Acting
Ruben van der Meer
Born
1970-06-02 (56)
Place of birth
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Known for
Acting
Credits
74 titles
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).
Known for
8.0Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
Atlanta
2016
6.9Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
Baantjer
1995
6.0Basically, LUBACH will probably be very similar to De Avondshow with Arjen Lubach. The presenter also discusses current affairs in his characteristic, humorous way in this satirical late night show. With sharp monologues, in-depth stories and playful sketches, he and his team examine politics, media and society. All this is interspersed with changing guests, music and of course a good dose of comedy.
Lubach
2025
7.0H3L is the class every teenager wants to be in, but is every teacher's nightmare. The students, underestimated and pigeonholed by everyone, have to deal with drugs, discrimination, jealousy, sex, and setting boundaries. For these students, ultimately, it is mostly about love and friendship.
H3L
2019
7.2No synopsis available yet.
Het Perfecte Plaatje
2016
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten
2005
Film credits
2020s · 9 titles
4.2No synopsis available yet.
Bad Slippers
2026
5.9On 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Toppers in Concert 2025
2025
NRA 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
5.7Luna 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
6.3Fortysomething 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.
After School
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Het Komt Wel Goed
2023
5.0A 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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Tafkal Live
2022
2010s · 13 titles
6.1A 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
4.2A 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
5.6J. 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
6.7Dutch 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
7.7A Dutch mockumentary about children and their ambitious parents' quest for fame at a local talent show in the small town of Bannebroek.
Bannebroek's Got Talent
2014
6.0Ronald 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
5.0The divorced and failed Aziz wants to prove to his son that he can be somebody by reforming his old hip hop band De Masters.
De Masters
2015
6.1n 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
7.2A 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
7.0Kiek 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
6.0Heinz is Amsterdam personified: a happy-go-lucky freeloader. However, he's in big trouble with his girlfriend Dolly. One day he is looking after their baby - the next day he finds himself on a mysterious island, and his son is missing! As he searches desperately for the boy, Heinz discovers he's been an unwitting pawn in the evil schemes of the diabolical windbag Git. During a spectacular showdown in New York, Heinz thwarts Git's attempts to eradicate mankind and rescues his son - sort of...
Heinz
2019
Dutch improv troupe De Lama's reunite for one more performance in the ZiggoDome.
De Lama's Back in Action
2017
8.0An 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
2000s · 7 titles
5.3Cheated 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
5.0This 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
6.5Dutch 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
5.3Ellis'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
6.3A 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
5.8Schnitzel Paradise is a Dutch film about a young Moroccan man working in the kitchen of popular Dutch restaurant.
Schnitzel Paradise
2005
In an attempt to escape mediocracy, grade school teacher Bert decides to do something special: he's going to make a documentary about...something.
De Ontgoocheling
2006
1990s · 3 titles
5.4Natasha 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
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Hakkuhbar - Vet Heftig
1997
The life of a young gangster -- who has an affair with his boss's wife -- no longer seems certain. However, he turns out to be tougher than his adversaries.
A bit of a rondo
1997
Series credits
8.0Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
Atlanta
2016
6.9Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
Baantjer
1995
6.0Basically, LUBACH will probably be very similar to De Avondshow with Arjen Lubach. The presenter also discusses current affairs in his characteristic, humorous way in this satirical late night show. With sharp monologues, in-depth stories and playful sketches, he and his team examine politics, media and society. All this is interspersed with changing guests, music and of course a good dose of comedy.
Lubach
2025
7.0H3L is the class every teenager wants to be in, but is every teacher's nightmare. The students, underestimated and pigeonholed by everyone, have to deal with drugs, discrimination, jealousy, sex, and setting boundaries. For these students, ultimately, it is mostly about love and friendship.
H3L
2019
7.2No synopsis available yet.
Het Perfecte Plaatje
2016
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Keyzer & De Boer Advocaten
2005
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Godforsaken True Killers
2011
8.0This is the life of Kees Heistee. Kees is married to the charming, good-natured Ben, and together they have two children: their daughter Anne, a nightmare for any mother, and their son Rudie, who has a taste for the morbid. Her best friend and next-door neighbor, Sonja, also plays a major role in her life. Kees tries to teach her family morals and values, but so far, that seems impossible...
Kees & Co
1997
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Oh, Wat een Jaar!
2017
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Costa!
2001
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Costa!
2001
9.5In a race against the clock, two pairs of Dutch celebrities search for clues in spectacular, purpose-built escape rooms. Who will be the first to crack the code and escape the room?
Code of Coppens
2021
7.0No synopsis available yet.
The Connection
2022
3.7No synopsis available yet.
