Ronald Top

Ronald Top


in Netherlands
Ronald is an actor, presenter, writer, producer, director, born in Holland, working internationally in film, tv and on stage.

His roots are in journalism, but at the age of 29 he decided to chase his childhood dream of becoming an actor. After getting his degree from the acting academy of Maastricht he started his career on stage for a theatre company in Antwerp. He also worked for Dutch companies like ‘Het Nationale Theater’ and ‘Noord Nederlands Toneel’.

In recent years Ronald has played in several international productions, both tv and film. He stars as Erik Hunter in the Nickelodeon series Hunter Street, with audiences in the United States and around the globe. As presenter he hosted more than 30 hours of television for Discovery Channel, with series like Inventing History, Legend Detectives, and Industrial Revelations: the European Story. In addition Ronald presented and co-wrote the award winning film Space Transportation: an ATV Perspective for the European Space Agency.

He became a household name in the UK with the immensely popular commercial campaign for Grolsch beer (Schtop!), which ran for 6 years.

Ronald recently secured a deal for a multi-million action/adventure movie. He co-wrote the script, based on his original story Danny Hudson and the legend of the Half Moon, together with the London based acclaimed writer Richard Nash.

He directed and filmed his documentary Fernando Ricksen: the Final Battle for RTL about a former football player suffering from MND. Ronald also directed Food Markets: In the Belly of Amsterdam for ARTE/ZDF/RAI and produced Stella Vie: Driven by the Sun for National Geographic.

Movies for Ronald Top...

