Ruben van der Meer (born 2 June 1970) is a Dutch actor and comedian.

Career

Music

Van der Meer became known as one of the members of the band Hakkûhbar.

Film

In 2019, he played a role in ''

Amsterdam Vice ''Amsterdam Vice'' ( nl, Baantjer: Het Begin – English: ''Baantjer: The Beginning'') is a 2019 Dutch film and accompanying series directed by Arne Toonen. The film and eponymous television series is based on the novels of A. C. Baantjer and a ...

'' (''Baantjer: Het Begin'') by

Arne Toonen Arne Toonen (born 9 January 1975) is a Dutch film director. Several of his films won the Golden Film and Platinum Film awards. Career In 2010, he directed the film '' Dik Trom''. The film won both the Golden Film and Platinum Film awards. ...

. The film won the Golden Film award two weeks later after having sold 100,000 tickets.

Television

Between 2004 and 2008 he formed part of the core team of comedians in the television show ''

De Lama's De Lama's (translation: The Llamas) is a Dutch television show made by BNN and first aired on 26 June 2004. It is an adaptation of the Channel 4 show ''Whose Line is it Anyway?''. Patrick Lodiers hosts the show, which contains both well-known ...

'', together with Ruben Nicolai, Tijl Beckand and

Jeroen van Koningsbrugge Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (born 3 September 1973) is a Dutch actor, comedian, singer, director and presenter. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1999. He was a member of the television programme '' De Lama's'' and together with his fr ...

. The show is a Dutch adaptation of the show ''

Whose Line Is It Anyway? ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' is a short-form improvisational comedy show originating as a British radio programme, before moving to British television in 1988. Following the conclusion of the British run in 1999, ABC began airing an American ...

''. The show was very popular and won the ''Gouden Televizier-ring'' in 2006, a prestigious Dutch television award. In 2009, he presented the show '' Budget TV'' together with Ruben Nicolai and Tijl Beckand. Between 2010 and 2015 he took part in the TV show Echt Waar?! together with Tijl Beckand. The host of this show was Jack Spijkerman.

Selected filmography

* 1999: ''

Jesus is a Palestinian ''Jesus is a Palestinian'' (Dutch: '' Jezus is een Palestijn'') is a 1999 Dutch comedy written and directed by Lodewijk Crijns (1970). The parody on religious fanaticism and millennialism, which involves the topics of self mutilation, incest, and ...

'' * 2005: ''

Schnitzel Paradise Martin Koolhoven's ''Schnitzel Paradise'' ( nl, Het Schnitzelparadijs) is a 2005 Dutch comedy film about Dutch-Moroccan Nordip Dounia who starts working in a restaurant kitchen and falls in love with Agnes Meerman, niece of the hotel's manager. ...

'' * 2007: ''

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'' * 2015: '' J. Kessels'' * 2019: ''

'' (''Baantjer: Het Begin'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meer, Ruben van der 1970 births Living people 20th-century Dutch male actors 21st-century Dutch male actors Dutch male film actors Dutch male television actors Dutch male comedians