Lars Oostveen
Lars Oostveen (Heiloo, Netherlands, 6 September 1976) (also known by his pseudonym Lawrence Ray) is a Dutch presenter, producer and actor. He became known as VJ at MTV Europe as Maes Country and Vico in the Dutch TV series Lotte.
Biography
After high school, Oostveen studied International Management at the HEAO and attended an acting course at the Mountview Theatre School in London. He also attended several workshops in the field of media presentation and interview techniques, and he took part in the Leadership Development Program at Nyenrode Business University.
Career
Oostveen gained international fame in 1996 when he was cast as a VJ by MTV during a working holiday in an Italian ski resort. From London he presented a live program Select MTV five days a week where he interviewed big stars.
After he stopped at the station in 1999, he settled in London as an actor and played in several stage productions, television series and films in England and Germany, including a Jeroen Krabbé orchestrated filming of Mulisch's bestseller The Discovery of Heaven . Then in 2006 he returned to the Netherlands, and became a star in the television series Lotte.
From 2002 to 2004 he played in all 13 episodes of the French, German and Spanish version of the course Extr@ in the role of Sam Scott.
Before Lotte began in 2004, Oostveen was beginning a documentary by Discovery Channel of 700 candidates selected to participate in "Reel Race", a springboard for emerging talent. Although Oostveen is still acting and leaving voice-overs, he focuses mainly on presenting and producing content challenging projects for radio, television and online. He presented a radio program on city Amsterdam FM transmitter for broadcasting and the Salto report of Sail Amsterdam 2010. He also interviewed for the Election Omroepman / Woman of the Year for Broadcast Magazine heavyweights like Paul Witteman, Frits Barend, Erland Galjaard and Peter R. de Vries.[1] In addition, Oostveen is attached as a producer to Eager Films, where he makes productions for major clients such as Exact and E.ON.
Oostveen speaks fluent, Dutch, English, Spanish, German and Italian.
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References
- ^ "Lars Oostveen interviewt voorgaande prijswinnaars". Broadcast Magazine. 22 January 2012.