Dick Hein de Lint is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 film

Film

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 and television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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.

De Lint was born in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

. In 1977, he played the character Alex in the film Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange is a 1977 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé. The film is set during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war...

, directed by Paul Verhoeven. In 1986 he played the role of Anton Steenwijk in The Assault

The Assault (film)

The Assault is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch. The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers...

, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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 in 1986. In 2006, De Lint starred in Verhoeven's Black Book as Gerben Kuipers. He was a regular on the sci-fi drama Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy, and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers...

, which ran from 1996-99.

Filmography

• Barocco
  Barocco
  Barocco is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe...
  
  (1976)
• Blind Spot (1977)
• Soldier of Orange
  Soldier of Orange
  Soldier of Orange is a 1977 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé. The film is set during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war...
  
  (1977)
• Inheritance (1978)
• De Grens
  De grens
  De grens is a 1984 Dutch thriller film directed by Leon de Winter. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Johan Leysen - Hans Deitz* Linda van Dyck - Marleen Ruyter...
  
  (1979)
• Kort Amerikaans (1979)
• Dat moet toch kunnen (1979)
• The Lucky Star (1980)
• Come-Back (1981)
• Hedwig: The Quiet Lakes (1982)
• Een Zaak van leven of dood (1983)
• Bastille (1984)
• Mata Hari
  Mata Hari (1985 film)
  Mata Hari is a 1985 film produced by Golan-Globus featuring Sylvia Kristel in the title role of exotic dancer Mata Hari, executed for espionage during World War I...
  
  (1985)
• The Assault
  The Assault (film)
  The Assault is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch. The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers...
  
  (1986)
• Chris Brine (1987)
• Diary of a Mad Old Man (1987)
• Three Men and a Baby
  Three Men and a Baby
  Three Men and a Baby is a 1987 comedy film starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis , and Ted Danson, and directed by Leonard Nimoy, in his first non-Star Trek movie directorial role. It follows the mishaps and adventures of three bachelors as they attempt to adapt their lives to...
  
  (1987)
• Stealing Heaven
  Stealing Heaven
  Stealing Heaven is a 1988 film, a costume drama based on the French 12th century medieval romance of Peter Abelard and Héloïse and on a historical novel by Marion Meade...
  
  (1988)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
  The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Milan Kundera, published in 1984. Director Philip Kaufman and screenplay writer Jean-Claude Carrière show Czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the Prague Spring of the Communist...
  
  (1988)
• Rituals (1989)
• The Free Frenchman (1989)
• Die Sonne über dem Dschungel (1992)
• Angie
  Angie (1993 film)
  Angie is a 1993 Dutch crime thriller film directed by Martin Lagestee. The film is about a girl named Angie who becomes involved in a life of crime.-Plot:...
  
  (1993)
• Affair play (1995)
• Long Live the Queen (film)(Lang leve de koningin) (1995)
• All Men Are Mortal
  All Men are Mortal (film)
  All Men Are Mortal is a film based on the novel All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir. It was directed by Ate de Jong and released in 1995.Tagline: She longed to be remembered.....
  
  (1995)
• Deep Impact
  Deep Impact (film)
  Deep Impact is a 1998 science-fiction disaster-drama film released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks in the United States on May 8, 1998. The film was directed by Mimi Leder and stars Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Téa Leoni, and Morgan Freeman...
  
  (1998)
• The Artist's Circle (2000)
• Soul Assassin (2001)
• Superstition (2001)
• Tom & Thomas
  Tom & Thomas
  Tom & Thomas is a 2002 English-language family film starring Aaron Johnson and Sean Bean. The film was directed by Esmé Lammers and was released on January 24, 2002 in Netherlands.-Plot:...
  
  (2002)
• The Big Charade (2003)
• Into the West
  Into the West
  Into the West may refer to:* Into the West , a 1992 film* "Into the West" , a 2003 song from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* Into the West , a 2005 mini-series on Turner Network Television...
  
  (2005)
• Gooische Vrouwen
  Gooische Vrouwen
  Gooische Vrouwen is a Dutch drama series, created by Linda de Mol for her brother John's Tien channel. Favourably compared to Desperate Housewives and Sex in the City, the series chronicles the lives of four upper-class women residing in Het Gooi and ran from 2005 to 2009...
  
  Drama serie - Dokter Rossi (2005-)
• Moonlight Serenade (2006)
• When a Stranger Calls
  When a Stranger Calls (2006 film)
  When a Stranger Calls is a 2006 American horror film and a remake of the 1979 horror film of the same name based on the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs"...
  
  (2006)
• Black Book (2006)

External links

• Derek de Lint ultimate fansite
• Poltergeist: The Legacy DdL Played Dr. Derek Rayne
• Derek de Lint fansite
• Derek de Lint fansite