“The Addams Family” Carel Struycken Hand Signed 4X6 Color Photo

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“The  Addams Family” Carel Struycken Hand Signed 4X6 Color Photo
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Carel Struycken
(Dutch pronunciation:
[ˈkaːrəl ˈstrœy̯kə(n)]
; born 30 July 1948) is a
Dutch
actor. He is known for playing
the Giant/Fireman
in the television series
Twin Peaks
(1990–1991,
2017
), the occasional guest role of
Mr. Homn
in
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987–1992), and the household butler
Lurch
in the three 1990s
Addams Family
films
. He also appeared in the films
Gerald's Game
(2017) and
Doctor Sleep
(2019). Struycken was born on 30 July 1948 in
The Hague
,
Netherlands
. When he was 4 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
. 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
. Struycken appeared as Fidel,
Jack Nicholson
's manservant, in the 1987 film
The Witches of Eastwick
. That same year, he appeared as
Mr. Homn
in "
Haven
", an episode of the television series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
, a role he would reprise in four more episodes until 1992. In 1991, he starred as butler
Lurch
in the feature film
The Addams Family
. He reprised the role in the 1993 sequel,
Addams Family Values
, and the TV film
Addams Family Reunion
. Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
also picked Struycken for a small role in
Men in Black
. He portrayed the mystical guide-character "The Giant" in
David Lynch
and
Mark Frost
's hit 1990–91
ABC
television series
Twin Peaks
. He also appears in the 2017 sequel series,
Twin Peaks: The Return
. He appears as the "Moonlight Man" in the 2017 film
Gerald's Game
. Struycken collaborated on several projects with writer and director
Rene Daalder
, including the 1986 punk rock musical
Population: 1
, which featured
Tomata du Plenty
, of
The Screamers
, and which was released on DVD in October 2008.