Vince Vandorpe – (full name Vincent Vandorpe Filiep P. Olasiman) is a 5’11” Filipino-Belgian actor, model and YouTuber (vlogger). He’s 26 years old and was born on September 17, 1993 (1). He grew up in Belgium but moved to the Philippines in 2014. He is widely-known for his YouTube channel named Vandorpy – about his travels, bromance, good vibes, reactions, personal acting and modeling reels. It currently has 190,057 subscribers (as of July 6, 2019) (2).
He was born in Kortrijk, Belgium and his native language is Flemish/Dutch. He also knows how to speak English, a little bit of French and Filipino. His mother is a Filipina from Valencia Dumaguete, and his father is Belgian. Vince has an elder brother named Alhjon and 3 younger sisters named Sydney, Mary and Caitlyn. (3)
Apart from YouTube, he also appeared on TV shows by GMA7 including “Unang Hirit”, “Meant To Be” (2017), “Cain At Abel” (2018), “The One That Got Away” (2018) and “Pepito Manaloto”. (4)
Before acting and YouTube, Vince started his career as a commercial model under IM Agency and Mercator Models. His first TV commercial was for Blue Drinking Water in 2014. He graced the pages of Cosmopolitan Philippines as one of the 69 bachelors in 2015. (5)
In an interview by online magazine PEP in December 2018, he recalls racial discrimination while growing up in Belgium. (6)
In February 2019, he appeared in “Choice” -- Jollibee’s New Valentine’s Day campaign -- along with Reese Tuazon. (7)
In March 2019, Vince Vandorpe was launched as one of the newest endorsers of perfumed brand Axe along with fellow actors Wil Dasovich, Alexander Diaz, and Donny Pangilinan. (8)
In April 3, 2019 his “Coming out” April Fool’s Day prank resulted in backlash. He was slammed by some social media users for his video where he pranked his friend Patrik Franksson by saying he was gay as an April Fool’s joke. (9)
(1)
https://www.candymag.com/cutiepedia/vince-vandorpe
(2)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8KIYN0MdiMYI2164XnaWzQ
(3)
http://www.vincevandorpe.com/about/
(4)
https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/tv/47731/watch-vince-vandorpe-vlogs-about-his-cain-at-abel-action-scene/story
(5)
https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/vince-vandorpe-star-of-jollibee-valentine-day-campaign-a292-20190203?ref=feed_1
(6)
https://www.pep.ph/news/72226/kapuso-hunk-vince-vandorpe-admits-experiencing-racial-discrimination-while-growing-up-in-belgium
(7)
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/familyandrelationships/683604/kwentongjollibee-returns-to-help-restore-faith-in-love/story/
(8)
https://entertainment.abs-cbn.com/tv/updates/015031219-the-definition-of-sexy-wil-dasovich-vince-vandorpe-alexander-diaz-and-donny-pangilinan-weigh-in
(9)
https://insideshowbiz.onemega.com/vince-vandorpe-faces-backlash-over-insensitive-april-fools-prank-video/
(9)
http://www.interaksyon.com/trends-spotlights/2019/04/03/146729/coming-out-april-fools-day-prank-results-in-backlash-instead-of-laughter/