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’.

Known For

De nietsnut
De nietsnut
Nitwits
Nitwits
Confessions of Loving Couples
Confessions of Loving Couples
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
The Whipping Cream Hero
The Whipping Cream Hero
The Good Hope
The Good Hope

Filmography

2007 Knevel & Van den Brink
as Self
1999 Nachtvlinder
as Walko van Haland
1994 De nietsnut
as Richard Kesselaar
1991 Precious
as Psychiater
1987 Nitwits
as Joel Palsma
1986 The Good Hope
as Simon
1984 Willem van Oranje
as Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
1983 All Rebels
as
1979 Cha Cha
as
1975 Anna, Child of the Daffodils
as Gerrit
1967 The Whipping Cream Hero
as
1967 Schermerhoorn
as
1967 Confessions of Loving Couples
as Frank Jansen
1961 Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Darcy
1960 The Manneken Pis Case
as Karel Vos