Peter van den Begin

Acting

Peter van den Begin

Born 1964-10-25 · Berchem, Flanders, Belgium

Acting credits

The Squad: Home Run poster
6.2

Former Antigang legend Niels Cartier, known for his muscular and unconventional methods, left the force following an intervention that went wrong and led to the death of his wife. When the gang of bank robbers responsible for her death reappears eight years later, Niels won't let anyone stand in his way to seek revenge. Even if it means forming an explosive duo with his temperamental 14-year-old daughter.

The Squad: Home Run

2023

Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe poster
6.3

When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, appearing in more than a third of his work. Together, they reached their artistic fulfillment thanks to a colourful love, different from the standards of their time, nurturing the great mystery around their relationship. Based on a true story.

Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe

2024

Film 1 poster
7.5

Willem is furious when a journalist makes fun of him because he acts hysterical in court during the Agusta scandal. He decides to kidnap the man and find out everything about him, but he discovers more than he bargained for.

Film 1

1999

Frits and Franky poster
5.5

Frits & Franky find a lot of money in a car that crashes into the water. They don't know what to do with it.

Frits and Franky

2013

The Soundman poster
7.5

May 1940. As Europe trembles on the brink of war, two lives cross within Brussels’ legendary Flagey building, the beating heart of national radio. Elza, a young actress making her debut in radio drama, meets Berre, a gifted soundman with a magical ear. She is enchanted by storytelling; he finds solace in sound. Their encounter sparks a love that dares to exist beyond the rising shadow of their time.

The Soundman

2025

Allez, Eddy poster
6.2

When the village’s first supermarket opens its doors in 1975, Freddy’s isolated life is turned upside down. To celebrate its opening, the supermarket organises a bicycle race of which the winner will get to meet Eddy Merckx. Freddy’s father, a fervent opponent of the supermarket, wants nothing to do with the race. Freddy enters secretly.

Allez, Eddy

2012

Everybody Happy poster
5.1

Burned-out comedian Ralph Hartman suffers from severe anxiety and fears he's being passed over by younger comedians. But his biggest problem comes in the form of his imaginary alter ego: a bearded, high-pitched sadist who follows him everywhere he goes.

Everybody Happy

2016

Employee of the Month poster
4.7

What does a lifetime of service get you? That's what Inès (Jasmina Douieb) wants to find out. As the long-time office manager for EcoCleanPro Cleaning Supplies, she's the only woman on staff in this very sexist office. She does whatever it takes to keep things running – even if it means replacing toilet paper her male coworkers can't seem to do themselves. After the regional manager's visit reveals abysmal numbers in gender pay equity at EcoCleanPro, Inès wants her dedication to pay off with a raise. Unfortunately, her request is rejected by her incompetent boss Patrick (Peter Van den Begin) and, fueled by the unfairness and under the watchful eye of Melody (Laetitia Mampaka), the new intern, Inès redoubles her efforts for compensation. When her history with Patrick rears its ugly head and leads to an accident, all hell breaks loose, and the two women must combine troubleshooting skills for possibly the biggest mess of their lives.

Employee of the Month

2022

The Weeping Walk poster
5.3

The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.

The Weeping Walk

2024

Adoration poster
5.8

Paul lives with his mother in the private clinic of doctor Loisel, deeply hidden in the woods. Paul likes to roam the forest and observe nature. One day Gloria, a schizophrenic teenager of around fifteen years old, arrives, and Paul falls in love immediately.

Adoration

2020

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

Sunday Ninth poster
NR

After years apart, brothers Horst and Franz reunite. Horst is dealing with Alzheimer’s, while Franz is in debt, and sees his brother’s unspent inheritance as the solution to his financial problems. When Horst’s former love Andrea, turns up, old wounds and a buried family mystery come to the surface, forcing them to confront their past.

Sunday Ninth

2026

Paniekzaaiers poster
5.8

Gaston and Leo are active in Antwerp's motorbike brigade. But the two are demoted to simple neighbourhood cops. When they track down a dangerous woman kidnapper and his accomplice, the pair soon find themselves back in favour. Before they can complete their sleuthing, they must escape the attentions of their wives.

Paniekzaaiers

1986

In A Pickle By The Sea poster
5.7

Patrick is a 45-year-old factory worker who still lives with his single mother. When he discovers that his estranged father is alive and living on Bonaire, he impulsively travels to the island to meet him. Shortly after his arrival, his father dies, leaving Patrick an unexpected inheritance: a struggling seaside resort. Suddenly far from the only life he has ever known, Patrick must navigate island culture, financial troubles, and his own self-doubt as he learns to take responsibility — not only for the resort, but for himself...

In A Pickle By The Sea

2025

The Ardennes poster
6.6

A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much has changed. Dave has his life back on track and is trying to help Kenneth however possible, but is witnessing how the highly strung Kenneth tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Sylvie.

The Ardennes

2015

Spoon poster
6.6

Years ago, Lepel's parents left an hot air balloon world tour. He stays with granny Koppenol, who constantly exploits him for domestic chores, in her buttons shop and even as accomplice in the department store where she steals the buttons from clothes. After she won't even leave him the balloon kind salesman Max gave him, Lepel, now 9, runs away. He meets Max's slightly older daughter Pleun. Schoolmaster Bijts is also looking for him, but only as arithmetics talent for an academic schools contest. Max accidentally finds out the sad truth about Lepel's family.

Spoon

2005

SpaceBoy poster
5.9

A gifted 11-year-old boy secretly builds an air balloon with his friend Emma, to prove to his father that everything in life is possible.

SpaceBoy

2021

No artwork available
8.0

Earth is being ravaged by environmental disasters.

Burnt Earth

1998

Beautiful Men poster
5.4

Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

Beautiful Men

2023

The Baronesses poster
5.8

When 65-year-old Fatima discovers that her husband has been living a double life in Morocco for the past ten years, her world collapses. Furious and determined not to let fate get her way, she decides to pick up where she left off 50 years earlier, when she was to play Hamlet. Together with her best friends Mériem, Romaissa and Inès, three other grandmothers from Molenbeek, these "Baronnes" are about to make a decision that will turn their lives, those of their entourage, their neighborhood and the whole country upside down.

The Baronesses

2025

Gilles poster
5.7

12-year-old Gilles dreams of becoming a professional footballer in the Belgian national squad, playing as a Red Devil at the King Baudouin Stadium. Father Bert supports Gilles through thick and thin: he is not only Gilles' most loyal supporter, but also his personal trainer. But then, completely unexpectedly, Bert dies and Gilles' life collapses. Not only does he lose his father, his friend, his supporter and his trainer, there are also quite a few financial concerns coming out ...

Gilles

2005

De tijdreiziger poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

De tijdreiziger

1996

The Silent Army poster
5.5

Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) runs a restaurant in Africa. When his wife (Ricky Koole) suddenly dies, he is left to take care of his son Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld) on his own. When his son's best friend Abu (Andrew Kintu) is abducted by a rebel leader to be trained as a child soldier, Eduard goes in pursuit to save the boy and regain his son's respect.

The Silent Army

2008

Hampi poster
NR

A tragicomedy about Thomas, a young man whose spiritual journey to India comes to a grinding halt when he runs out of money. With help from his father, he buys a ticket home. Overjoyed by the return of his prodigal son, his father organises a welcoming committee consisting of his new, much younger girlfriend Mathilde, his autistic brother-in-law Hubert and his eldest son Simon. The latter, an avid body builder, is not keen on the reception his father has in mind...

Hampi

2016