Urbain Servranckx (June 7, 1949, Schepdaal, Belgium), also known as Urbain and Urbanus van Anus, is a Belgian stand-up comedian, actor, singer and comic book 'hero'. For his political comments during the 2007 Belgian government formation crisis, he received the Prize of Liberty, an annual award delivered by the think tank Nova Civitas, in January 2008. Biography He has produced several comedy shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as several gold records. In 1984, Urbanus and Willy Linthout began writing comic books with Urbanus himself as the main character. As of 2007 more than 121 such comic books have been published. His first movie 'Hector' (directed by Stijn Coninx) won the 1988 international comedy film festival in Chamrousse, France. He also was named best actor by Radio France and Dauphiné Libéré. Films Urbanus produced and appeared in sever

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