Biography
Gunnar is an actor with experience in theatre, film and television in both Europe and the United States. He holds undergraduate acting degrees from NYC at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Lee Strasberg Institute and got his Masters degree in London where he was the first ever Dutch actor to be admitted to train full-time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has played leading roles in various theatrical productions, including Beethoven in “Dog Sees God”, Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing” and Prometheus in “Prometheus Bound”.
He played supporting roles in the independent film “Comme Des Grands” for which he was internationally acclaimed with 4 Best Supporting Actor awards and guest-starred in the pilot episode of Julian Fellowes’ ITV production “Belgravia”. Most recently he was cast as Kuiper in the Disney+ tv-show “A Small Light”.
Born and raised in the picturesque Dutch town Deventer, Gunnar was taught the values of following your curiosity and passions from a very young age. As a child he was more artistically and musically inclined, but his true vocation was found at age 10 when he took a keen interest in theatre and film. Immediately, he started landing the leading roles in the school’s plays and musicals. Disagreeing with the rest of the educational system, he left high school at 17 and moved to New York City at the prime age of 18 to study English in the Empire State Building. During this short stint he auditioned for and was accepted at both conservatory programs at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, which he proceeded to attend simultaneously: one conservatory during the day, the other in the evening hours. It was then, he said, when ‘epiphanies became more of an everyday given than a rarity’.
NYC
At Stella, he starred in productions of ‘Dog Sees God’ as the heavily bullied teenager and piano virtuoso Beethoven and in his graduation play ‘Cloud 9’ as the middle-aged aristocrat Clive and the promiscuous Gerry. He also wrote a one-man show called ‘the Pupil’ for the Dirt Festival. After his graduation in 2012, he was cast as the lead Seneca in the short movie ‘Slight Rebellion’, and has played starring and leading roles in other indie film productions such as Ignasty in ‘Yung: Amerikan‘ and Rob in the production ‘twentysomething‘ which had its US premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. He originated the role of the fabulous Felicity Hydrangea Karmikel in the off-broadway play ‘The Dungeons and the Dragons‘ at the Samuel French Festival, and was quickly signed by a manager who sent him out for big television and film projects.
EUROPE
Any momentum that was built up then got lost quickly when unexpected tragedy struck: he couldn’t remain in the United States due to visa problems – it later turned out that his immigration lawyer committed identity theft and had been inspected by the FBI. He relocated to Amsterdam where he joined the ensemble of the Orange Tea Theatre company. Here, he played Dr. Jung in ‘Strange Divide‘ at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival and Marko in ‘Borderlands’, among other roles in short, self-written plays.
In 2016, he applied for and was admitted as the first ever Dutch actor to train full-time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, starting his post-graduate studies at the King’s College validated MA Theatre Lab program in 2016. On induction day new students were ensured immediately by the president that over there they trained “industry leaders”. Re-examining and broadening his skills in a truly experimental and highly collaborative framework – he built his credentials in physical theatre and other established and emerging performance practices.
Amongst them include playing Prometheus in an ensemble-devised production of ‘Prometheus Bound‘ in an ancient theatre in Messini Greece, playing Krogstad in ‘A Doll’s House‘ and the Chaplain in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage and her Children‘, working with Jan Fabre and his team on a production of ‘Je Suis Sang‘ and applying Meyerhold practices to the portrayal of Helena in ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream‘. After playing a prophet in his graduation show ‘Clay To Flesh‘, he was immediately cast as the lead in a theatre adaptation of ‘On Having No Head‘ which he has toured with through a variety of cities in England, played Johannes in the UK-premier of ‘Anna-Liisa’ and played Benedick in a London production of Much Ado About Nothing.
In France, he starred in the independent medium-length film ‘Comme Des Grands’, for which he has won 4 international Best Supporting Actor awards and was nominated for a further 5 more. He played the Prince of Orange in the pilot episode of Julian Fellowes’ ITV production Belgravia and was cast as Kuiper, one of the young men raiding the house of Anne Frank in the second world war for Disney + tv-show A Small Light.
