Ensemble member
Portretfoto ensemblelid Gillis Biesheuvel van Het Zuidelijk Toneel, die poseert tegen een groene achtergrond.

Gillis has been part of the permanent ensemble of the Zuidelijk Toneel since January 1, 2025, but he was no stranger to the company in the years prior to that.

In recent years, he has shone at Het Zuidelijk Toneel under Sarah Moeremans direction, playing a hopeless admirer in Mission Molière and a non-conformist in the critically acclaimed production Crashtest Ibsen (2023). Since joining the permanent ensemble, Gillis has appeared in Holly Goosebumps, Offline Tourists and Not Quichot. 

This summer, Gillis threw himself wholeheartedly into his role as Big Boss Boomer Ruurd in the festival production Boomer Galore. This season, you can see him in This will not end well, Silence of the Dogs and Vondels Angels. 

Gillis Biesheuvel (1972) graduated from the Arnhem Theater School in 1995 and was part of the Dood Paard theater company as an actor, theater maker, and artistic director from 1998 to 2018. For his role in Reigen ad lib at Dood Paard, he was nominated for the Dutch Theater Award Arlecchino in 2010.

Throughout his career, Gillis has performed in countless productions at home and abroad, crossing paths with director Sarah Moeremans more than once. At Toneelgroep Oostpool, he previously appeared in her productions Robin Hood and De Rattenvanger.

You may also recognize Gillis from television, with roles in Flikken Maastricht, Judas, and Volgens Jacqueline. Or perhaps you've seen him on the silver screen, in films such as Rundfunk: Jachterwachter and Mascotte.

Twee personen met fel roze ski pakken en ski brillen voor een groen doek.
Silence of the DogsSeason '26-'27

Drie performers met grote zonnebrillen poseren dicht bij elkaar, deels ontkleed, tegen een okergele achtergrond; het is een campagnebeeld voor de voorstelling This Will Not End Well van Het Zuidelijk Toneel.
This will not end wellBack next season

Zes acteurs van Het Zuidelijk Toneel poseren in nep leren jassen en pruiken voor een groen doek.
Vondels AngelsSeason '26-'27