Title: Arcadia
Character: Klaas
Released: March 19, 2023
Type: TV
Following a major catastrophe, a new society, Arcadia, is born. Resources have become scarce and a point system, known as the Citizen Score, is introduced. It determines what you can and may do and what a citizen is entitled to.
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Title: Odds
Character: John van Veghel
Released: August 2, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Het jaar van Fortuyn
Released: March 25, 2022
Type: TV
A chronicle of the tempestuous campaign trail rivalry between Labour Party leader Ad Melkert and flamboyant newcomer Pim Fortuyn, as they go head-to-head leading up to the Netherlands’ 2002 general elections.
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Dwaalspoor
Title: Dwaalspoor
Character: Directeur TBS kliniek
Released: September 26, 2021
Type: Movie
A retired police detective sets out to find his missing granddaughter.
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Title: Women of the Night
Character: Falconer
Released: November 10, 2019
Type: TV
Haunted by a shadowy past, the wife of a rising star in Amsterdam's mayoral office finds herself drawn into the city’s underworld of sex and drugs.
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Cut Fodder
Title: Cut Fodder
Character: Erwin
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Tells the story of Kim, Bas and Michael. Four underprivileged teens living in a disadvantaged neighborhood. They have to deal with aggression, emotional abuse or neglect by their parents on a daily basis. When they meet a new classmate: Daniël, from what seems to be a prosperous family, they take their chance to escape their downtrodden lives. Together with Daniël they decide to conduct his own kidnapping in order to get ransom money from his own father.
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Title: Judas
Character: Peter R. de Vries
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Bad Banks
Character: Asset Manager
Released: March 1, 2018
Type: TV
Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
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Silk Road
Title: Silk Road
Character: Gert Tiggelman
Released: March 29, 2017
Type: Movie
A psychological thriller inspired by the life of Michael S., a small-town boy from Holland, who becomes the world's most wanted cybercriminal.
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Enough!
Title: Enough!
Character: Detective 1
Released: December 15, 2016
Type: Movie
When a boy is framed after an act of senseless violence by his friends, they turn against him for trying to tell the truth.
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Fatal
Title: Fatal
Character: Maarten Halder
Released: November 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Milan and Sophie are two twentysomethings who want to marry and have children. Milan has ambitious plans for opening a dance club. After hard work, it seems to be a success. But one day, after getting beat up, Milan is told that he will never walk again. His world collapses and not just his...
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Title: Böser Wolf
Character: Danny van Duin
Released: January 11, 2016
Type: TV
The duo of investigators, Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, has to solve a case of a dead girl found on the river Main, while digging deeper into a chasm of viciousness and brutality.
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Kristen
Title: Kristen
Character: The Voice
Released: September 28, 2015
Type: Movie
On New Year’s Day, Kristen’s boyfriend Ivan drops her off at her father’s cafe to clean up after the night before. Then a mysterious figure starts harassing her. He calls, lurks at the door, whistles... and seems to know everything about Kristen...
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The Surprise
Title: The Surprise
Character: Vermeer
Released: May 21, 2015
Type: Movie
An eccentric multimillionaire signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. Trouble ensues when the couple falls in love and wishes to get out of the contract.
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Accused
Title: Accused
Character: Chief Police Officer Edward Krol
Released: April 3, 2014
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor zealously pursues a conviction in the case of a pediatric nurse accused of murdering her patients, but doubt arises when her evidence shows that the infants may have died of natural causes.
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Title: De Val van Aantjes
Character: Aantjes
Released: December 2, 2013
Type: TV
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De Val van Aantjes
Title: De Val van Aantjes
Released: December 2, 2013
Type: Movie
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Madly in Love
Title: Madly in Love
Character: Frank
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: Movie
The film focuses on the tumultuous romance in the lives of four women in The Hague. Teenage daughter Eva, her mother Judith, aunt Barbara and older sister Anna make it under one roof Hague together a nice game of. They are beautiful, courageous and sensible, but sometimes they just do not know in a world full of tender love, serial dating, slaked lust, affairs, children's desires and indestructible old loves.
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Almost Italian
Title: Almost Italian
Character: Doctor
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: Movie
An Italian car salesman wants to impress the woman of his dreams, but he gets entangled in his own web of lies.
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Title: Danni Lowinski
Character: Mr. van Bomsel
Released: March 18, 2013
Type: TV
Danni Lowinski is a hairdresser in need of money who decides to become a lawyer.
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Fischer fischt Frau
Title: Fischer fischt Frau
Character: Claas Terstappen
Released: April 2, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Seinpost Den Haag
Character: Jozef Meertens
Released: September 4, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: Godforsaken True Killers
Character: Rein Zeilmaker
Released: May 22, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: Amsterdam Paradise
Character: Jasper de Keijzer
Released: March 6, 2011
Type: TV
In Amsterdam Paradise we're witnessing the development of the relationship between Adam and Eva and see how it’s continually influenced and affected by dozens of other stories set in the city. Amsterdam Paradise is a shimmering mosaic narrative of the city, life and love.
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The Garden Party
Title: The Garden Party
Released: May 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Fruit farmer Van Leeuwen is diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer's. His eldest son, lawyer Ernst, arranges to have him admitted in a residential home. Ernst's shy brother Nico, who stayed on to take care of dad and the farm, made a mess of it business-wise. Meanwhile traumatic memories rekindle and dad sort of organizes a riot, demanding an excursion to his orchard.
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Title: Der letzte Bulle
Character: Wim van der Weck
Released: April 12, 2010
Type: TV
Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.
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Upstream
Title: Upstream
Character: Roel
Released: October 8, 2009
Type: Movie
A story on the trials and tribulations of a mother-and-son relationship, which goes downhill after son Damiaan passes his school exams and almost immediately moves into a squat, while his widowed mother Aleid falls for the charms of a skipper and moves in with him just as soon.
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The Letter for the King
Title: The Letter for the King
Character: Grey Knight Ewijn
Released: July 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Young Tiuri has to pass the final test before before being knighted by king Dagonaut. He has to pass a night in the chapel, what is suddenly disturbed by a strangers request of help. With his decision to help the stranger, Tiuri abandons his given task and starts into an adventure, that will shape the destiny of Dagonaut. On his journey he learns about the true meaning of love, friendship, courage and loyalty.
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Title: Flikken Maastricht
Character: Kris de Vlier
Released: September 3, 2007
Type: TV
Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.
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Title: Spoorloos verdwenen
Character: Ed van Olffen
Released: January 5, 2006
Type: TV
A special team searches for missing persons.
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Johan
Title: Johan
Character: Presentator Lido
Released: October 6, 2005
Type: Movie
Johan Dros is born as eleventh consecutive son of soccer-obsessed pa Rinus, who raises his boys mainly as the small island Texel's team. Johan's rare reprieves from training for a sport he doesn't care for cease when ma dies. After captain brother Johhny sort of steals his local girl-friend Evy, Johan leaves for Amsterdam, where he becomes a hairdresser and would-be singer. Soccer, a vocal TV talent-hunt and Evy will bring them all together again, but also raise unprecedented strife in the Dros family
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The Silence of the Soul
Title: The Silence of the Soul
Released: March 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Susan is a successful, young businesswoman who apparently lives the perfect life: a good career and an upcoming marriage. During a visit to Belgium, however, she suddenly comes face to face with Jules, a notorious murderer who is just being transported from the court. He leaves her confused and intrigued. Without knowing why Susan tries to get in touch with this man, who turns out to be a simple and humble man who killed his girlfriend 14 years ago. During his imprisonment Jules has become a Christian. He and Susan develop a close friendship and it appears that Susan has been carrying a secret since childhood. Their relationship causes a split between her and David, her husband-to-be, who turns out to be a jealous and dangerous character. He keeps telling Susan that Jules can't be trusted. Susan decides there's only one way to find out: she pushes him to the extreme. Will she survive? Based on a true story.
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Mates
Title: Mates
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: Movie
October 1997. Paul Winters (35) is deputy public prosecutor in Arnhem and is working on his first major case: an investigation in to the allegations of a Bosnian girl that she was raped by three soldiers in the Dutch UN contingent and whose brother is alleged to have been killed by them. Winters suspects that the girl is telling the truth, but he can't prove it and the case is adjourned. Then one of the men gives a revealing statement that throws a different light on the case. Winters argues in favour of reopening the case, but faces opposition from an unexpected quarter.
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Title: Wij Alexander
Character: Prins Willem der Nederlanden (Wiwil)
Released: October 10, 1998
Type: TV
Wij, Alexander is a 1998 Dutch television series. Eight episodes at 45 minutes were shot.
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Title: Unit 13
Character: Hoekstra
Released: October 12, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Cornelius Bellekom
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.