In April 2010 he had the leading role in a performance of Louis Andriessen's opera La Commedia at Carnegie Hall in New York.

In 1991, he played David Grobben in the TV series Bij nader inzien, based on the novel of J.J. Voskuil.

Other TV series include Tijd van leven (1996), Wij, Alexander (1998), as Dutch cabaret star Wim Sonneveld in Bij ons in de Jordaan (2000), Bellicher (2010), and Lijn 32 (2012).

Film roles include Nynke (2001) as Dutch socialist Pieter Jelles Troelstra, De passievrucht (2003), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Simon (2004), Summer Heat (2008), Stricken (2009), and as Prince Claus in Majesteit (2010).

[1] De wederopstanding van een klootzak opened the 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam.

The same day, he died of the effects of congestive heart failure in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis hospital.

In 2012, he received the Golden Calf for best actor in a leading role for the TV film Cop vs Killer.