Fred Goessens

Acting

Fred Goessens

Born

1953-12-05 (72)

Place of birth

Maastricht, Netherlands

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 6 titles

Saint poster
4.9

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.

Saint

2010

Storm: Letter of Fire poster
6.4

The film is set in 1521 Antwerp, in a Europe ravaged by religious wars, and during the early years of the Reformation. It tells the story of the twelve year old, Falko Voeten – a printer’s son. When Falko’s father, Klaas Voeten, a printer of forbidden literature, is caught by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther; Falko is unwittingly propelled into helping his father and into searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the underground sewers, Falko is faced with a race against time if he is to save his father from being executed for heresy.

Storm: Letter of Fire

2017

Joy poster
6.0

Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits and earning a little extra by playing the accordion in the subway. In addition, she is a skilled shoplifter and has never been caught.

Joy

2010

No artwork available
NR

Ambulance crew Frits and Mimo are on their way to a crime scene on New Year's Eve. When people in the neighborhood start taking matters in their own hands, driven by fear, misunderstanding and hatred, the tension rises and fate takes a twisted turn...

Brother's Keeper

2011

Till the End of the World poster
NR

A young girl and her father struggle with the consequences of alcoholism.

Till the End of the World

2018

Quality Time poster
6.5

Five thirty-something men in as many separate segments struggle to grapple with the relentless absurdity of their respective existences.

Quality Time

2017

2000s · 7 titles

Opening Night poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Opening Night

2006

Mariken poster
5.7

A family film, based on a well-known Dutch story from the Middle Ages. Mariken tells the compelling and poetic story of spirited young girl named Mariken. The orphan Mariken lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit. One day, she decides to leave her surroundings and sets off for town to buy a new goat. On her adventurous journey into the 'real' world, she finds out about the good and bad sides of people.

Mariken

2000

Gruesome School Trip poster
5.5

The sensitive Onnoval is the best student in his class and he loves Liselore, who was the girlfriend of the bully Gino. His teacher Meester de Vriend believes he is a promising writer and poet. Gino picks on Onnoval all the time, but Onnoval does not fight against Gino because he believes he is a werewolf. When the successful writer of horror tales Nol van Paulo comes for a lecture in his class, he advises Onnonval to never write a story for the evil Ferluci. However, Onnoval is humiliated by Gino and very upset and jealous he writes a story about a class excursion in a horror bus to a horror park, where Gino is killed by a vampire, and gives his story to Ferluci. Later he regrets, but Nol van Paulo tells him that the only way to fix the situation would be stealing his note book and rewriting the conclusion.

Gruesome School Trip

2005

Katia's Sister poster
6.5

An intimate look into the life of a 13 year old girl in northern Amsterdam who 'looses' her Russian mother and older sister to the cruel world of prostitution. Little sister remains alone in a flat at the IJ-square. Through her unconditional love and her lack of inhibition she manages to keep her head up in the relentless world of porn, drugs, and neon ads.

Katia's Sister

2008

No artwork available
7.5

February 2002. An Argentinian mother and her daughter visit Amsterdam during the wedding of prince Willem-Alexander and princess Máxima. She is looking for a miracle, the reappearing of her husband Alejandro, who got lost during the regime. She experiences difficulty as the police don't believe her story. On top of it all her daughter disappears in the crowd. Police officer Felix Bos also has a problem. His girlfriend Min has just heard some bad news. She's going to be evicted from the country. The situation brings Felix into trouble with the police. This is also the day he finds out his mother couldn't have been his mother.

Maxima's Miracle

2003

Spion van Oranje poster
4.7

The Netherlands are being threatened by a weird terrorist. The only one who can save The Netherlands from this terrorist seems to be Francois. He is a gay couturier who very much looks like the terrorist. They turn out to be twin brothers. Francois takes on the duty to pose as his brother to stop the terrorist activities.

Spion van Oranje

2009

No artwork available
NR

Plasterer Cor has been an introvert all his life. When he is retrained to become a taxi driver, he is forced to crawl out of his shell, but it also put his marriage under a lot of stress.

Taxi 656

2008

Series credits

Flikken Maastricht poster
7.0

Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.

Flikken Maastricht

2007

Baantjer poster
6.9

Baantjer 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

Flikken Rotterdam poster
7.3

Flikken Rotterdam takes place in Rotterdam, and is after Flikken Maastricht the second Dutch spin-off of the Flemish show Flikken.

Flikken Rotterdam

2016

Smeris poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Smeris

2014

Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten

2005

Godforsaken True Killers poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Godforsaken True Killers

2011

The Blood Pact poster
6.2

A man who works for the tax authorities ends up becoming friends with a dangerous criminal after their daughters become best friends and he accidentally saves his life

The Blood Pact

2017

Zussen poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zussen

2024

Heer & Meester poster
7.5

A television series about a charming, voluntary private detective who chases criminals and in the process tries to find himself.

Heer & Meester

2014

Dunya & Desie poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dunya & Desie

2002

Ramses poster
4.8

A chronicle of legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy’s rise to fame, from his early days as a stage actor in late 1950s Amsterdam to his emergence as a national music icon throughout the following two decades.

Ramses

2014

Commandos poster
8.6

Former commando John de Koning, traumatized by a failed mission in Nigeria, is confronted with a murderer trying to eliminate his former comrades in battle. He starts the fight, but ends up in a war in which he threatens to lose his mates, his family and himself.

Commandos

2020

Project Orpheus poster
5.5

A group of five top medicine students is admitted to a prestigious program. They'll be working for a renowned professor who turns out to have a secret agenda. The students soon discover a extremely dangerous experiment called Project Orpheus

Project Orpheus

2016