Jack van Gelder

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Gelder, not Gelder.
Jack van Gelder
Born (1950-12-27) 27 December 1950
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Commentator and television presenter

Jack van Gelder (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʑɛk fɑŋ ˈɣɛldər]; born 27 December 1950) is a Dutch sport commentator and television presenter. He presented many sports television programs of the broadcasting organization NOS, including NOS Studio Sportzomer, NOS Studio Voetbal and NOS Langs de Lijn, for forty years.[1]

Career

Van Gelder began working for TROS in 1972 and for NOS in 1976.[2][3] He is known for presenting Te land, ter zee en in de lucht from 1984 to 1996.[4][5] In 2009, he presented the Nationaal Songfestival, an annual competition held almost every year between 1956 and 2012 to select the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.[6]

In 2014, he won the Theo Koomen Award, an annual award for best sports reporting or commentary.[7] He received the award for his commentary of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's winning goal in the match between Mexico and the Netherlands in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage.[7]

Van Gelder played the role of Pontius Pilate in the 2014 edition of The Passion, a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011.[8]

He switched from NOS to the sports television service Sport1 in 2015.[9] The service rebranded to Ziggo Sport Totaal later that year.[10] Van Gelder left Ziggo Sport in 2021.[11]

In 2021, Van Gelder was the main guest in an episode of Hoge Bomen presented by Jeroen van der Boom.[12][13] In the same year, he appeared in the New Year's Eve special of The Masked Singer.[14] He also appears in the 2022 children's film Het Feest van Tante Rita directed by Dennis Bots.[15][16]

Personal life

In 2013, Van Gelder was decorated Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jack van Gelder mist spotlights NOS niet". NU.nl (in Dutch). 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Jack van Gelder over zijn jeugd, sigaren en het EK van 1988". NOS (in Dutch). 6 September 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Van Gelder koninklijk onderscheiden". NOS (in Dutch). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Jack van Gelder ziet terugkeer Te land, ter zee en in de lucht wel zitten: 'Zo'n leuke tijd gehad'". AD (in Dutch). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ^ Kok, Tessa (13 February 2024). "Oud-presentatoren Te Land, Ter Zee en in de Lucht zijn blij met de terugkeer van het programma". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Yolanthe presenteert Songfestival" [Yolanthe presents Songfestival]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 1 December 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Jack van Gelder wint Theo Koomen Award 2014". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Jack van Gelder speelt Pilatus in The Passion". NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Jack van Gelder verruilt NOS voor Sport1". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Sport1 heet vanaf 12 november Ziggo Sport Totaal". Sport1 (in Dutch). 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Ziggo Sport neemt afscheid van presentator Jack van Gelder". NU.nl (in Dutch). 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  12. ^ van de Groep, Jacob-Jan (4 April 2021). "Jack van Gelder in tranen bij Hoge Bomen". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  13. ^ de Koning, Denise (8 May 2021). "Jack van Gelder gaat viral met zangkunsten in Hoge Bomen: 'Ik weet niet wat me overkomt'". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Bijna 2 miljoen kijkers voor oudejaarsconference Peter Pannekoek" [Almost 2 million viewers for oudejaarsconference [of] Peter Pannekoek]. Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Edsilia Rombley speelt eerste grote filmrol in nieuwe muzikale kinderfilm". NU.nl (in Dutch). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Nu te zien: de eerste beelden van Het feest van tante Rita". Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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