Johannes Adrianus Maria (Hans) van Tongeren (18 January 1955, Breda
â€" 25 August 1982, Amsterdam) was a Dutch movie actor, who made his
debut in the 1980 Paul Verhoeven movie Spetters.Van Tongeren was born
in Breda and was recommended to Joop van den Ende for the role of
"Rien" in Spetters by casting-director Hans Kemna. The character Rien
is a talented motocrosser who is paralyzed in an accident and commits
suicide. Spetters was a very successful movie and van Tongeren was
cast afterwards for several Dutch movies.In 1982 Van Tongeren played a
minor role with Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah in the American movie
Summer Lovers. Van Tongeren had been admitted to mental hospitals
several times; according to the Dutch media he identified too much
with his roles. On 25 August 1982 he committed suicide, just after
having been cast in a Nouchka van Brakel film after the novel Van de
koele meren des doods by Frederik van Eeden, in which he would again
have played a person committing suicide. Hans van Tongeren Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter