Overview
Tom Yvo Adrien Waes (born 7 November 1968) is a Belgian television presenter, television director, actor, model, and occasional singer. Internationally he is most known for his role in the Netflix series Undercover. In addition, Waes is an ambassador for the non-profit organization Sea Shepherd.
Biography
After high school, Waes studied Germanic philology for a year and then trained as a deep-sea diver in Scotland, after which he worked on drilling platforms as a deep-sea diver for several years.
Television and film career
Before becoming known to the general public, Waes made films for De Quizmaster and De laatste show and had a role in De Zaak Alzheimer. In 2005, his fame increased due to his role as the brother of Bart De Pauw in Het Geslacht De Pauw. He appeared in the film Buitenspel and, together with Koen Van Impe and Jan Van Looveren, made the comedy TV program Tragger Hippy. In 2007, he was a judge on the first series of the Comedy Casino Cup. In 2009, he was Raketman and with Sofie Van Moll the presenter of the television program Hartelijke groeten aan iedereen. In 2009, he appeared in the film SM-rechter and presented The One Man Show, a late-night quiz on Eén. On April 28, 2010, his new program De Oplichters started on VT4. In this program, he, along with other famous Flemish people, deceived people. As a director, he worked on De Quizmaster, Via Vanoudenhoven, Alles komt terug, Het Geslacht De Pauw, De Planckaerts, and Zonnekinderen.
Tomtesterom
In 2008, Tom Waes had his own TV program Tomtesterom, in which he tried out "How to..." manuals with the aim of completing a certain challenge before the end of the program. In this program, he launched the schlager Dos cervezas, which immediately became a summer hit. The last performance of Tom Waes as a schlager singer was at the Laundry Day dance festival in Antwerp on September 4, 2010. In 2011, there was a second single Eén is geen as an attachment to a one-off magazine TOM, which revolved entirely around him. The proceeds from the single went entirely to Sea Shepherd.
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