
Acting
Manouk van der Meulen
Born
1961-04-02 (65)
Place of birth
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Known for
Acting
Credits
39 titles
Known for
7.6Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
A Touch of Frost
1992
6.9Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.
Wallander
2005
6.9Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
Baantjer
1995
No synopsis available yet.
12 steden, 13 ongelukken
1990
NRDrama series for children about love, mischief and adventure starring Sietske van der Bijl and Kim Coelewij.
Vrijland
2010
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Barend en Van Dorp
1998
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
5.0It is the year 2027, eight years after the first outbreak of The Sickness, a highly contagious, adaptive and lethal virus. The world is now run by a pharmaceutical corporation called The Company, which distributes a treatment for the virus but charges a high price for it, putting the majority of people in a state of poverty and dependence.
Kill Mode
2020
1.0Two couples face mounting petty grievances, jealousy, and suppressed mid-life frustrations that steadily degrade their relationships into harsh psychological conflicts.
Diary of a Weak Yogi
2026
NRA struggling actress gets one last shot at her Hollywood dream - with just one hour to turn an unreleased Dutch movie into a $100 million sequel to "Babygirl."
How to Survive Hollywood
2026
2000s · 6 titles
5.3Cheated on by his successful girlfriend for lacking ambition and business-mindedness, an artist sets out to get rich quick by starting a one-man company as a friend for hire.
Rent-a-Friend
2000
4.0Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula Gireaux , a 28-year-old Parisian call girl working in Amsterdam and a hit man, Michel Angelo (30) whose hearts are touched when a six-year-old Bolivian boy abruptly enters their lives. The boy changes their fate. He gives them reason to reach for their dreams and to start a whole new life together. But, at the moment Paula and Michel decide to escape the underworld, Paula realizes that her hands are tied to a paid deal she has made with a powerful English narcotics baron, Rudi Dancer (55). The enticing offer Paula could not refuse, turns into the demon that stands in the way of her future with Michel. Eventually, Michel and Paula find their way to freedom but not without paying a high price
Paid
2006
NRThe Dankert brothers are confronted by a client suspected of killing elderly patients in a hospital. It soon becomes apparent that there is another nurse walking around who is acting extremely suspicious. The Dankerts go on a hunt for exculpatory evidence and encounter surprising cases that pose a huge dilemma for them. How far does a lawyer go in professional secrecy before gnawing in his own private life? A conflict between the two brothers is inevitable.
Dankert & Dankert: De Swarte Ingel
2006
7.0Yorkshire-shot fantasy about talking dragons.
Kingdom
2001
5.3Kurt Wallander receives a murder case from the Polish police, it turns out that the victim was shot dead on board a train in Sweden. Most of his face is shot away and for Wallander personally the case gets an unexpected turn. His two closest police colleagues are the daughter Linda, newly graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman.
Wallander: The African
2005
6.8Night has fallen. A thunderstorm approaches. In a lonely house a young woman mourns her deceased husband. In the cemetery across the street the shape of a man rises from a grave...
R.I.P.
2001
1990s · 10 titles
9.0For all his life Frank Goudvis has tried not to follow in the footsteps of his father. When his father is mysteriously murdered, Frank loses his alibi for his cherished passivity and decides to travel to the crime scene.
De nietsnut
1994
10.0A portrait of a woman and 26 witnesses who appear to be accusing her of something but we'll never know what. We'll never even know who she is and who the witnesses are. A complex experiment about space, voice and speech.
Traces of Smoke
1992
10.0A bus driver on a regular route in the 'polder' moves into a new house with his wife. They are the first inhabitants of a new estate. At the same time, a homeless man and an woman movie into the driver's bus.
Passengers
1990
A chimney sweep’s daredevil antics are meant to keep a young woman from jumping off the roof. But does she really want to jump? Or does he maybe? A street sweeper is watching and passes the hat round for our hero. Or is he part of the act too?
De Schoorsteenveger
1992
4.7A story about a bunch of 20-somethings in Amsterdam and their love-life, as told from 2 perspectives.
