Photo: Miguel Discart / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Carel Struycken is one of cinema's great unsung faces, and at well over seven feet tall he was born to play unforgettable oddities. The Dutch actor will forever be Lurch to me from the Addams Family films, that deadpan butler with the perfect 'You rang?' delivery. But his work with David Lynch as the Giant in Twin Peaks is something else entirely, eerie and otherworldly in a way few performers could pull off. Add Mr. Homn on Star Trek: The Next Generation and you have a career built on memorable presence over dialogue. He's also a serious photographer, which I find quietly fitting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carel Struycken
- Name (Japanese)
- カレル・ストルイケン
- Reading
- かれる・すとるいけん
- Born
- July 30, 1948 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rat
- Origin
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Occupation
- actor / composer / photographer / stage actor / television actor
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Carel Struycken born?
Born July 30, 1948 (age 78).
Where is Carel Struycken from?
Carel Struycken is from The Hague, Netherlands.
What does Carel Struycken do?
Carel Struycken works as actor, composer, photographer, stage actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.