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Carel Struycken is a Actor, Producer and Editor Néerlandais born on 30 july 1948 at The Hague (Royaume des Pays-Bas)

Carel Struycken

Carel Struycken
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Nationality Pays-bas
Birth 30 july 1948 (75 years) at The Hague (Royaume des Pays-Bas)

Carel Struycken ([ˈkaːrəl ˈstrœy̯kə(n)]; born July 30, 1948) is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing the Giant in Twin Peaks, Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Lurch in the films The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, and Addams Family Reunion. Because he is 2.13 m (7 ft) tall, he often plays character and comedic roles in which height is a major part.

Biography

Carel Struycken is married to an American woman and has two children. He lives in the Los Angeles area. His brother Peter Struycken is a noted Dutch artist, who has won the 2012 Heineken Prize for Arts of the Royal Netherlands Academy for Sciences.

Struycken is also an avid photographer. He maintains a website devoted to his spherical panoramas and shares a photography blog with Josh Korwin.

Usually with

Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan
(2 films)
Peter David
Peter David
(2 films)
Marc Shaiman
Marc Shaiman
(2 films)
Robby Benson
Robby Benson
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carel Struycken (18 films)

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Actor

Doctor Sleep, 2h32
Directed by Mike Flanagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Grampa Flick
Rating72% 3.648533.648533.648533.648533.64853
Danny Torrance est désormais adulte, mais il n'a pas surmonté le traumatisme qu'il a connu à l'hôtel Overlook lorsqu'il était enfant. Il est devenu alcoolique, comme son père, et ses pouvoirs psychiques se sont amenuisés pour cette raison. Alors qu'il tente de reprendre sa vie en main, sa route va croiser celle d'Abra Stone, une jeune fille qui possède le « Shining » et dont la vie est menacée par un groupe d'individus, le Nœud Vrai, dirigé par Rose « Chapeau » O'Hara, qui se nourrissent des pouvoirs psychiques détenus par les enfants dans le but de vivre longtemps.
Gerald's Game, 1h43
Directed by Mike Flanagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Psychologie, Films about domestic violence
Actors Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Carel Struycken
Roles Moonlight Man
Rating64% 3.2486253.2486253.2486253.2486253.248625
Un couple part en week-end dans une maison isolée. Pour profiter de leurs ébats, le mari attache sa femme au lit avec des menottes mais soudain il a une crise cardiaque et s'effondre. Sa femme est donc livrée à elle-même toujours attachée au lit.
Addams Family Reunion, 1h31
Directed by Dave Payne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families
Actors Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Nicole Fugere, Ed Begley Jr., Patrick Thomas, Jerry Messing
Roles Lurch
Rating39% 1.974331.974331.974331.974331.97433
Discovering that his grandparents have developed "Waltzheimer's disease", a disease that is slowly turning them "normal", Gomez organizes a family reunion, hoping that some branch of his enormous family tree will find a cure. Unfortunately, the company arranging the reunion misspells his surname and reunites him with the Adams family instead, including Dr. Philip Adams, who plans to poison his father and rearrange his will.
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died, 1h30
Directed by Aris Iliopulos
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Billy Zane, Ron Perlman, Sandra Bernhard, Tippi Hedren, Bud Cort, Andrew McCarthy
Roles Undertaker
Rating54% 2.706512.706512.706512.706512.70651
Overcoming a nurse, and dressing in her clothes, a madman escapes from the Casa de la Loco Sanitarium. The Thief (Billy Zane) then goes on a crime spree that nets him a gun, a car, a fortune in stolen cash, and one dead loan office manager. As he escapes the murder scene, he comes upon a forbidden cemetery as a burial, replete with bagpipe music and a bizarre ceremony employing tuning forks and strange icons, is taking place. As the undertaker, the caretaker, and an odd assortment of mourners leave the service, The Thief peers into the coffin, thinking it is a good place to hide his briefcase of ill-gotten gains. As he strikes the tuning fork that is buried with the robe-draped skeleton, bagpipe music fills the air and throws him into convulsions. The coffin lid slams shut, locking his money inside, and The Thief is thrown into an open grave, knocking himself unconscious. When he awakens, he sets off to track down everyone present at the funeral in an attempt to find his cash, killing anyone who gets in his way.
Men in Black, 1h38
Directed by Tim Allen, Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, David Schwimmer, Rip Torn
Roles Arquillian
Rating72% 3.648833.648833.648833.648833.64883
Agent K and his partner Agent D intercept a truck smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States. Inside they discover an alien disguised as a human. When he runs, they shoot him and use neuralyzers to wipe the memories of the border patrol witnesses. D decides to retire and asks K to wipe his memory too. In upstate New York, an alien crash-lands and kills an abusive farmer named Edgar to use his skin as a disguise.
Oblivion 2: Backlash, 1h23
Directed by Sam Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Western
Themes Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Andrew Divoff, George Takei, Jackie Swanson, Julie Newmar, Isaac Hayes, Musetta Vander
Roles Gaunt
Rating49% 2.4614952.4614952.4614952.4614952.461495
In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charges, including murder. Lash, who just "inherited" a mine of Derconium (the most valuable mineral in the universe) from Crowley in a game of cards, meets up with Redeye's brother, Jaggar, who wants the mine for himself to rule the galaxy. It's a fight over Lash between the sheriff of Oblivion, Jaggar, and Sweeney. But who will emerge victorious?
Under the Hula Moon, 1h34
Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Stephen Baldwin, R. Lee Ermey, Emily Lloyd, Billy Campbell, Chris Penn, Musetta Vander
Roles Clyde
Rating44% 2.2276852.2276852.2276852.2276852.227685
Buzz and Betty Wall are a young couple living in a trailer in the desert outside Cactus Gulch in Arizona. Their biggest dream is to move to Hawaii and therefore they decorated their trailer house in Hawaiian themes complete with pink plastic flamingoes and palms. While Betty is trying to get pregnant, Buzz has ambitions to bring a new sunscreen lotion on the market. Financing is difficult and Betty asked him to get a real job. Meanwhile Turkey, the psychotic half-brother of Buzz, escapes from jail. He comes to the trailer, bonds Buzz, kidnaps Betty, steals $10,000 and flees in the direction of the Mexican border. Luckily Buzz is found and freed by Maya, his ex-girlfriend, who now works as a TV reporter. With Turkey's trail they take up the chase to rescue Betty.
Oblivion
Oblivion (1994)
, 1h34
Directed by Sam Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Action, Adventure, Western, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Isaac Hayes, Musetta Vander
Roles Gaunt
Rating49% 2.4587152.4587152.4587152.4587152.458715
The story has been described as a science fiction Western. It is, arguably, better termed a space Western, due to its extraterrestrial location.
Addams Family Values, 1h34
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, Scott Rudin, Paul Rudnick
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane
Roles Lurch
Rating68% 3.402143.402143.402143.402143.40214
Gomez and Morticia Addams hire a nanny, Debbie, to take care of their new son Pubert. Unbeknownst to them, Debbie is a serial killer known as the Black Widow; she marries rich bachelors and murders them on their wedding night so she can collect their inheritances.
The Addams Family, 1h39
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Lurch
Rating69% 3.451773.451773.451773.451773.45177
Gomez Addams laments the 25-year absence of his brother Fester, who disappeared after the two had a falling-out. Gomez's lawyer Tully Alford owes money to loan shark Abigail Craven, and notices that her son Gordon closely resembles Fester. Tully proposes that Gordon pose as Fester to infiltrate the Addams household and find the hidden vault where they keep their vast riches. Tully and his wife Margaret attend a séance at the Addams home led by Grandmama in which the family tries to contact Fester's spirit. Gordon arrives, posing as Fester, while Abigail poses as psychiatrist Dr. Pinder-Schloss and tells the family that Fester had been lost in the Bermuda Triangle for the past 25 years.
Framed
Framed (1990)
, 1h30
Directed by Dean Parisot
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Jeff Goldblum, James Hong, Kristin Scott Thomas, Todd Graff, Michael Lerner, Joel Swetow
Roles Jinx
Rating53% 2.658992.658992.658992.658992.65899
A painter (Jeff Goldblum) is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend (Kristin Scott Thomas) betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
The Witches of Eastwick, 1h58
Directed by George Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Witches in film, Political films, Comedy horror films, Buddy films
Actors Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins
Roles Fidel
Rating65% 3.2502253.2502253.2502253.2502253.250225
Alexandra Medford (Cher), Jane Spofford (Susan Sarandon), and Sukie Ridgemont (Michelle Pfeiffer) are three dissatisfied women living in the picturesque town of Eastwick, Rhode Island. Alex is a sculptor and single mother of one daughter; Jane is a newly divorced music teacher unable to have children; while Sukie has six daughters and works as a columnist for the Eastwick Word. The three friends have all lost their husbands (Alex's died, Jane's divorced her, and Sukie's abandoned her). Unaware that they are witches, the women unwittingly form a coven where they have weekly get-togethers and share their fantasies about ideal men.
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Witches in film, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Tony Cox, Paul Gleason, Carel Struycken
Roles Terak
Rating54% 2.700612.700612.700612.700612.70061
While preparing to leave the forest moon of Endor, the Towani family (Jeremitt, Catrine, Mace, and Cindel), the Ewok village is attacked by a group of marauders (originally crash landed from Sanyassa) led by Terak and his witch-like sorceress Charal. Many Ewoks are killed. Cindel escapes, but is forced to leave Jeremitt, Catrine and Mace to their probable doom, both parents having already been hit by enemy fire. Their fate is not explicitly told in the film, but Cindel later assumes that they have been killed.
The Prey
The Prey (1983)

Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Steve Bond, Jackie Coogan, Eric Edwards, John Leslie, Garry Goodrow, Carel Struycken
Roles The Monster
Rating44% 2.2093552.2093552.2093552.2093552.209355
The film is set during the summer between high school graduation and college. The film begins with a couple Frank (Ted Hayden) and Mary Sylvester (Connie Hunter) cooking food over a campfire while being watched by a mysterious figure in the shadows (played by Carel Struycken, but not seen until the end of the film). While Mary is taking a walk in the woods, she hears her husband scream and returns to the campsite to find her husband's decapitated corpse. She is then killed by the killer wielding her husband's axe. Several weeks later, three teenaged couples are hiking in the same remote forest high in the Colorado Rockies to enjoy the nature and to spend some time together. As they progress deeper into the wilderness, it becomes clear that the killer from the beginning of the film is stalking them. During their first night in the woods, Gail (Gayle Gannes) hears a noise and sends her boyfriend Greg (Philip Wenckus) to check out the disturbance. While isolated, they are both murdered by the killer.
The Prey
The Prey (1983)
, 1h20
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Steve Bond, Jackson Bostwick, Jackie Coogan, Garry Goodrow, Carel Struycken
Roles The Monster
Rating44% 2.2093552.2093552.2093552.2093552.209355
Dans une forêt, un couple se prépare un repas autour d'un feu de camp. La femme va faire un tour dans les bois lorsqu'elle entend son mari crier. Alors qu'elle retourne au campement où elle retrouve son mari décapitée, elle est elle-même tuée. Plusieurs semaines plus tard, trois jeunes couples se promènent dans la même forêt.