Ruben van der Meer

Acting

Ruben van der Meer

Born 1970-06-02 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ruben van der Meer (born 2 June 1970) is a Dutch actor and comedian. He is known as one of the comedians in the television show De Lama's together with Tijl Beckand, Ruben Nicolai and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge. He played roles in several films, including Amsterdam Vice (2019) and Yamas! (2024).

Acting credits

Bad Slippers poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Bad Slippers

2026

Duivinder poster
NR

A determined 14-year-old girl teams up with her mischievous brother and a champion racing pigeon to reconnect their estranged grandfather with his past, uncovering a heartfelt story of love, loss, and the power of family bonds.

Duivinder

2026

Mr. & Mrs. Aslan poster
5.7

Luna Aslan (Yolanthe Cabau) is an undercover agent who, with the help of her colleague Niels (Thijs Boermans), arrests top criminal Baris (Murda) after a blood-curdling mission. At home, however, Luna has to deal with an even bigger challenge: her husband Emre (Sinan Eroglu). He knows nothing about her double life, but is beginning to notice her secretive behavior. Thanks to his conniving cousin Ferhat (Nesim El Ahmadi), Emre becomes convinced that Luna is cheating. When misunderstandings pile up and it turns out that Baris is targeting both Luna and Emre, Mr. and Mrs. Aslan pull out all the stops to save their lives and marriage.

Mr. & Mrs. Aslan

2025

J. Kessels poster
5.6

J. Kessels is the story of the bizarre road trip taken by a French literary pulp writer with his favourite character J. Kessels. The journey takes them from Tilburg to the Hamburg Reeperbahn in Kessels' old American 'Kamikaze' clunker as they seek out cheating dealer. When they get there they find a corpse in the trunk of the Kamikaze: easy to find, but how do you get rid of it?

J. Kessels

2015

Gangstas poster
5.8

On the streets of Antwerp, Badia, Junes and Volt are trying to tear themselves away from their past, but the underworld is inexorably pulling them back in. Adamo has worked his way up to become one of the most influential figures in the Antwerp drug trade. He becomes ever more entangled in a web of power and danger. His friends have to make a choice: stay loyal to Adamo or choose safety.

Gangstas

2025

Taking Chances poster
6.8

Kiek is worried as her father works in a war zone. To lengthen the odds of her father getting hurt, she comes up with a strange and unique idea: she needs a dead dog and a dead mouse, because Kiek doesn't know one person who has a dead mouse, a dead dog and a dead father. Surely the odds against that are enormous?

Taking Chances

2011

Rent-a-Friend poster
5.3

Cheated on by his successful girlfriend for lacking ambition and business-mindedness, an artist sets out to get rich quick by starting a one-man company as a friend for hire.

Rent-a-Friend

2000

Allerzielen poster
6.5

Dutch filmmakers gathered to make this compilation movie, consisting of 17 segments, as a reaction to the status quo in The Netherlands after the assassination of filmmaker Theo van Gogh on november 2, 2004.

Allerzielen

2005

Tafkal Live poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tafkal Live

2022

Straf poster
6.2

Fortysomething high school teacher Edwin is a cringy control freak and a total pushover. His wife left him, his daughter Bobbie doesn’t want to be seen with him and at work he is bullied by both his colleagues and students. When one day headmaster Glenda shatters Edwin’s dream to become vice principal, deeming him unqualified due to his ‘stunning lack of authority', Edwin realizes things need to change. Foul-mouthed gym teacher and alpha-man-child Peter is more than willing to offer some help, but has a way of making things worse beyond imagination.

Straf

2025

Yamas! poster
5.0

A group of teens find themselves in Greece for a holiday break, when too much Raki changes the course of their trip and they have to ditch a body and get square with an Italian gangster.

Yamas!

2024

Amsterdam Vice poster
6.1

A mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race against time when he encounters a violent plot against the Dutch royal family.

Amsterdam Vice

2019

Ellis in Glamourland poster
5.3

Ellis's life is less fairy-tale-like than she had expected. As a single mother with an ex-husband who spends almost no money on his son, she has to work two jobs. Ellis decides it's time for a change and enrolls in a course called "How to Marry a Millionaire." Together with her fellow students, she goes hunting for rich bachelors. While the other students make shameless attempts to catch a millionaire, Ellis turns out to be a heartbreaker for the lonely millionaire! Everyone tries to impress her in their own way... But who will win Ellis' heart? Will she choose wealth, stability, or passion?

Ellis in Glamourland

2004

Flirt poster
5.0

This movie is about a group of young people struggling with what 'true love' means. Main character is a boy who doesn't want to commit himself to one woman.

Flirt

2005

Love Is All poster
6.3

A romantic comedy told with a set of interwoven Christmas tales about life, love, forgiveness and caring. A heroic vagrant becomes a TV sensation Santa Claws, while a prince takes a menial job at a department store to woo his sweetheart.

Love Is All

2007

Plan C poster
6.0

Ronald Plasmeyer (Ruben Van Der Meer) is a small-time Amsterdam detective, struggling with financial problems because of his gambling habit. When the Chinese crime boss Hao threatens Ronald's ex-wife and son to get his money back, Ronald comes up with a plan that will solve all his problems. Ronald enlists two petty criminals (Ton Kas and René Van 't Hof) to rob an illegal poker tournament he's taking part in, providing him with a perfect alibi. Quick, simple and non-violent; the plan is foolproof... until people start getting killed. Soon, Ronald's partners take off with the money, leaving him empty handed. To make matters worse Ronald's colleagues in the police force begin to suspect him of the robbery, setting the stage for a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse. Ronald is all-in... holding the worst hand of his life.

Plan C

2012

Short but sweet poster
8.0

An old wise man ask a young hero to save the princess from the bad guy in an absurd short timeframe. During their travels they meet many cliches we know from the fantasy/adventure moviegenre.

Short but sweet

2017

The Glorious Works of G.F. Zwaen poster
6.1

n the late 90's Amsterdam-based writer Gerard F. Zwaen becomes entangled in a plot involving a drugs trafficker, a dodgy tax inspector and an internal affairs agent.

The Glorious Works of G.F. Zwaen

2015

Het Komt Wel Goed poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Het Komt Wel Goed

2023

Schnitzel Paradise poster
5.8

Schnitzel Paradise is a Dutch film about a young Moroccan man working in the kitchen of popular Dutch restaurant.

Schnitzel Paradise

2005

The President poster
4.2

A political comedy about an illegal Moroccan who makes it to President of the Netherlands. As we follow his unlikely rise and self-sought fall, Joes learns that it's easy to win the support of the people, but to rule them is a whole other story.

The President

2011

Billy poster
7.2

A successful but dejected ventriloquist decides to break with his bold-as-brass, out-of-control dummy — only to find going his own way easier said than done.

Billy

2018

De Zevende Hemel poster
6.7

Dutch musical centered around a family restaurant. There's a reunion coming up for which the family is planning a big event. After the reunion celebration, the parents will hand over the restaurant to their children. Unfortunately, the relationship with one of their sons is very tense. The mother is trying to repair that relationship in time for the reunion.

De Zevende Hemel

2016

Jesus Is a Palestinian poster
5.4

Natasha goes to Limburg to collect her brother Ramses, who has joined a communal cult, so he can consent to cutting their father's life support.

Jesus Is a Palestinian

1999

Behind the camera