Bastards and Bridesmaids
1997
A satire about the difficult way films are made in the Netherlands. The focus is on the painstaking way in which aspiring filmmakers, have to see the script in hand, grants and funds available.
The Night of the Wild Donkeys
1990
7.0A couple falls into the clutches of a female psychopath.
State Of Mind
1992
4.0Grocer De Feyter is put out of business by competition from a supermarket run by the Moroccan Saïd. To keep afloat, he does the dirty work for a right-wing politician. This man is in cahoots with a project developer who wants to build a furniture superstore in the slum area. With the aid of criminals, they manage to bring racial tension in the area to boiling point. Against this background, affection blossoms between the daughter of the grocer and the son of Saïd, a real Romeo and Juliet. Then a group of skinheads decides to put an end to the fragile romance with violence.
Walhalla
1995
5.7The movie stars you see on the screen have once been selected amongst others. The glamor of the premiere is preceded by mug shots, selections, interviews, wining, dining, backstabbing and sex. In the end, everyone gets what they deserve.
Based on the Novel
1999
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Het Phoenix Mysterie
1990
1980s · 7 titles
10.0The story of a war refugee who's hiding in Amsterdam.
Shadow Man
1988
6.0In 1811, hilarity ensues when a corrupt Dutch colonel mistakes a quack dentist for one of Napoleon's inspectors general.
The Bosom Friend
1982
9.0The romantic pharmacist Max is in a relationship with Willie and also has a platonic relationship with Laura. The artist Henk is the fourth player in this game of quartets. The foursome is comically torn between the urge for independence and the desire for a partner. Jealousy and relationship anxiety cause the relationships to constantly change, resulting in continuous relocations. In between, there is the minor drama involving Bonita: Max has a passion for pigeons. Together with the melancholic pigeon fancier Gisbers, he is the owner of the cock pigeon Bonita, who never wins any prizes...
Max & Laura & Henk & Willie
1989
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Sprong naar de liefde
1982
6.5After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's bookstore. A year later Eileen walks in the store, a girl from Northern Ireland with her baby in her arms. When Philip sees her, he's dumbfounded, for she's the spitting image of his dead wife. Obsessed with her, he goes and tries to find her again, but he soon finds out that he's not the only one who's looking for Eileen.
Looking for Eileen
1987
5.4De Cock and Vledder investigate the robbery of an armored truck which leads to several murders.
Murder in Ecstasy
1984
4.0A tasty, vulgar, low-budget, urban road movie about a satirical drawn art environment with great impromptu renditions and Peter Falk detective pastiche Wingers to lick your thumbs and fingers. The American-Dutch psychiatrist Bold Wasser plays in his role as Detective Scotty all professional actors of the cloth. Long plan sequence shots give the film an almost documentary, authentic appearance.
Lost in Amsterdam
1989
Series credits
7.6Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
A Touch of Frost
1992
6.9Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.
Wallander
2005
6.9Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
Baantjer
1995
No synopsis available yet.
12 steden, 13 ongelukken
1990
NRDrama series for children about love, mischief and adventure starring Sietske van der Bijl and Kim Coelewij.
Vrijland
2010
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Barend en Van Dorp
1998
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Onderweg naar morgen
1994
3.5No synopsis available yet.
Vrouwenvleugel
1993
8.0Before the old Andreas Heydecoper wants to commit suicide, he calls all his children and grandchildren to his home in Curaçao. He wants to see his family for the last time. When Andreas has died, his children and grandchildren burn him. But they find out that Andreas wasn't loved by everyone... And when they visit the notary to get their part of the heritage, the notary says they can't. Before they will get the heritage, Andreas's will says they have to find the 'Vuurmeisje'.
The Legacy
2004
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Spijkerhoek
1989
6.6Based on the novel by Thomas Engström, a former Stasi double agent is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case.
West of Liberty
2019
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Rust Roest
1989
2.7No synopsis available yet.
Fashion Planet
2014
