert Jan Stips: Stips released two albums: Gemeen Goed in 1997 then Rapsodia in 1998. A cover of Bob Dylan's Death is not the end reached the first place of the Dutch charts in 1997. The musical co-operation with Robert Jan Stips continues to this day.
1997-present
From 1997 to October 2000, Freek de Jonge was a columnist of the daily newspaper Parool. He started a new experiment during the year 1999: under the name "De Jonge", he gave ten different shows from every variety of the cabaret scene. In February 2004, he went to Iraq for a week to perform for the Dutch troops.
On 12 November 2005, he received the Groenman prize from the Genootschap Onze Taal; this is a society which works with the Dutch language.
Personal life
De Jonge is married to Hella Asser, daughter of Dutch writer Eli Asser.