Guy Clemens

Guy Clemens, born in 1981 in Gouda (Netherlands), studied acting at the Amsterdam Academy of Theatre from 2002 to 2006. Subsequent engagements took him to, among others, Zuidelijk Toneel and Het Toneel Speelt. For his role in Cloaca (Hummelinck Stuurman) he was nominated in 2013 for the Arlecchino (Best Supporting Actor), and in 2015 for Kunsthart (Mugmetdegoudentand) for the Louis d’Or (Best Actor). Several productions in which he appeared were invited to the Dutch Theatre Festival (Kunsthart 2015, Een soort hades 2016). Alongside his stage work he has appeared in Dutch film and television, including Levenslied, Toren C, ’t Schaep Ahoy, Land van Lubbers, De Maatschap, De Zaak Menten (Gouden Kalf nomination for Best Actor), and Weg van jou, Doris. He has been a member of the Schauspielhaus Bochum ensemble since the 2018/2019 season. In the 2021/2022 season he made his directing debut at Schauspielhaus Bochum with The Pillowman. In the 2025/2026 season he directs Benedict Wells’s bestselling novel The End of Loneliness at Schauspielhaus Bochum.

Current roles:

• Das große Heft
• Director in The End of Loneliness
• Co-Director in Alleinachten
• Director in Club 27 – Songs für die Ewigkeit
• James Tyrone junior in Eines langen Tages Reise in die Nacht
• Stefano Carracci / Enzo Scanno / Alfonso Carracci in Meine geniale Freundin
• Mit anderen Augen

Past roles:

• Estragon in Warten auf Godot (En attendant Godot)
• Pawel Fjodorowitsch Protassow in Kinder der Sonne
• Director in Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf?
• Tambourmajor in Woyzeck
• Jay Gatsby in Der große Gatsby
• Director in Der Kissenmann
• Johannes Grøgaard in Mysterien
• Devlin in Asche zu Asche
• Episode 8 in Aus der Rolle fallen
• Mackie ohne Messer in Ein Fest für Mackie
• Don Martin / De Castro in Die Jüdin von Toledo
• Jean-Yves / Steve in Plattform / Unterwerfung
• Die Beamten
• Jean-Yves in Plattform
• Steve in Unterwerfung
• Bochumer Ermittlungen