Make Up Your Mind
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vlogmania
2021
7.0No synopsis available yet.
De TV Kantine
2009
NRDe Lama's 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 and more obscure elements of theatresports. The most important of these is improvisation. De Lama's consist of the following comedians: Ruben Nicolai, Tijl Beckand, Ruben van der Meer and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge. Jandino Asporaat, Ad-Just Bouwman, Sara Kroos, Arie Koomen, Kristel Zweers and Martijn Oosterhuis are ex-Lama's. Other than in the British and American series, every episode of De Lama's features a Guest Llama, a well-known Dutch person who offers suggestions for games and always joins the regulars for one or two games at the end. At the end of 2006, regulars Sara Kroos and Arie Koomen left the show, leaving it with only three regular performers. To help alleviate this problem, broadcaster BNN organised a televised competition, Lama Gezocht, in order to find a new performer to round out the team. Ad-Just Bouwman eventually won this competition, and joined the Llamas. He, however, is no longer part of the troupe, reportedly because his artistic style didn't fit in with the other Llamas. Another recently 'llamafied' performer, Jandino Asporaat, left at around the same time to focus on his own theatre production, although rumour has it that his style clashed with the remaining three members as well. Jeroen van Koningsbrugge is the only new member to remain with the Llamas until the end.
De Lama's
2004
7.0Amazing comedians and harder laughs! Ten talents have six hours to make the others laugh. Who will be the last one laughing?
LOL: Last One Laughing Nederland
2023
7.0Amazing comedians and harder laughs! Ten talents have six hours to make the others laugh. Who will be the last one laughing?
LOL: Last One Laughing Nederland
2023
9.0Beau van Erven Dorens welcomes a series of special guests to the enchanting Lake Maggiore in Italy. In addition to engaging interviews, this year’s program is packed with shared activities such as exercising, cooking, boating, or simply relaxing by the pool. It is precisely these informal moments that often result in unexpected and entertaining television.
Casa di Beau
2023
5.7It is the time of major social changes, squatter riots and demonstrations. The idealistic young detective Jurre de Cock is just starting at station Warmoesstraat. His partner, the purebred Amsterdammer Tonnie Montijn, shows him around the city. But then the duo comes across a criminal conspiracy, which appears to be part of a bigger plan. De Cock is also assigned a new partner: Andy Ruiter, transferred from the Bijlmer.
Amsterdam Vice
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hein
2024
NRIn YouTube format Open Kaart, presenter Robbert Rodenburg talks to famous Dutch people, such as Monica Geuze, Jaimie Vaes, Jutta Leerdam or our own Chantal. Robbert's personal questions often result in a beautiful, vulnerable and sometimes even emotional conversation, which earned him a Televizier Ster Online Video Series in 2022. And thus us as loyal fans.
Open Kaart
2020
NRFour extraordinary sports stories. Tragedies, intrigues, and cover-ups, all served with Rundfunk’s signature style. From a wheelrunner who defied the Soviets to “beach snooker” and a secret korfball conspiracy.
Rundfunk: Schwalbe
2026
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ten minste houdbaar tot
2022
7.7No synopsis available yet.
Shouf Shouf!
2006
NRNo synopsis available yet.
De Grote Improvisatieshow
2013
7.5Two completely different men prove to be the perfect team to unravel unsolvable crimes.
Odds
2022
8.0No synopsis available yet.
CAST
2023
7.0No synopsis available yet.
De Poli
2023
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Ons Kent Ons
2024
NROur lives are increasingly dominated by social media. Reason for RTL 4 to devote a new panel show to this: Are you still following me? From February 10, this comic program led by Ruben Nicolai can be seen on television. Two team captains compete every week with two celebrities in their team for the most likes. Tijl Beckand and Nynke de Jong are the team captains who dive into the treasure trove of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, blogs and vlogs every Wednesday. In various games, all kinds of special facts from the wonderful online world of famous Dutch people pass by. Do the teams recognize their online friends when they come face to face with them, for example?
Volg je me nog?
2022
6.0No synopsis available yet.
The Big Show met Ruben Nicolai
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Papadag
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alles is Muziek
2023
7.5No synopsis available yet.
TAFKAL
2022
8.0In this RTL program, Humberto travels with two guests to unique locations around the world. During these journeys, they get to know each other better and discover more about the country and its culture. They visit breathtaking destinations, but behind the beauty lies a dark side. These are also places under pressure from climate change, deforestation, and other threats. Humberto and his guests document their journey in photos. These images are not only a beautiful memory but also a call to action to better protect these special places.
Gelukkig Hebben We De Foto’s Nog!
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
De Pudding Club
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Voor de show
2023
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Fout Maar Goud
2022