Biography
Gunnar is an actor with experience in theatre, film and television in both Europe and the United States. He holds undergraduate acting degrees from NYC at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Lee Strasberg Institute and got his Masters degree in London where he was the first ever Dutch actor to be admitted to train full-time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has played leading roles in various theatrical productions, including Beethoven in “Dog Sees God”, Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing” and Prometheus in “Prometheus Bound”.
He played supporting roles in the independent film “Comme Des Grands” for which he was internationally acclaimed with 4 Best Supporting Actor awards and guest-starred in the pilot episode of Julian Fellowes’ ITV production “Belgravia”. Most recently he was cast as Kuiper in the Disney+ tv-show “A Small Light”.
Born and raised in the picturesque Dutch town Deventer, Gunnar was taught the values of following your curiosity and passions from a very young age. As a child he was more artistically and musically inclined, but his true vocation was found at age 10 when he took a keen interest in theatre and film. Immediately, he started landing the leading roles in the school’s plays and musicals. Disagreeing with the rest of the educational system, he left high school at 17 and moved to New York City at the prime age of 18 to study English in the Empire State Building. During this short stint he auditioned for and was accepted at both conservatory programs at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, which he proceeded to attend simultaneously: one conservatory during the day, the other in the evening hours. It was then, he said, when ‘epiphanies became more of an everyday given than a rarity’.
NYC
At Stella, he starred in productions of ‘Dog Sees God’ as the heavily bullied teenager and piano virtuoso Beethoven and in his graduation play ‘Cloud 9’ as the middle-aged aristocrat Clive and the promiscuous Gerry. He also wrote a one-man show called ‘the Pupil’ for the Dirt Festival. After his graduation in 2012, he was cast as the lead Seneca in the short movie ‘Slight Rebellion’, and has played starring and leading roles in other indie film productions such as Ignasty in ‘Yung: Amerikan‘ and Rob in the production ‘twentysomething‘ which had its US premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. He originated the role of the fabulous Felicity Hydrangea Karmikel in the off-broadway play ‘The Dungeons and the Dragons‘ at the Samuel French Festival, and was quickly signed by a manager who sent him out for big television and film projects.
EUROPE
Any momentum that was built up then got lost quickly when unexpected tragedy struck: he couldn’t remain in the United States due to visa problems – it later turned out that his immigration lawyer committed identity theft and had been inspected by the FBI. He relocated to Amsterdam where he joined the ensemble of the Orange Tea Theatre company. Here, he played Dr. Jung in ‘Strange Divide‘ at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival and Marko in ‘Borderlands’, among other roles in short, self-written plays.
In 2016, he applied for and was admitted as the first ever Dutch actor to train full-time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, starting his post-graduate studies at the King’s College validated MA Theatre Lab program in 2016. On induction day new students were ensured immediately by the president that over there they trained “industry leaders”. Re-examining and broadening his skills in a truly experimental and highly collaborative framework – he built his credentials in physical theatre and other established and emerging performance practices.
Amongst them include playing Prometheus in an ensemble-devised production of ‘Prometheus Bound‘ in an ancient theatre in Messini Greece, playing Krogstad in ‘A Doll’s House‘ and the Chaplain in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage and her Children‘, working with Jan Fabre and his team on a production of ‘Je Suis Sang‘ and applying Meyerhold practices to the portrayal of Helena in ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream‘. After playing a prophet in his graduation show ‘Clay To Flesh‘, he was immediately cast as the lead in a theatre adaptation of ‘On Having No Head‘ which he has toured with through a variety of cities in England, played Johannes in the UK-premier of ‘Anna-Liisa’ and played Benedick in a London production of Much Ado About Nothing.
In France, he starred in the independent medium-length film ‘Comme Des Grands’, for which he has won 4 international Best Supporting Actor awards and was nominated for a further 5 more. He played the Prince of Orange in the pilot episode of Julian Fellowes’ ITV production Belgravia and was cast as Kuiper, one of the young men raiding the house of Anne Frank in the second world war for Disney + tv-show A Small Light.
