{{Short description|Belgian actor and stage director (1946–2022)}} {{Expand French|topic=bio| Philippe van Kessel |date=February 2022}} '''Philippe van Kessel''' (14 January 1946 – 11 February 2022) was a Belgian actor and stage director. He is known for his roles in ''Largo Winch II'', ''Eternity'', and ''Working Girls''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Le théâtre en deuil: disparition de Philippe van Kessel |url=https://www.lesoir.be/423578/article/2022-02-11/le-theatre-en-deuil-disparition-de-philippe-van-kessel |access-date=11 February 2022 |publisher=Le Soir |date=11 February 2022}}</ref>
== Life and career == In 1973, with his mother Françoise van Kessel and Stanislas Defize, Philippe founded the Atelier Saint-Anne in Brussels, a café-theatre then located near the Grand Sablon. He left his theater in 1990 to run the National Theater of Belgium for fifteen years.
Philippe was a professor at INSAS and at the school of the National Theatre of Strasbourg.
He died on 11 February 2022, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news |title=Philippe van Kessel est décédé, le Théâtre National en deuil |url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/scenes/2022/02/11/philippe-van-kessel-est-decede-le-theatre-national-en-deuil-4ET7DW6FDJGJVJIF2BI74O46ZU/ |access-date=11 February 2022 |publisher=La Libre |date=11 February 2022}}</ref>
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