Urbanus

Acting

Urbanus

Born

1949-06-07 (77)

Place of birth

Sint-Gertrudis-Pede, Flanders, Belgium

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Urbain Servranckx (born 7 June 1949), better known as Urbanus, is a Belgian comedian, actor, singer and comic book writer. Although he is most famous as comedian, some of his songs became hits, such as Bakske vol met stro (1979), Madammen met een bontjas (1980) and Hittentit (1982). In Flanders and the Netherlands Urbanus is one of the most popular and famous entertainers of all time. Urbanus, artist's name of Urbain Joseph Servranckx (Dilbeek, 7 June 1949) is a Belgian comedian, singer, guitarist, author of comic books and actor. Originally he used the artist name: Urbanus van Anus. Anus was the name of his former backing group. In 1973 he began performing cabaret and comedy. He became pop…

Known for

De Slimste Mens ter Wereld poster
7.7

Do we still sing the praises of folly like Erasmus, or is it trendy again to be smart? And if so, who is the smartest? Who can talk about the medals won at the Olympic Games in London, but at the same time knows who Captain Haddock is? Who knows whether Lacan was a hair growth product or a psychoanalyst and can also program their own digital television? Who has déjà vu when leafing through the Encyclopedia Britannica and when reading the interviews with the new Miss Waregem Koerse? Who, oh who, is the smartest person in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and by extension, the world? That is determined by a fierce battle between three fellow human beings. Every day, someone is eliminated, someone who may not be the smartest, but who is perhaps cherished in their family circle because of their many other talents. The others advance and are joined by a new challenger every day.

De Slimste Mens ter Wereld

2003

Niko and the Way to the Stars poster
5.8

A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel.

Niko and the Way to the Stars

2008

Ik vraag het aan poster
NR

Destadsbader in a new music program 'I ask it', in which he asks BVs about their favorite song and then asks them to perform it live.

Ik vraag het aan

2024

Beste Kijkers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beste Kijkers

2014

Scheire and the Creation poster
8.3

Lieven Scheire wanders like a forensic blood hound on planet science and all her secondary planets. Faithfully assisted by Googleman and his one-man house orchestra Stijn Cole.

Scheire and the Creation

2012

Urbain poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbain

2005

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 7 titles

Niko and the Way to the Stars poster
5.8

A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel.

Niko and the Way to the Stars

2008

K3 and the Ice Princess poster
7.6

One day Karen, Kristel and Kathleen receive an invitation from a king and queen from a distant fairytale kingdom. They ask if they want to sing on their daughter's birthday. But the princess behaves like a spoiled brat, because an evil wizard placed a curse on her, freezing her heart in the process. In an exciting race against time, K3 try to solve the mystery surrounding the little princess. But this turns out not to be as easy as they thought. Because even though they encounter all kinds of well-known fairytale characters, they do not receive any help. Will the brave singers manage to lift the curse?

K3 and the Ice Princess

2006

The Dark Diamond poster
4.9

Suske and Wiske, Lambik, and Aunt Sidonia are staying at the Ganzehoeve estate. During a walk, Suske and Wiske find a wooden box containing a black stone. They give the stone to Sidonia, who sells it to the baron. The next day, Sidonia is lying in bed, seriously ill. "Anyone who tries to enrich themselves with the stone will die before the next full moon unless the stone is returned to the alchemist." Suske and Wiske must return the diamond to the alchemist at all costs. They enlist the help of Professor Barabas and use the time machine to flash back to the 15th century. This marks the beginning of an exciting quest.

The Dark Diamond

2004

Misstakes poster
7.0

André Mahy, an artistic but unemployed director, gets an offer to make a movie, the script of which appears to be a 'Kiekeboe' comic story entitled Misstakes. A fascinating dialogue develops between the fictional story of the family Kiekeboe and the real story of André Mahy and his film crew.

Misstakes

2000

Urbanus: Meer Moet Dat Niet Zijn poster
8.0

Zijn humoristische stijl kan omschreven worden als absurd, volks, subversief, anarchistisch, kinderlijk, morbide, soms vulgair en populistisch.