Biography
Gunnar is an actor with experience in theatre, film and television in both Europe and the United States. He holds undergraduate acting degrees from NYC at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Lee Strasberg Institute and got his Masters degree in London where he was the first ever Dutch actor to be admitted to train full-time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has played leading roles in various theatrical productions, including Beethoven in “Dog Sees God”, Benedick in “Much Ado About Nothing” and Prometheus in “Prometheus Bound”.
He played supporting roles in the independent film “Comme Des Grands” for which he was internationally acclaimed with 4 Best Supporting Actor awards and guest-starred in the pilot episode of Julian Fellowes’ ITV production “Belgravia”. Most recently he was cast as Kuiper in the Disney+ tv-show “A Small Light”.
Born and raised in the picturesque Dutch town Deventer, Gunnar was taught the values of following your curiosity and passions from a very young age. As a child he was more artistically and musically inclined, but his true vocation was found at age 10 when he took a keen interest in theatre and film. Immediately, he started landing the leading roles in the school’s plays and musicals. Disagreeing with the rest of the educational system, he left high school at 17 and moved to New York City at the prime age of 18 to study English in the Empire State Building. During this short stint he auditioned for and was accepted at both conservatory programs at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, which he proceeded to attend simultaneously: one conservatory during the day, the other in the evening hours. It was then, he said, when ‘epiphanies became more of an everyday given than a rarity’.
NYC
At Stella, he starred in productions of ‘Dog Sees God’ as the heavily bullied teenager and piano virtuoso Beethoven and in his graduation play ‘Cloud 9’ as the middle-aged aristocrat Clive and the promiscuous Gerry. He also wrote a one-man show called ‘the Pupil’ for the Dirt Festival. After his graduation in 2012, he was cast as the lead Seneca in the short movie ‘Slight Rebellion’, and has played starring and leading roles in other indie film productions such as Ignasty in ‘Yung: Amerikan‘ and Rob in the production ‘twentysomething‘ which had its US premiere at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. He originated the role of the fabulous Felicity Hydrangea Karmikel in the off-broadway play ‘The Dungeons and the Dragons‘ at the Samuel French Festival, and was quickly signed by a manager who sent him out for big television and film projects.
EUROPE
Any momentum that was built up then got lost quickly when unexpected tragedy struck: he couldn’t remain in the United States due to visa problems – it later turned out that his immigration lawyer committed identity theft and had been inspected by the FBI. He relocated to Amsterdam where he joined the ensemble of the Orange Tea Theatre company. Here, he played Dr. Jung in ‘Strange Divide‘ at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival and Marko in ‘Borderlands’, among other roles in short, self-written plays.
In 2016, he applied for and was admitted as the first ever Dutch actor to train full-time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, starting his post-graduate studies at the King’s College validated MA Theatre Lab program in 2016. On induction day new students were ensured immediately by the president that over there they trained “industry leaders”. Re-examining and broadening his skills in a truly experimental and highly collaborative framework – he built his credentials in physical theatre and other established and emerging performance practices.
Amongst them include playing Prometheus in an ensemble-devised production of ‘Prometheus Bound‘ in an ancient theatre in Messini Greece, playing Krogstad in ‘A Doll’s House‘ and the Chaplain in Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage and her Children‘, working with Jan Fabre and his team on a production of ‘Je Suis Sang‘ and applying Meyerhold practices to the portrayal of Helena in ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream‘. After playing a prophet in his graduation show ‘Clay To Flesh‘, he was immediately cast as the lead in a theatre adaptation of ‘On Having No Head‘ which he has toured with through a variety of cities in England, played Johannes in the UK-premier of ‘Anna-Liisa’ and played Benedick in a London production of Much Ado About Nothing.
In France, he starred in the independent medium-length film ‘Comme Des Grands’, for which he has won 4 international Best Supporting Actor awards and was nominated for a further 5 more. He played the Prince of Orange in the pilot episode of Julian Fellowes’ ITV production Belgravia and was cast as Kuiper, one of the young men raiding the house of Anne Frank in the second world war for Disney + tv-show A Small Light.
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Representation in France 🇫🇷:
Agence Marceline Lenoir
Gunnar is currently open for new representation outside of France.
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