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A lifelong martial artist, Smoorenburg was given the opportunity to break into movie making with an audition for Jackie Chan's 'Who Am I?" (1998), taking on Chan in the final fight at the end of the movie. The movie's action was nominated for the Best Fight Choreography & Action Design at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards in 1998.

Over the course of his career, Ron has been able to work with many of the biggest names in martial arts cinema from Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen, Iko Uwais, Michael Jai-White, Gary Daniels, Marko Zaror, Steven Seagal, Kane Kosugi and Scott Adkins.

Based in Thailand since 2005, Smoorenburg is known for numerous TV appearances there as well as his fights with Tony Jaa in both 'Tom Yum Goong/The Protector" (2005) and "Triple Threat" which saw him battling Jaa once more.

Among Ron's other recognizable roles are appearances in the German TV series 'Der Puma" choreographed by Donnie Yen and his team, Akshay Kumar's "Brothers' (2016) , "The Avenging Fist" where he battles "Into the Badlands' Stephen Fung, "Crazy Alien', "Lost in Thailand" where his character has a memorable scene with a lady boy and gives Smoorenburg the chance to show a lighter side to his character than his regular bad guy roles, he can also be seen in Luc Besson's "Warriors Gate" and the Scott Adkins movie 'Ninja 2: Shadow of a Tear" .

Ron plays the character 'Dutch" and served as the fight choreographer for the independent movie 'English Dogs".

Nyncke Beekhuyzen was born on 24 January 1980 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Süskind (2012), Danni Lowinski (2013) and Petticoat (2016).

Sanne Vogel was born on 10 April 1984 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress and director, known for Heart Street (2014), Klein (2011) and Annie MG (2010).

Nick Golterman was born on the 12th of April, 1992. During High School, he would make short films (often working together with his twin brother Leon Golterman). These films competed in the National Film Festival for Students (The NFFS). He also participated in the School musical. On his 17th, he wrote and directed the film "Day 42", in which he also played the lead. The film won the Award. The film also competed in the international film festival Camera Zizanio, in Greece, where it won the award for "Best film".

After High School, Nick worked as a full time actor and filmmaker for two years. When he was 18 years old, he founded his production company Golterman Pictures. During these two years, Nick worked together with his brother and "gave man-birth" to the satirical internet-series "De Weg Over Rozen" for the website Scholieren. He also directed the crow-sourced film "Edgie", which was written by the praised Dutch filmmaker Eddy Terstall.

From September 2012, Nick is following the Filmactor-Academy at the Mediacollege Amsterdam (also known as the Hugo Metsers founded Faaam).

Nick also plays the lead in the bio-pic "De Overkant" (or "Across"), directed by Marnix Ruben. Nick plays the role of the young Freek de Jonge (a praised comedian and artist in The Netherlands). The Film premiered at the International Film Festival "Film by The Sea" in Vlissingen, The Netherlands.

Nick speaks three languages and plays the ukulele, piano and banjo.

Levi van Kempen was born on 14 June 1988 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is an actor and producer, known for Penny's Shadow (2011), Tien torens diep (2009) and HotNews.nl (2005).

Aukje van Ginneken was born on 25 February 1982 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), Horizonica (2006) and Baantjer (1995). She has been married to Sander Jansen since 14 July 2012. They have three children.

Jochem de Vries is an Amsterdam based film writer, director. During his study at the Utrecht School of the Arts he made the short films "Gesloten" (aka "Locked") and 'Villa de Ves" which were selected at several international film festivals. After the Utrecht School of the Arts he followed a script writing workshop at the Scriptschool in Amsterdam and studied in Poland at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing for a year to develop his first feature screenplay titled "Cornea".

He made more shorts films as director, producer and documentaries like "Trans Siberian Voices" (selected at Critiques Week @ Cannes Film festival) and "Missen" (aka Missing) nominated for a Palm d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 2009. In 2014 the feature film "Cornea" was premiered in the Netherlands, starring Rifka Lodeizen and Juda Goslinga. "Cornea" won several awards; f.e: at the Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival "Best Film" and "Best Director" at the Nordic International Film Festival in New York. The new short film "Bus from Adana" produced in Istanbul will be released in 2023.

Annemara de Vos was born on 8 March 2001 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress and producer, known for Van leeg papier naar het witte doek (2019), Weg (2018) and Lab (2019).

Youval Kuipers was born on 18 October 1983 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is an actor, known for Molly (2017), The Admiral (2015) and Kill Mode (2020).

Jasper van Dijk was born on 20 April 1971 in Jutphaas, Utrecht, Netherlands [now Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands].

Frank Maters was born on 17 April 1993 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is a director and writer, known for Limbo de film (2015), Nature One Festival (2022) and De film van Dylan Haegens (2018).

Rolf Burggraaf was born on 7 December 1995 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is known for ZappDelict (2010), Kasper en de Kerstengelen (2015) and Hidden Stories (2009).

Arno Lubbinge was born on 29 June 1976 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is an actor, known for Bos Is Back (2004), Domino Day (1998) and Whiskey Cookers: The Amazing Story of the Bootleggers of Templeton, Iowa (2014).

Ruud Koot was born on 6 January 1986 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Jersey Loupatty was born on 16 March 2002 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Ver van familie (2008).