Johan Leysen

Johan Leysen (19 February 1950 – 30 March 2023)^[1] was a Belgian actor.^[2] He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows from 1977. He starred in the film De grens, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.^[3] In 1998, he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role in the movie Felice...Felice.... In the 2010 film The American, he appeared as Pavel, mysterious handler of Jack, the assassin character played by George Clooney.

Johan Leysen
Leysen in Son of Mine (2015)
Born	(1950-02-19)19 February 1950 Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
Died	30 March 2023(2023-03-30) (aged 73)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–2023
Spouse	Rita Horst (divorced)
Children	1

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Rubens	Rubens
1981	The Girl with the Red Hair	Frans
1982	Le Lit	Dr. Bruno Nanteuil
1984	De grens	Hans Deitz
	De stille Oceaan	Jan Verstraete
	Broken Mirrors (Gebroken spiegels)	The Boss
1985	Hail Mary
1987	Macbeth	Banco
1988	The Music Teacher	François Manssaux
	The Abyss	Rombaut
1990	Alissa in Concert	Ziekenbroeder
	Romeo	Matthijs
1991	Eline Vere	Henk van Raat
	Revelations of an Insomniac	Visitor
1992	Daens	Schmitt
	Above the Mountains	Vincent
	Traces of Smoke
1996	A Saturday on Earth	Franck
	True Blue	Daniel Topolski
	Tykho Moon	Anikst
1997	De Langste Reis	Mertens
1998	Felice...Felice...	Felice Beato
	The Commissioner	Horst Kramer
1999	Mates	Officier Blaak
2000	Le Roi danse	Robert Cambert
	Faites comme si je n'étais pas là	René
2001	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Antoine de Beauterne
	Savage Souls	Rampal
2002	Tattoo	Frank Schoubya
	The Afghan	Father
2003	Grimm
	Gun-Shy	Romberg
2005	Someone Else's Happiness	Francis
2010	The American	Pavel
2011	The Silence of Joan	Commander of the Guard
2013	The Verdict	Jan de Cock
	Young & Beautiful	Georges Ferriere
2014	The Missing	Karl Sieg	Season 1
	Cadences obstinées
	2/11, Het spel van de wolf
2015	The Brand New Testament	Martine's husband
	The Assistant	Éric Lemans
	Despite the Night	Vitali
	Son of Mine	Vester
2016	Souvenir	Tony
2017	Above the Law	Jean Lemoine
2023	Time Out	Bonnard's father