Urbanus: Meer Moet Dat Niet Zijn

2001

Urbanus: Ik Ben Een Plastiek Zakske poster
6.0

Zijn humoristische stijl kan omschreven worden als absurd, volks, subversief, anarchistisch, kinderlijk, morbide, soms vulgair en populistisch.

Urbanus: Ik Ben Een Plastiek Zakske

2001

Urbanus: Vobiscum Live poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbanus: Vobiscum Live

2007

1990s · 6 titles

1980s · 5 titles

Hector poster
6.7

Hector's parents sent him to an orphanage in treatment for smallpox but... they never picked him up. 35 years later, he still lives in the orphanage, surrounded by children, his playmates. Till a forgotten aunt remembers that he exists. She'll get him to participate in the bakery of her husband, Achilles, to work. Hector shows his skills on the basis of unexpected inventions. So he helps Jos, the son of Achilles, to accomplish his dream to be a cycling champion. Hector's good humor and childlike manner overcomes all resistance and pulls his entire entourage along on the path to success. From now on he can learn what love is...

Hector

1987

Urbanus Van Anus poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbanus Van Anus

1980

Urbanus: Hebben jullie mijn filmpjes al gezien poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbanus: Hebben jullie mijn filmpjes al gezien

1985

Urbanus: Live & in 't echt poster
8.0

LIVE; THEATERSEIZOEN '82/'84: 'Urbanus Live' werd in opdracht van Urbanus Nederland opgenomen tijdens twee uitverkochte voorstellingen in de Agnietenhof van Tiel op 4 en 5 februari 1983. Deze opnamen werden samengevat voor televisie en uitgezonden door de Vara in 1983 en in 1984. Dit is de volledige, ongeknipte versie van deze twee succesvolle uitzendingen via Vara en tevens een aardige weergave van het theaterseizoen 1982-1983 in Nederland en 1983-1984 in België. IN 'T ECHT: Deze theatershow van Urbanus was een ware triomf in de Belgische- en Nederlandse theaters, waarbij records sneuvelden wat bezoekersaantallen betreft. In Nederland werden ruim 200 voorstellingen gegeven, waarvan drie shows in Carré in Amsterdam. Geen enkele buitenlandse artiest deed hem dit na. In Vlaanderen was het niet anders. In alle grote theaters vonden meer dan twee voorstellingen plaats en Antwerpen leverde een record op van meer dan 15.000 bezoekers.

Urbanus: Live & in 't echt

1984

Urbanus: Beter 10 Krisis In De Lucht Dan 1 In Ons Land poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbanus: Beter 10 Krisis In De Lucht Dan 1 In Ons Land

1983

Series credits

De Slimste Mens ter Wereld poster
7.7

Do we still sing the praises of folly like Erasmus, or is it trendy again to be smart? And if so, who is the smartest? Who can talk about the medals won at the Olympic Games in London, but at the same time knows who Captain Haddock is? Who knows whether Lacan was a hair growth product or a psychoanalyst and can also program their own digital television? Who has déjà vu when leafing through the Encyclopedia Britannica and when reading the interviews with the new Miss Waregem Koerse? Who, oh who, is the smartest person in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and by extension, the world? That is determined by a fierce battle between three fellow human beings. Every day, someone is eliminated, someone who may not be the smartest, but who is perhaps cherished in their family circle because of their many other talents. The others advance and are joined by a new challenger every day.

De Slimste Mens ter Wereld

2003

De Slimste Mens ter Wereld poster
7.7

Do we still sing the praises of folly like Erasmus, or is it trendy again to be smart? And if so, who is the smartest? Who can talk about the medals won at the Olympic Games in London, but at the same time knows who Captain Haddock is? Who knows whether Lacan was a hair growth product or a psychoanalyst and can also program their own digital television? Who has déjà vu when leafing through the Encyclopedia Britannica and when reading the interviews with the new Miss Waregem Koerse? Who, oh who, is the smartest person in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and by extension, the world? That is determined by a fierce battle between three fellow human beings. Every day, someone is eliminated, someone who may not be the smartest, but who is perhaps cherished in their family circle because of their many other talents. The others advance and are joined by a new challenger every day.

