About
Maarten Heijmans (born 24 December 1983 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch Emmy-winning actor.
In 2007 he graduated from the Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie (Amsterdam Theatre School & Kleinkunst Academy) where he studied Drama for four years
Since his graduation Maarten has performed in several theatre plays and television shows.
In 2007 he and his former classmate Ian Bok made their own theatrepiece called De Huilende Kers (The Crying Cherry). That year they won the audience award at the Its Festival (International Theatreschool Festival). In 2008 they won the Dioraphte Fringe Award at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. In summer 2009 De Huilende Kers will be performed at the Prague Fringe Festival as well as the Dublin Fringe Festival.
Maarten is also a member of Dutch theatregroup Circus Treurdier (which would translate roughly as "Circus of the sad animals"), a group of young performers who create and perform their own theatreshows.