Ilja van Ravels
actor, stem actor
Amsterdam / NL
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details
trackrecord
My monologue, which I wrote and performed as my graduation project, Down the Hole, was performed in Berlin and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025, where it was well received and won an award.
"Testosterone," directed by Golden Leopard winner Sina Ateian Dena, is my first feature film role. It's expected to be released at major film festivals in 2026.
awards
Down the Hole: "Weirdest Show" - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 door C ARTS
ask me for
Arthouse film, kort en lang!
Comedy of drama.

education
education
workshops
Meisner Technique Training
Meisner Technique training with Sylvia Schwarz
2023-2025
Film Actors Academy Amsterdam
Meisner Technique training with Sylvia Schwarz
10-weken cursus voor acteren voor de camera
Acteren voor de Camera
2022
De Toneelmeester
Meisner Technique training with Sylvia Schwarz
10-weken cursus voor acteren voor de camera
Acteren voor de Camera
Vooropleiding theater: monologen, dialoog, improvisatie etc.
2018-2020
other education
Catalyst - Institute for Creative Arts and Technology
Veel eigen projecten creëren. Opleiding in het engels.
Screen Acting
2022-2025

website
website
Mijn Instagram account waar ik over mijn werk post. Acteren, film, theater, make-up, meer headshot -- van alles!

info
info
Ilja van Ravels is a Dutch actor who began acting in musical theatre productions at the age of twelve. Later, Ilja trained at De Toneelmeester and FAAAM (2018–2021) before graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Screen Acting from the Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology in Berlin.

During his studies, Ilja acted in many short films in both the Netherlands and Germany, and completed his first feature film shooting last December. Their graduation theatre piece "Down the Hole" received positive reviews and an award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2025.

Ilja views acting as a space for complete openness and trains this quality with Meisner Technique training with Sylvia Schwarz. Ilja speaks fluent Dutch and English and has a good level of German.
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discipline
discipline
Short film, Feature film, Drama for Television / Series, Theatre