Vincent van Ommen

Biography

Vincent van Ommen is a Dutch film, television and voice actor. He is known for English language films like Life is an Art (2010), Amsterdam Heavy (2011), A Morass (2011), and the TV series You Look Stunning Too (2013) in which he played the role of Richard. Video games he voiced for include Planet Explorers and the Nintendo Switch game HyperParasite. Van Ommen studied drama at a private school for acting in Amsterdam. After completion he did a post-grad, specializing in acting for film and television. He also studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and followed an advanced acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

In 2016 Van Ommen voiced for the video games Planet Explorers, Until I Have You and Tales. Planet Explorers sold over 300.000 copies on launch day and was a commercial success. That same year he got nominated for both Tales and Until I Have You at the AGS Awards in the category Best Voice Acting. With this nomination he became the first Dutch actor ever to be nominated for an English voice-over award.

In 2017 he voiced both the English as well as the Dutch voice-overs for the video game Moving Stories. Later that year the game was nominated for two Dutch Game Awards. That same year he narrated for Living Aleppo, the documentary was crowned with the prestigious ADCN Award; The Bronze Lamp.