Ramses Shaffy

Biography

Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009) was a Dutch actor and singer. Born near Paris, his Egyptian diplomat father and Polish noble mother separated before he was born and he was adopted by a Dutch family at a young age. He became popular during the 1960s and made a theatre comeback from alcoholism in the early 1990s, playing Don Quichotte in the musical The Man of la Mancha. His most famous songs include Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder (Sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire), We zullen doorgaan (We will go on), and Laat me (Leave me be). His website describes Shaffy as ‘a Dutch-Franco-Polish-Russian-Egyptian mixture of Tom Waits and Frank Sinatra’.

Most Known For

Nitwits

as Joel Palsma

Confessions of Loving Couples

as Frank Jansen

Precious

as Psychiater

Willem van Oranje

as Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont

Knevel & Van den Brink

as Self

Pride and Prejudice

as Darcy

De nietsnut

as Richard Kesselaar

Nachtvlinder

as Walko van Haland

All Rebels

Schermerhoorn

The Good Hope

as Simon

The Manneken Pis Case

as Karel Vos

Anna, Child of the Daffodils

as Gerrit

Cha Cha

The Whipping Cream Hero