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

Willem van Oranje

Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont

The Good Hope

Simon

Confessions of Loving Couples

Frank Jansen

Anna, Child of the Daffodils

Gerrit

De nietsnut

Richard Kesselaar

Cha Cha

Nitwits

Joel Palsma

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1999	Nachtvlinder	Walko van Haland
1994	De nietsnut	Richard Kesselaar
1991	Precious	Psychiater
1987	Nitwits	Joel Palsma
1986	The Good Hope	Simon
1983	All Rebels
1979	Cha Cha
1975	Anna, Child of the Daffodils	Gerrit
1967	Schermerhoorn
1967	Confessions of Loving Couples	Frank Jansen
1967	The Whipping Cream Hero
1960	The Manneken Pis Case	Karel Vos

Year	TV Show	Role
2007	Knevel & Van den Brink	Self
1984	Willem van Oranje	Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
1961	Pride and Prejudice	Mr. Darcy