Portrait of Benja Bruijning

Acting

Benja Bruijning

Career

Active from 2000 to 2026, busiest in 2019 and 2024 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dag & Nacht
Dag & Nacht
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Benja Bruijning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.3, average 3.8
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Dutch Cinema 2
  • Intense Suspense 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Contemporary 2
  • Contemporary Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 73
Omerta
Omerta (2026)

TV show · as Wouter

Roosters
Roosters (2025)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Greg

The Ring
The Ring (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Simon Boetzelaar

Hein
Hein (2024)

TV show · as Menno Greveling

Sphinx
Sphinx (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Robert

Dag & Nacht
Dag & Nacht (2023)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Jerry Velthuis

Just Like in the Movies
Just Like in the Movies (2023)

as Sander

Mommy Mafia
Mommy Mafia (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Jorrit

Dirty Lines
Dirty Lines (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Leon DeWolff

Follow de SOA
Follow de SOA (2021)

TV show · as Stanley Bruijning

2010s

25 titles · average score 67
House of Salt
House of Salt (2019)

as Aaron

De 12 Van Schouwendam
De 12 Van Schouwendam (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Rogier van Pallant

Your Mother Should Know
Your Mother Should Know (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

as Chris

The Return of the Honey Buzzard
The Return of the Honey Buzzard (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

as Simon

De mannen van dokter Anne
De mannen van dokter Anne (2016)

TV show · as Mark Meijer

The Fury
The Fury (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Albert

Gift from the Heart
Gift from the Heart (2014)
GoodWatch score 54

as Tom

The Price of Sugar
The Price of Sugar (2013)
GoodWatch score 64

as Nathan

Family Way
Family Way (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

as Charlie de Roover

The Gang of Oss
The Gang of Oss (2011)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jan Greven

Framed
Framed (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Vince Batte

LelleBelle
LelleBelle (2010)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jesse

2000s

7 titles · average score 60
The Trap
The Trap (2008)

as Michael

The Letter for the King
The Letter for the King (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jioesipu

Flikken Maastricht
Flikken Maastricht (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Thijs Smeets

Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten
Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten (2005)

TV show · as Erwan Dantzig

Costa!
Costa! (2001)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Sander

The Cave
The Cave (2001)
GoodWatch score 61

as Young Axel

Dense on the Sea
Dense on the Sea (2000)

as Constant

1990s

1 title · average score 67
Oppassen!!!
Oppassen!!! (1991)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Shocka