| Danny Verbiest | |
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| General Information | |
| Gender: | Male |
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| Birthday: | September 27 |
| Birthplace: | Vilvoorde, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Other Information | |
| Occupation: | Actor/Producer/Singer |
| Family & Friends | |
| Series Information | |
| Character: | Samson |
| First appearance: | N/A |
| Last appearance: | N/A |
Danny Verbiest (Vilvoorde, September 27, 1945) is a Flemish actor, televisionproducer, televisionhost, writer and puppeteer. He was the original Samson.
Early Career[]
Verbiest played alongside Bassie and Adriaan in their films.
Studio 100[]
Together with Verhulst and Bourlon, Verbiest founded the company Studio 100. He departed from the company in 2005, saying that it grew too fast.
Trivia[]
- Verbiest has played the role of Samson once in a non-Studio 100 show. He reprised his role as Samson in the series Thuis (translated: At home).
- He did this in honor of Ann Petersen. An actress on Samson and Gert who died. She also played in the show At home.
- Verbiest is a lookalike of the writer Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was hit by a fatwa. In the newspaper Rushdie and Verbiest were confused with each other.