Hans Kemna

Hans Kemna (5 March 1940 – 27 October 2024) was a Dutch casting director and actor.

Kemna was born in Rotterdam in 1940. His father was chairman of a theater company. After high school he attended the Amsterdam Theater School. Kemna was a prominent and one of the first casting directors in the Netherlands. Kemna founded  in 1970, (after 1980 Kemna Casting and later Post Castelijn Casting). As an actor he played some supporting roles in movies and television series, including in Kinderen geen bezwaar, Floris, Baantjer and Turkish Delight. 

Kemna won the Gouden Kalf in 2005 for his 'important contribution to Dutch film culture' awarded by Medy van der Laan. He was awarded the Rembrandt Award in 2012.

Kemna was together with  British-Dutch actor and director Adrian Brine for fifty years. They married in 2000 as one of the first male couples. Brine died in 2006. Kemna died from an illness in Amsterdam on 27 October 2024, at the age of 84. 

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Category:Dutch filmmakers
Category:Dutch actors
Category:1940 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:People from Rotterdam