Hans van Tongeren

Johannes Adrianus Maria (Hans) van Tongeren (18 January 1955, Breda – 25 August 1982, Amsterdam) was a Dutch movie actor, who made his debut in the 1980 Paul Verhoeven movie Spetters.

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• Het oponthoud 2 met jeroen krabbe cristel braak en hans van tongeren
• Het oponthoud 1 met jeroen krabbe cristel braak en hans van tongeren
• Filmography
• References

Van Tongeren was born in Breda and was recommended to Joop van den Ende for the role of "Rien" in Spetters by casting-director Hans Kemna. The character Rien is a talented motocrosser who is paralyzed in an accident and commits suicide. Spetters was a very successful movie and van Tongeren was cast afterwards for several Dutch movies.

In 1982 Van Tongeren played a minor role with Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah in the American movie Summer Lovers. Van Tongeren had been admitted to mental hospitals several times; according to the Dutch media he identified too much with his roles. On 25 August 1982 he committed suicide, just after having been cast in a Nouchka van Brakel film after the novel Van de koele meren des doods by Frederik van Eeden, in which he would again have played a person committing suicide.

Filmography

1980 – Spetters

1982 – Summer Lovers

1982 – De Smaak Van Water

1982 – Het Oponthoud

1983 – Pim