Noël S. Keulen

Course

Noël graduated from the acting program at ArtEZ Drama School Arnhem in 2006. (Bachelor in Performing Arts)

Theater

Noël performed in productions such as Jan Rap en z’n Maat, directed by Peter de Baan; Karakter, directed by Peter Sonneveld; De Verlichting is Stuk , directed by Floris van Delft; Saltimbank ; De Lankmoedigen , directed by Joeri Vos; De ondergang van, directed by Isil Vos; Al Mijn Zonen, directed by Thibaud Delpeut; Glengarry Glen Ross; Mightysociety8, directed by Eric de Vroedt; and the Oerol production Home Sweet Home , directed by Ria Marks. They played the role of Victor in Soldaat van Oranje, directed by Theu Boermans, for 1.5 years.

They also appeared as transgender Hansje in the widely acclaimed production De Onrendabelen , directed by Marcus Azzini. Noël returned for the central role of Hansje in the final part of the triptych Goede Bedoelingen, De Lankmoedigen.

TV

Noël appeared in, among others, Moordvrouw (RTL) , Flikken Rotterdam and Maastricht (TROS), Bellicher: CEL (VPRO), Harkum (BNNVARA), Hein (VPRO), and they played the lead role in the NTR short film WIL (2011), directed by Sander Burger.

Additionally, you may know them from the commercials of Bolletje, Volkswagen, Toyota, and since over a decade the (second) face of Klene Drop.  

Film

In 2016, Noël appeared as Anton in the family film De Boskampi’s, directed by Arne Toonen. De Boskampi’s won many international nominations and awards and was screened at the prestigious Sundance Festival, among others.

Quality Time by Daan Bakker, in which Noël played one of the lead roles, premiered in 2017 as the only Dutch film in the Tiger Competition at the IFFR. It received unanimously rave reviews and won the Youth Jury Award, among others. The film can be viewed via cinetree.nl.

They are widely available for film and television. Since 2019 they also developing themselves further as a visual artist and writer in the part-time program DOGtime at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, where they graduated as bachelor in the visual arts in July 2025.