Walter De Donder

Walter De Donder (b. 12 July 1960) is a Belgian actor and politician and is best known for parts in Flemish children's television series.

De Donder started in entertainment as an amateur and performed with a puppet called Bibberlip. His breakthrough came in 1989 when he was asked to play the role of the mayor in children's TV show Samson en Gert. Through this role he was able to become a professional actor.

In 1997 he took on the role of the title character in the children's series Kabouter Plop, produced by Studio 100.

In 2000 he joined the cast of the satirical program Brussels New Street (Brussel Nieuwsstraat) as a cop.  This program also stars Koen Crucke who also played in Samson and Gert.

De Donder is active in the CD & V N-VA party, and in 2000 was elected to the city council of Affligem and was reelected in the 2006 municipal elections. During party coalition talks, it was agreed that he would become Mayor from 2011 and he took on this role on the first of January of that year.

Filmography

Television
Samson en Gert (1989 – ) Mr. Mayor
F.C. De Kampioenen (F.C. The Champions) (1990) extra in the first season
F.C. de Kampioenen (F.C. The Champions) (2006) episode "Food Poisoning" as Inspecteur Kimpe

Kabouter Plop (1997 – ) television – Kabouter Plop
Brussels New Street [Brussel Nieuwsstraat] (2000) TV series – Flik
Urban Zone (January 3, 2004) episode "Flight Crime"

Film
Verdomme !? (God damn !?) (1996)
De Kabouterschat (The Gnome Treasure) (1999) – Kabouter Plop
Plop in de Wolken (Plop in the Clouds) (2000) – Kabouter Plop
Plop en de Toverstaf (Plop and the Magic Wand) (2003) – Kabouter Plop
Plop en Kwispel (Plop and Kwispel) (2004) – Kabouter Plop
Plop en het vioolavontuur (Plop and the Violin Adventure) (2005) - Kabouter Plop
Plop in de stad (Plop in the city) (2006) – Kabouter Plop
Plop en de Pinguïn (Plop and the Penguin) (2007) – Kabouter Plop
Samson en Gert: Hotel op Stelten (Hotel on Stilts) (2008) – Mr. Mayor
Plop en de kabouterbaby (Plop and the gnome baby) (2009) – Kabouter Plop

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Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams politicians
Category:Flemish male television actors
Category:21st-century Flemish male actors
Category:Actor-politicians
Category:Belgian Roman Catholics