Ronald Top

Biography

Ronald is an actor, presenter, writer, producer, director, born in Holland, working internationally in film, tv and on stage.

His roots are in journalism, but at the age of 29 he decided to chase his childhood dream of becoming an actor. After getting his degree from the acting academy of Maastricht he started his career on stage for a theatre company in Antwerp. He also worked for Dutch companies like ‘Het Nationale Theater’ and ‘Noord Nederlands Toneel’.

In recent years Ronald has played in several international productions, both tv and film. He stars as Erik Hunter in the Nickelodeon series Hunter Street, with audiences in the United States and around the globe. As presenter he hosted more than 30 hours of television for Discovery Channel, with series like Inventing History, Legend Detectives, and Industrial Revelations: the European Story. In addition Ronald presented and co-wrote the award winning film Space Transportation: an ATV Perspective for the European Space Agency.

He became a household name in the UK with the immensely popular commercial campaign for Grolsch beer (Schtop!), which ran for 6 years.

Ronald recently secured a deal for a multi-million action/adventure movie. He co-wrote the script, based on his original story Danny Hudson and the legend of the Half Moon, together with the London based acclaimed writer Richard Nash.

He directed and filmed his documentary Fernando Ricksen: the Final Battle for RTL about a former football player suffering from MND. Ronald also directed Food Markets: In the Belly of Amsterdam for ARTE/ZDF/RAI and produced Stella Vie: Driven by the Sun for National Geographic.

Known For

Dwaalspoor
Dwaalspoor
Johan
Johan
Upstream
Upstream
The Silence of the Soul
The Silence of the Soul
Kristen
Kristen

Filmography

2023 Arcadia
as Klaas Boukes
2022 Odds
as John van Veghel
2022 Het jaar van Fortuyn
as
2021 Dwaalspoor
as Directeur TBS kliniek
2019 Women of the Night
as Falconer
2019 Cut Fodder
as Erwin
2019 Judas
as Peter R. de Vries
2018 Bad Banks
as Asset Manager
2017 Silk Road
as Gert Tiggelman
2016 Enough!
as Detective 1
2016 Fatal
as Maarten Halder
2016 Böser Wolf
as Danny van Duin
2015 Kristen
as The Voice
2015 The Surprise
as Vermeer
2014 Accused
as Chief Police Officer Edward Krol
2013 De Val van Aantjes
as
2013 De Val van Aantjes
as Aantjes
2013 Madly in Love
as Frank
2013 Almost Italian
as Doctor
2013 Danni Lowinski
as Mr. van Bomsel