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In his early career he often played tormented/troubled characters such as in De Witte Waan, as a death-seeking junkie (1984), and in Zoeken Naar Eileen (1987) as a desperately in love, and in De Avonden (1989) playing Frits van Egters. An often quoted phrase of Hoffman is "I have a dark look on human motives", dating from his debut film Luger (1982) under direction of Theo van Gogh. He also considers himself more "a hardworking man than a gifted actor" as well as someone "who is hard to put in one category." He played main roles in more than sixty movies and TV-series, with directors ranging from Sally Potter, Harry Kumel, Lars Von Trier, Paul Verhoeven to the radical South-African filmmaker Ian Kerkhof. Many Years since The Fourth Man (1982) and his awarded role in Avonden, De (1989), Verhoeven's movie Blackbook put him back in the international arena. Hoffman also directed several documentaries about filmmakers he admires, and is a successful photographer. In 2004 French star Jeanne Moreau officially received the first copy of Hoffman's book "FOTO's Thom Hoffman" during the international Ghent Film Festival. In 1998 Hoffman worked with Don van Dijke in the theater play "Publieksbeschimping; De Gasten Komen".

Theo van Gogh was born on 23 July 1957 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for Blind Date (1996), May 6th (2004) and 1-900 (1994). He died on 2 November 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Michael J. Sanderson is one of the Netherlands' top wildlife filmmakers. Starting his career in Bristol on the award-winning BBC series "Smalltalk Diaries", he went on to produce a film about Wolves in Chernobyl for ORF/NDR/PBS/BBC. Here, he pioneered using Red One cameras for EFP/wildlife productions as well as being one the first to build and use multi rotor drones for new aerial perspectives. In 2013, "De Nieuwe Wildernis", which Michael filmed, was number one in the Dutch box office and is still the biggest Dutch nature film for cinema. Michael has filmed extensively in Central America for BBC Planet Earth, BBC Natural World and for his own production "Return of the Spider Monkeys". For NHK, in 2014-2015, Michael produced, filmed and edited "Atlas Mountain" which is about the endangered Barbary Macaque in Africa and in 2016-2017, he produced, filmed and edited "Pyrenees Mountains" which is about the endangered Lammergeier in Spain. For the follow-up of "De Nieuwe Wildernis", "Holland Natuur in de Delta" was released in cinema in 2015, and "De Wilde Stad" will be release in 2017. Michael J. Sanderson is also a strong advocate against exotic pets and the cuteness curse. His passion and determination for conservation makes him want to show the world what happens to stolen wildlife, destined to become a pet, even when saved.

Barbara Barendrecht was born on 1 May 1941 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Flodder (1986), Intensive Care (1991) and Memory of the Unknown (1996).

Jacob Kohnstamm was born on 14 November 1949 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Adriaan Jaeggi was born on 3 April 1963 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 10 June 2008 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.