De Slimste Mens ter Wereld

2003

Ik vraag het aan poster
NR

Destadsbader in a new music program 'I ask it', in which he asks BVs about their favorite song and then asks them to perform it live.

Ik vraag het aan

2024

Beste Kijkers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beste Kijkers

2014

Scheire and the Creation poster
8.3

Lieven Scheire wanders like a forensic blood hound on planet science and all her secondary planets. Faithfully assisted by Googleman and his one-man house orchestra Stijn Cole.

Scheire and the Creation

2012

Urbain poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbain

2005

Het zijn net mensen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Het zijn net mensen

2015

What If? poster
5.8

A sketch show with each sketch beginning with the question “what if.” A roller coaster of sketches that immerses you in life as it almost could be.

What If?

2011

Allemaal Chris poster
NR

Twelve years after the end of "Chris and Co", Chris van den Durpel returns with a new sketch show, involving both familiar and brand new characters that are all trying to find their way in today's society.

Allemaal Chris

2017

Kulderzipken poster
7.8

Kulderzipken is a Flemish television series that premiered in 1995. Two seasons of ten episodes each have been made since then.

Kulderzipken

1995

Humo's Comedy Cup: De Weg naar de Finale poster
NR

For the apotheosis of Humo's Comedy Cup in the Antwerp Arenbergschouwburg, a festive red carpet will be rolled out, on which the cream of Flemish Comedy will visit. The finale also forms the conclusion of the 4-part series 'The road to the final'.

Humo's Comedy Cup: De Weg naar de Finale

2023

Jacques en Urbain op Wereldtournee poster
NR

Jacques Vermeire and Urbain 'Urbanus' Servranckx, the two undisputed godfathers of Flemish laughter, exchange the church tower to travel the world together. An adventure where humor is never far away.

Jacques en Urbain op Wereldtournee

2023

De Schuur van Scheire poster
8.0

'De Schuur van Scheire' is a science magazine in which Lieven Scheire brings science and technology to life in an entertaining way.

De Schuur van Scheire

2015

Urbanus van binnen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbanus van binnen

2025

Genoeg gelachen, nu humor! poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Genoeg gelachen, nu humor!

1995

Urbanus 70 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Urbanus 70

2019

Behind the camera

Koko Flanel poster
6.4

Placide's dad tells him on his deathbed he'll haunt Placide if he doesn't find a wife soon. Placide cautiously agrees, but he only wants to settle for a very beautiful woman. That might be easier said than done, since he is a vagabond. When he accidentally enters a photo shoot, Placide meets Sarah. He falls in love, but she is way out of his reach.

Koko Flanel

1990

Seventh Heaven poster
5.7

Samuel's life is in shambles and he wants to end it all, but then he saves his desperate neighbor by pretending to be her guardian angel.

Seventh Heaven

1993

Urbanus: Hiep Hiep Rahoe poster
10.0

The legendary theatershow from 1995 till June 1997!

Urbanus: Hiep Hiep Rahoe

1997

Cash for Trash poster
6.1

The grown-ups of Tollembeek make a deal with the suspicious Igor. The Russian can dump all his garbage and toxic waste in the village for a year, and he will pay the inhabitants a whole lot of money. Urbanus seizes the opportunity to finally buy his engagement ring for Miss Pussy. But of course, things don't go according to plan...

Cash for Trash

2019

Hector poster
6.7

Hector's parents sent him to an orphanage in treatment for smallpox but... they never picked him up. 35 years later, he still lives in the orphanage, surrounded by children, his playmates. Till a forgotten aunt remembers that he exists. She'll get him to participate in the bakery of her husband, Achilles, to work. Hector shows his skills on the basis of unexpected inventions. So he helps Jos, the son of Achilles, to accomplish his dream to be a cycling champion. Hector's good humor and childlike manner overcomes all resistance and pulls his entire entourage along on the path to success. From now on he can learn what love is...

Hector

1987