About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1949-05-21
Place of birth:
Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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Arno

Overview

Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (21 May 1949 – 23 April 2022), better known by his stage name Arno, was a Belgian singer. He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. After the band split in 1986 he enjoyed a solo career.

Arno sang in a mixture of English, French, Dutch and his native Ostend-Flemish dialect. For TC Matic, a band which achieved moderate artistic success throughout Europe, he wrote or co-wrote all the band's material, much of it together with guitarist and producer Jean-Marie Aerts. After going solo he released more than a dozen albums during a successful career. In 2002 he received the title "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" (Knight in the Arts and Literature) of the French government. A 2004 biography by Gilles Deleux was translated in Dutch as Een lach en een traan ("A Smile and a Tear").

In the Belgian film Camping Cosmos he played the homosexual lifeguard Harry who does not pay attention to Lolo Ferrari who is incarnating a caricature of Pamela Anderson.

At the beginning of 2020, Arno postponed his upcoming tour after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Until the end of his life he was performing and recording music. Opex was his last record, recorded while he was very ill. He died from the disease on 23 April 2022, in Brussels, at the age of 72.

Source: Article "Arno (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting

2024 Arno: Rock'n'Roll Godverdomme Actor Himself N/A
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2022 Yuku and the Himalayan Flower Actor Le Rat (voice) 58
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2018 M. Eddy & sa tribu Actor Self 59
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2014 The Taste of Blueberries Actor Eric Dessart N/A
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2013 La Maison de la Radio Actor Self 59
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2012 A new old story Actor N/A
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2011 The Injection Actor Balthazar N/A
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2009 Petites vacances à Knokke-le-Zoute Actor Maurice 58
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2008 I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster Actor Arno 60
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2006 Komma Actor Peter De Wit / Lars Ericsson 59
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2005 Arno - Live in Brussels 2005 Actor Self 59
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1997 Alors voilà, Actor Arno 58
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1997 William Cliff, poète Actor Self N/A
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1996 La vie sexuelle des Belges partie 2 - Camping Cosmos Actor Arno 58
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Sound

2020 Nana et les filles du bord de mer Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2016 Arno : Dancing Inside My Head Sound Music 59
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2007 Ex Drummer Sound Music 61
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2006 C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé Sound Music 58
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2003 Merlin against Santa Claus Sound Musician 59
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1997 Alors voilà, Sound Music 58
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1997 Love Reinvented Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1996 Pregnant, or Lesbian? Sound Music 59
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1994 Nobody Loves Me Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1991 Thank You, Life Sound Original Music Composer 59
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