Career
In the Netherlands he appeared in the detective series Bureau Kruislaan and its spin-off Unit 13. He is best known, however, in Canada where he was the television spokesman for International Netherlands Group Direct for many years. The marketing campaign was developed by GWP Brand Engineering.
They picked an actor with a foreign accent so that customers would not be surprised to learn the bank was also foreign.
De Groot also speaks French, and is unusual among Canadian spokespeople for also appearing in the company"s French Canadian language spots. He has been married since 1997 to Marja Bakker.
He has three children: Elwin and Oliver de Groot and Genevieve Gaunt. Genevieve Gaunt is also an actor, and portrayed Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
