Louis Talpe
# Louis Talpe

Louis Talpe (born 22 May 1981) is a Belgian actor. He is known for playing Toby on the Studio 100 show Mega Mindy and has appeared most recently as Eliab on the ABC-produced drama Of Kings and Prophets.

## Career

Talpe was born in Kortemark and performed in guest roles including in the shows 16+, Spring, The Kotmadam and Rupel. In 2006, he landed a role as Toby in Mega Mindy, a production of Studio 100. From September 2008 to January 2009, Talpe was busy shooting the VRT series Goesting.

On 5 March 2012, Talpe appeared as Mike Brandt in the soap opera Good times, bad times. On 29 August 2013, it was announced that Talpe would play the role of DJ Lo-Tus in the television show Love with Ibiza.

In 2015, he played the role of Roel Thevange in the TV show Spitbroers. He will be playing Vincent in the upcoming film Wat Mannen Willen (2015), his first role in a film for a long time.

## Television

### Fixed roles

| Title | Role | Type of Program | Broadcaster | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Mega Mindy | Toby | Children | Ketnet | 2006 to present |
| Slot Marsepeinstein | Captain Wachter | Children | Nickelodeon | 2009 |
| Goesting | Hannes Blondeel | Fiction series | One | 2010 |
| Goede tijden, slechte tijden | Mike Brandt | Soap opera | RTL 4 | 2012 to 2013 |
| Fall in love with Ibiza | dj Lo-Tus | television | SBS 6 | 2013 |
| Aspe | Eric Vranckx | television | Vtm | 2014 |
| De Ridder | Thomas De Kuyper | television | One | From autumn 2014 |
| Spitsbroers | Thevenage | television | Vtm | Spring 2015 |
| De zoon van Artan | Artan | television | Ketnet | 2015 |
| Of Kings and Prophets | Eliab | television | ABC | 2016 |

## Film

| Title | Role | Year |
| - | - | - |
| The Secret of Mega Mindy | Toby / Mega Toby | 2009 |
| Daijobu (short film) | Louie | 2010 |
| Mega Mindy and the Black Crystal | Toby | 2010 |
| Gooische Vrouwen | Bellhop | 2011 |
| Mega Mindy en de Snoepbaron | Toby / Mega Toby | 2011 |
| The Club of Sinterklaas and Piet School | Vader Lucas | 2013 |
| FC Champions 2: Jubilee General | Savior in helicopter | 2015 |
| Wat mannen willen (What men want) | Vincent | 2015 |
| Niet Schieten | Gilbert Van de Steen | 2018 |
| The Racer | Dominique Chabol | 2020 |

## Musicals

There are now two musicals produced of the show Mega Mindy. Talpe performed in these two musicals as agent Toby. The first musical, Mega Mindy and the Brilliant Emerald ran between 2008 and 2009 in both Belgium and the Netherlands. This was followed by Mega Mindy and the Doll Master in 2010.

In 2014, Talpe starred in the musical spectacle '14 -'18.

