David Dewaele
David Dewaele ( born March 19, 1976 in Hazebrouck, Nord -Pas -de- Calais as Sébastien David Dewaele, † February 27, 2013 ) was a French actor.
Life and career
David Dewaele was born in 1976 in Hazebrouck in northern France, 16 km from the Belgian border. Dewaele grew as A rbeiterkind in poor conditions and a difficult social environment. Stop he found only with his grandmother. As a teenager drug and alcohol problems began and it began a life between youth prisons and extravagant adventures in bars and pubs. From the French company cut as far as possible to the mid-1990s, he converted to Islam.
First short camera experience gained Dewaele 1985 when he was a nine year old in the short film De boat from Jaco Van Dormael starred a year later and could participate in the TV miniseries Adriaen Brouwer.
In 2006, he met French director Bruno Dumont know in the unemployment office in Hazebrouck, who offered him for his film Flanders a small role. Dewaele mastered his brief appearance with flying colors and so hired him Dumont again in 2009, this time for the supporting role of David in his drama Hadewijch. Impressed by its intense portrayal of his movie character, he entrusted David Dewaele 2011 with the male lead role in his film Hors Satan. There, he played the anti-hero and outsider Le Gars. The film received in the press, including in The New York Times and The Guardian very favorable reviews and Dewaeles performance as a social anti-hero was highly praised.
In 2012, he starred in the documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits of directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern itself
Before it could come to a new cinema movies, David Dewaele died on February 27, 2013 in his native city from the effects of a stroke. He was only 37 years old.
Filmography
Cinema
- 2006: Flanders ( Flandres )
- 2009: Hadewijch
- 2011: Hors Satan
Short film
Documentary
- 2012: Shut Up and Play the Hits