Art Rooijakkers


Art Rooijakkers is a Dutch television presenter. He is best known as the presenter of the popular television show Wie is de Mol? from 2012 till 2018.

Career

In 2011, he presented the Dutch version of the game show Fort Boyard, alongside Dutch radio DJ Gerard Ekdom.
In 2011, he also participated as candidate in the popular television show Wie is de Mol?. He won the show by identifying the mole and he went on to present the show himself from 2012 till 2018. Rooijakkers succeeded Pieter Jan Hagens as presenter of the show and Rik van de Westelaken succeeded Rooijakkers in 2019.
He appeared as news reader in the 2012 film De club van lelijke kinderen.
He also participated as contestant in the game shows Weet Ik Veel, Ik hou van Holland and De Slimste Mens.
From 2011 till 2014 he presented Cash op Zolder, the Dutch version of the British television show Cash in the Attic.
In 2014, he presented Bureau Rooijakkers en Verster together with Lauren Verster, a show about social issues.
In 2015, he appeared in an episode of the television show Familie Kruys.
In 2018, he decided to work for the broadcast organisation RTL Nederland and he presented the game show Praat Nederlands met me later that year. In the show the questions revolve around the Dutch language and how language is used in society. In October 2018 he also co-presented the game show Holland-België together with Jonas Van Geel. The show featured 'team Netherlands' and 'team Belgium' competing against each other with Ruben Nicolai and Louis Talpe featuring as team captains respectively.
In the summer of 2019 he presented the talk show Zomer met Art for ten weeks. The show featured a different co-presenter in each week, including Merel Westrik, Gert Verhulst, Richard Groenendijk and Ellie Lust. In 2019, he also presented the second season of Praat Nederlands met me. He also presented the show Iedereen had het erover in which he talks to people that became part of a well-known and often widely discussed news event.

Filmography

As presenter