Tim Driesen

Tim Driesen

Tim Driesen (born 22 June 1978) is a Belgian actor, notable for roles in both musicals, plays, and television serials. He has composed a full-scale musical as well as a number of pop-songs. In 2007, he created the role of Adrian Banks (a character based on pop-star Mark Owen) in the Take That musical, Never Forget. Take That member Gary Barlow, who wrote the majority of the production's musical numbers, said jokingly of the cast: "I'm just worried that they're better than us". When the musical opened, Driesen appeared with fellow cast members Dean Chisnall, Craig Els, Stephane Anelli, Eaton James and Nancy Sullivan on ITV's GMTV performing the show's title song, "Never Forget". He also appeared in the UK tour of Starlight Express. In 1991, Driesen appeared in the television series, The Bubbles. He is also noted for his voice-over work in televised commercials. Driesen appeared as Phoebus in Notre Dame de Paris in Belgium (Antwerp & Ghent). He played a role for which he won 'Best Supporting Actor in a Musical' at the VMPs (Flemish Musical Awards). His musical 'My Super Girlfriend' (previously known as 'Super Alice Smith') has been workshopped and showcased and is currently being readied for its first run of performances. Tim has just finished playing Joey Primo in Rock of Ages in London's West End. He also regularly stood in for the lead every Monday as well as playing understudy and regularly performing as Stacee Jaxx. Tim is currently playing the lead in Jersey Boys in the Netherlands in which he plays the lead character Frankie Valli when the show starts in September. The cast performed at Musical Sing-A-Long on Dutch TV in September 2013.

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