Bastiaan Johannes Ragas (born 30 June 1971) is a Dutch singer and actor. Born in

Lisse Lisse () is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland in the Western Netherlands. The municipality, which lies within the Duin- en Bollenstreek, covers an area of of ...

, he was the youngest of three brothers. Ragas learnt piano and guitar at school. He also participated and traveled with the international musical group

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during their 1989-1990 tour. He first came into the public eye as a member of the Anglo-Dutch

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Caught in the Act in the 1990s. Caught in the Act broke up in 1998 and Ragas embarked on a solo career. His first album, ''Tomorrow is Looking Good'', was released in 2000. Also in 2000, he played Radames in the Dutch production of the musical

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. He later played d'Artagnan in

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's 2003–2004 production of ''

3 Musketiers ''3 Musketiers'' is a Dutch musical, also known as ''3 Musketiere'' (German), ''3 Musketeers'' (English) and ''A 3 Testőr'' (Hungarian) written by Ferdi Bolland and Rob Bolland. The story is based on Alexandre Dumas, père's 1844 novel ''The Th ...

''. Ragas has also worked in film, appearing in the

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film '' De Sportman van de Eeuw'' and providing the Dutch voice of Sinbad in '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''. Working on ''Sinbad'' he met TV presenter

Tooske Breugem Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a flight attendant in '' 06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Nethe ...

and they later starred together in ''3 Musketiers'' in which she played Constance. Their 2003 single ''Alles'' (''All I Ever Want'') reached number in the Dutch charts. In 2002, he appeared in the hospital drama TV series Trauma 24/7 along with his elder brother Roef. He was on the jury of the Dutch production of ''

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'' and came second in the Dutch 2006 series of ''

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''. Rages appeared in a 2015 episode of the game show ''

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''.

Personal life

Ragas married actress

Tooske Ragas Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a flight attendant in ''06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Nether ...

in France in 2005 and they have three daughters. He also has a son by a previous relationship with singer and TV presenter

Laura Vlasblom Frizzle Sizzle were a Dutch teenage girl group of the 1980s. Their biggest hit was "''Alles Heeft Een Ritme''", which they performed at Eurovision in Norway in 1986. The four members of the group were Karin Vlasblom (born 10 August 1967), Laura ...

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* 1971 births Living people Dutch male musical theatre actors Dutch pop singers Dutch male television actors Dutch male voice actors People from Lisse {{Netherlands-musician-stub