Carel Struycken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaË rÉ™l ˈstrÅ"y̯kÉ™(n)];
born 30 July 1948) is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is
known for playing the Giant/Fireman in Twin Peaks (1990â€"1991, 2017),
Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987â€"1992), and Lurch in
the films The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993) and
Addams Family Reunion (1998). He also appeared in the films Gerald's
Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019).Struycken was born in The Hague,
Netherlands. When he was four years old, his family moved to Curaçao
in the Netherlands Antilles. There, at age 15, he composed several
Caribbean waltzes. At 16, he returned to his home country, where he
finished secondary school. He graduated from the directing program at
the film school in Amsterdam. After that, he spent a year at the
American Film Institute, in Los Angeles. His distinctive facial
features and heightâ€"he is 7 feet tallâ€"are due to acromegaly.In
1978, Struycken was "discovered" as an actor at the corner of
Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles by a woman who had abandoned her car
in the middle of the street, calling after him: "We need you for a
movie!". The film was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Struycken
played Terak in the 1985 TV film Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, a
spin-off to the original Star Wars trilogy.
born 30 July 1948) is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is
known for playing the Giant/Fireman in Twin Peaks (1990â€"1991, 2017),
Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987â€"1992), and Lurch in
the films The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993) and
Addams Family Reunion (1998). He also appeared in the films Gerald's
Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019).Struycken was born in The Hague,
Netherlands. When he was four years old, his family moved to Curaçao
in the Netherlands Antilles. There, at age 15, he composed several
Caribbean waltzes. At 16, he returned to his home country, where he
finished secondary school. He graduated from the directing program at
the film school in Amsterdam. After that, he spent a year at the
American Film Institute, in Los Angeles. His distinctive facial
features and heightâ€"he is 7 feet tallâ€"are due to acromegaly.In
1978, Struycken was "discovered" as an actor at the corner of
Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles by a woman who had abandoned her car
in the middle of the street, calling after him: "We need you for a
movie!". The film was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Struycken
played Terak in the 1985 TV film Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, a
spin-off to the original Star Wars trilogy.
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