Johan Leysen (19 February 1950 – 30 March 2023)^[1] was a Belgian actor.^[2] He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows from 1977. He starred in the film De grens, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.^[3] In 1998 he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his role in the movie Felice...Felice.... In the 2010 film The American, he appeared as Pavel, mysterious handler of Jack, the assassin character played by George Clooney.