Ramses Shaffy

Known for ActingBorn 1933-08-29Died 2009-12-01Neuilly sur Seine, France

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’.Read more

Movies & web series

An Outsider

Nachtvlinder

De nietsnut

Nitwits

All Rebels

Cha Cha

The Manneken Pis Case

Precious

Anna, Child of the Daffodils

The Good Hope

Willem van Oranje

Confessions of Loving Couples

The Whipping Cream Hero

Wait and See

Knevel & Van den Brink

Schermerhoorn

Pride and Prejudice