Urbanus

Urbanus

:"For the popes, see Pope Urban. For the skipper butterfly genus, see Urbanus (butterfly). For 3rd century Roman usurper, see Urbanus (Roman usurper)."

Urbain Servranckx (June 7, 1949, Schepdaal, Belgium), also known as Urbain and Urbanus van Anus, is a Belgian stand-up comedian, actor, singer and comic book 'hero'. For his political comments during the 2007 Belgian government formation crisis, he received the Prize of Liberty, an annual award delivered by the think tank Nova Civitas, in January 2008.

Biography

He has produced several comedy shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as several gold records.

In 1984, Urbanus and Willy Linthout began writing comic books with Urbanus himself as the main character. As of 2007 more than 121 such comic books have been published.

His first movie 'Hector' (directed by Stijn Coninx) won the 1988 international comedy film festival in Chamrousse, France. He also was named best actor by Radio France and Dauphiné Libéré.

He is seen by almost all the Flemish as the father of stand-up comedy; a great allround artist and the best comedian of all times. He can make people laugh just by walking in the room.

Films

Urbanus produced and appeared in several movies:
*"Hector" (1988)
*"Koko Flanel" (1990)
*"Les Sept péchés capitaux" (1992)
*"De Zevende Hemel" (1993)
*"Max" (1994)
*"Suske en Wiske: De duistere diamant" (2004)
*"March of the Penguins" (2005) - narration for the Dutch version
*"Cars" (2006) - voice of Mater for the Flemish version

External links

* [http://urbanus-online.be urbanus-online.be] Official web site
* [http://www.urbanusfan.be urbanusfan.be] Fan site
* [http://www.Online-Urbanus.be Online-Urbanus.be] Fan site of the maker of the Game Section
* [http://www.urbanusonline.tk urbanusonline.tk] Another fan site
* [http://urbanusstrips.blogspot.com urbanusstrips.blogspot.com] Urbanus comic books


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