Boris van der Ham (born 29 August 1973) is a Dutch writer, humanist, former politician, and actor.

He focused on matters of education, drug policy, culture, mass media, economic affairs, environment and energy, social equality, democracy, and freedom of speech.

[5] In 2012 he published a book "The Morality of Freedom" ("De Vrije Moraal") about the history and dilemmas of permissive societies.

In 2014 he wrote the book De Koning Kun Je Niet Spelen ("You can't play the king") on both his acting and political work.

[7] Currently Mr. Van der Ham has several board positions in the field of media, culture, healthcare, education and in the private sector.

[10] In 2015 he featured in the documentary Among Nonbelievers about the hardships of ex-Muslims, and spoke at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the topic of blasphemy laws.

[11] In 2016, he featured in the follow-up documentary Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run about the dismal situation of irreligious asylum seekers in Dutch refugee camps.

In 2016/2017, Van der Ham featured in the musical Ciske de Rat[13] He did the voice-over of the Dutch version of 'The Secret Life of 4 year olds [nl]'.