Leo Alkemade
Dutch actor and cabaret artist (born 1980)
Leo Alkemade (born 6 August 1980) is a Dutch cabaret artist, comedian and actor. He is one of the comedians in the sketch comedy television show Sluipschutters. He has played roles in multiple films, including Casanova's (2020), Zwanger & Co (2022) and De Tatta's film series. In his early career he performed multiple theatre shows with cabaret artist Roel Bloemen as the duo Alkemade & Bloemen.
Career
Early career
Alkemade studied at the Koningstheateracademie in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands where he met Roel Bloemen. They performed shows as the duo Alkemade & Bloemen and they won both the jury award and the audience award at the 2000 Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival held in Groningen, Netherlands.
Film
Alkemade played a role in the 2004 film Hush Hush Baby directed by Albert ter Heerdt and in the 2014 film Gift from the Heart directed by Kees van Nieuwkerk. He also played a role in the 2017 film Tuintje in mijn hart directed by Marc Waltman. The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets.
Alkemade played a role in the 2017 film Huisvrouwen bestaan niet directed by Aniëlle Webster.
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