children birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
2 turnhout , belgium 30 september 1964 chantal leyers koen de bouw
 koen de bouw actor studio herman teirlinck
koen de bouw

koen de bouw -lrb- born in turnhout , 30 september 1964 -rrb- is a flemish actor .
he was in training for actor at studio herman teirlinck in antwerp and made his breakthrough in belgium with his role of serial killer `` stef tavernier '' in the tv-series wittekerke .
he played the role from 1995 until 1996 .
in 2003 he was the protagonist in the thriller `` the alzheimer case '' .
in 2005 de bouw played the main character in movies as `` de indringer '' en `` verlengd weekend '' .
in the same summer he left to cuba for three months for the takes of `` koning van de wereld '' .
from january 2006 on the actor worked at the cinema movie `` stormforce '' and `` dossier k. '' , the successor of `` the alzheimer case '' .
in 2008 he featured in the original version of the movie `` loft '' -lrb- with scenario written by bart de pauw and erik van looy -rrb- .
in the meanwhile in germany he cooperated in `` love hurts '' and `` falling rocks '' directed by peter keglevic .
koen de bouw is also active in theatre .
he regularly made shows with jan decorte -lrb- `` amlett '' , `` in het kreupelhout '' and `` o death '' -rrb- in het toneelhuis .
in the raamtheater he could be seen in the play `` trojaanse vrouwen '' and later also `` una giornate particolare '' -lrb- after the homonymous movie -rrb- , in which he interpreted a tormented homosexual under the strict regime of mussolini .
apart from acting , de bouw also presented the gardening programme groene vingers on vtm from 2007 till 2011 .
