INTERVIEW. Break through as an actor at 43? The Sheriff From ‘Chantal’ Knows What It Feels Like: “I Love The Sucker”

If you can play football well, you will become a Red Devil. Do you have a big mouth, become a journalist or do you go into politics. But not everything in life is a straight line. Take Dries Heyneman (43). Smart kid in school, psychologist with two university degrees, but what does he do? He becomes a comedian, screenwriter and actor. After roles in ‘Bevergem’ and ‘Grond’, he now breaks through completely as ‘The Sheriff’ in ‘Chantal’. “As a child I wanted to be a painter. Not an artist, mind you. House painter.”

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