Henri Carel van Zanten (18 March 1957 – 22 May 2020)[1] was a Dutch artist, based in Rotterdam.

Van Zanten was born in Rotterdam, but spent a large part of his youth in Canada and South Africa.

[2] He studied Slavic linguistics under professor Karel van het Reve.

[2] Van Zanten was introduced to the Stanislavski method by Piet Eelvelt.

Because of the many art disciplines he engaged himself in (such as theatre, performance art, street theatre, independent television production, sketch comedy, stand up comedy, acting and directing[3]) he called himself an "omni artist".