Ramsey Nasr

Dutch writer, actor and poet

Ramsey Nasr

Born	(1974-01-28) 28 January 1974 (age 50) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer, poet. actor
Nationality	Dutch
Period	1995–present

Ramsey Nasr (born 28 January 1974) is a Dutch author and actor of mixed descent, half Palestinian, half Dutch.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was born in Rotterdam. He was Dichter des Vaderlands (Poet of the Fatherland; an unofficial title for the Dutch poet laureate) between January 2009 and January 2013. The concept of this was created by the Dutch newspaper NRC, the Nederlandse Programma Stichting and the foundation Poetry International in January 2000. Before Nasr was Poet of the City of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2005. In 2005, he received the Hugues C. Pernath-prijs.

In June 2014, an adaptation for the stage (in Dutch) of Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) was presented at the Holland Festival, directed by Ivo van Hove, with Nasr as Howard Roark.^[4]

Filmography

1995 Frans en Duits
1998 Thuisfront
1999 One Man and His Dog
2000 Mariken
2001 Liefje
2001 Magonia
2002 The Enclave
2003 Hotel Bellevue
2004 Armando
2004 Mon ange
2005 Live!
2008 In Real Life
2011 Goltzius and the Pelican Company

TV series

2011-2015 Overspel The Adulterer
2019-2021 Oogappels

Toneelgroep Amsterdam

2014 Mary Stuart - Davison
2013-2016 Long Day's Journey into Night - Jamie Tyrone
2014-2017 The Fountainhead - Howard Roark
2015-2017 Kings of War - Henry V, Richmond
2015-2017 Husbands and Wives - Gabe
2015-2017 The other voice - Hoofdrol
2016-2017 Roman Tragedies - Menenius, Lepidus

References

^ "The poetry of Ramsey Nasr". Letterenfonds. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022.
^ "Ramsey Nasr". Banipal (UK). Archived from the original on Jul 3, 2022.
^ "the fountainhead". Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Archived from the original on Sep 27, 2022.
^ "The Fountainhead: World Premiere". Holland Festival. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.