In 1998 he was the recipient of the Arlecchino Award (the award presented annually by the VSCD to the best supporting actor of the Dutch theater season) for his role as Edwaar in Ten Oorlog, which was followed by the 1999 Louis d'Or for his lead role as Bruno in Bruno in De cocu magnifique oftewel de wonderbaarlijke hoorndrager.

Van den Eynde then played Bert "Bucky" Laplasse, another well-known character in Flemish television, in the second series of Het eiland [nl].

[3][4] From 2004 Van den Eynde played a leading role in the police series Aspe (disambiguation), that of sergeant Guido Versavel [nl].

Van den Eynde played a prominent role in the highly successful television series Salamander in 2013, as Carl Cassimon.

In 2017, he starred in the second season of Spitsbroers [nl], playing businessman Toni Beernaert, a board member and later also the chairman of a fictional representation of football club Racing Genk.