Ramses Shaffy
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’.
Filmography
Nachtvlinder
as Walko van Haland
Nachtvlinder
as Walko van Haland
De nietsnut
as Richard Kesselaar
De nietsnut
as Richard Kesselaar
Precious
as Psychiater
Precious
as Psychiater
The Good Hope
as Simon
The Good Hope
as Simon
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
as Gerrit
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
as Gerrit
An Outsider
as Acteur Merlijn
An Outsider
as Acteur Merlijn
The Whipping Cream Hero
as Manuel
The Whipping Cream Hero
as Manuel
Schermerhoorn
Schermerhoorn
Confessions of Loving Couples
as Frank Jansen
Confessions of Loving Couples
as Frank Jansen
The Manneken Pis Case
as Karel Vos
The Manneken Pis Case
as Karel Vos