Chris Cauwenberghs

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	'''Chris Cauwenberghs''' (4 February 1947 – 23 April 2025) was a Belgian actor.		'''Chris Cauwenberghs''' (4 February 1947 – 23 April 2025) was a Belgian actor.

			He was best known for portraying Kabouter Lui in ''[[Kabouter Plop]]'' (1997–2014) and Fernand Verbist in ''[[Thuis]]'' (1995–2000, 2004)

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Cauwenberghs was born in [[Hemiksem]] on 4 February 1947. He studied drama at the [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels]] and there received lessons from [[Nand Buyl]] and [[Leo Dewals]].		Cauwenberghs was born in [[Hemiksem]] on 4 February 1947. He studied drama at the [[Royal Conservatory of Brussels]] and there received lessons from [[Nand Buyl]] and [[Leo Dewals]].

	From the late 1970s, Cauwenberghs often played colorful characters in Flemish and Dutch films and series. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=24 April 2025 \|title=Chris Cauwenberghs speelde vaak kleurrijke figuren: een overzicht \|trans-title=Chris Cauwenberghs often played colorful characters: an overview \|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/kijk/2025/04/24/chris-cauwenberghs-overzicht-v2-mimir-50b40ecb-4c1f-420d-8513-8e/ \|website=[[VRT (broadcaster)\|VRT]] \|language=nl}}</ref>		From the late 1970s, Cauwenberghs often played colorful characters in Flemish and Dutch films and series. <ref>{{Cite web \|date=24 April 2025 \|title=Chris Cauwenberghs speelde vaak kleurrijke figuren: een overzicht \|trans-title=Chris Cauwenberghs often played colorful characters: an overview \|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/kijk/2025/04/24/chris-cauwenberghs-overzicht-v2-mimir-50b40ecb-4c1f-420d-8513-8e/ \|website=[[VRT (broadcaster)\|VRT]] \|language=nl}}</ref> His film roles included ''[[Whitey (film)\|De Witte van Sichem]]'', ''[[Vrijdag]]'' (both 1980), the [[Gaston Berghmans\|Gaston]] & Leo films ''Zware jongens'' (1984) and ''Paniekzaaiers'' (1986), the [[Stijn Coninx]] and [[Urbanus]] films ''[[Hector (1987 film)\|Hector]]'' (1987) and ''[[Koko Flanel]]'' (1990), the [[Roland Verhavert]] film ''Boerenpsalm'' (1989) and the Jan Verheyen film ''Boys'' (1991).

⚫	From 1997 to 2014, he played the role of Kabouter Lui in the children's series [[Kabouter Plop]].
			From 1995 to 2000, he played the former side and later main character Fernand Verbist, a police officer in the [[VRT 1]] soap opera ''[[Thuis]]''. He was introduced in the second episode and appeared sporadically. In season 3 in 1997, he was promoted to main character and his family first appeared. Cauwenberghs could not combine his role with that in Kabouter Plop, so he left ''Thuis'' after 5 years. Fernand was murdered in the fifth season finale by Pierre Vinck, his daughter Eva's lover who was actually a psychopath. He dead corpse also appeared in the beginning of season 6 and he appeared as a ghost in the special: ''Afscheid van Florke'' in 2004.

		⚫	From 1997 to 2014, he played the role of Kabouter Lui in the children's series [[Kabouter Plop]]. He also played the role in 9 films.

	In 2014, it became known that Cauwenberghs had been diagnosed with cancer of the lymph nodes, causing him to be unable to perform as Kabouter Lui at Plopshows in the Autumn.<ref>{{cite web\|language=nl\|url=http://deredactie.be/permalink/1.2077732\|title=Chris Cauwenberghs vecht tegen kanker\|date = 3 September 2014\| website = deredactie.be}}</ref>		In 2014, it became known that Cauwenberghs had been diagnosed with cancer of the lymph nodes, causing him to be unable to perform as Kabouter Lui at Plopshows in the Autumn.<ref>{{cite web\|language=nl\|url=http://deredactie.be/permalink/1.2077732\|title=Chris Cauwenberghs vecht tegen kanker\|date = 3 September 2014\| website = deredactie.be}}</ref>