Tedros "Teddy" Teclebrhan (born 1 September 1983) is a German comedian and actor, best known for his stand-up stage-comedy ''Teddy Comedy''.

Biography

Teclebrhan was born in

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in 1983 and was the youngest of three sons. He grew up in

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, Germany. After the ''

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'', he attended an international acting-academy, the ''CreArte'' in

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, from which he graduated in 2008. Teclebrhan first appeared on television in 2009, where he played a Swabian gas station leaseholder in ''Laible und Frisch'' on the network SWR and a drug dealer from the

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in '' Stolberg'' on the network

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. In 2009, Teclebrhan had his stage debut in the musical ''Hairspray''. From December 2009 to September 2010, he played the role of Seaweed J. Stubbs. He first gained wide attention with the 2011 uploaded

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video ''Umfrage zum Integrationstest (was nicht gesendet wurde)'' ("Poll of integration test (outtakes)"), where he was first seen in his first self-created-role "Antoine". The video has gained over 42 million views as of November 2021. In May 2012, his first videos of the stage program ''Teddy's Show'' were played on

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. The show contains stand-up comedy, a live band and a talk to guests. Next to Antoine, Teclebrhan also played new self-created characters there – "Percy", "Lohan Cohan", "Ernst Riedler" and "Ringo Fleischer". In April 2012, he celebrated the premiere and start of his comedy-stage tour ''Teddy Show – Was labersch du…?!'' in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2013, he published the webseries ''Bootcamp'' on his YouTube channel TeddyComedy. In the film ' by director

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, in 2014, Teclebrhan assumed a leading role on the side of

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and Sido.

Filmography

Television * 2009–2010: ''Laible und Frisch'' * 2011: '' Stolberg'' * 2011–2014: ''Teddy's Show'' * 2012: ''

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– Tödliches Idyll'' * 2012: ' * 2013: ''Lotta und die frohe Zukunft'' * 2015: ''Der Verlust'' * 2020: ''

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'' (TV series) Film * 2006: ''Beles'' (short film) * 2007: ''The Roof is on Fire'' * 2007: ''Amselfeld'' (trailer) * 2009: ''Ebony & Ivory'' (short film) * 2010: ''Sascha'' * 2010: ''Kyra, Paris'' * 2012: ''Plötzlich 70!'' * 2013: ' * 2014: ''Die Mamba'' * 2015: ' * 2019: ''

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'' *2022: "The Magic Flute" as Mr. Baumgartner

Theatre

* 2007: ''Ein ungleiches Paar'' as Manolo * 2008: ''Don Juan oder die Liebe zur Geometrie'' as Don Juan * 2007: ''Das Orchester'' as Leon * 2008: ''Schlafwagen Pegasus'' as an angel, a porter and rolling stone * 2008: ''Das lange Weihnachtsmahl'' as Charles * 2008: ''Der nackte Wahnsinn'' as Tim * 2009–2011: ''Hairspray'' (musical) as Seaweed * 2010: ''Love''

Comedy

* 2011: ''Umfrage zum Integrationstest'' (short film) as a participant on a poll * 2012: ''Teddy Show – Tournee Süd'' (stage program with Teddy and band) as Teddy, Percy, Lohan Cohan and Antoine * 2011: ''Antoine's Traum'' (short film/documentary) as Antoine * 2013: ''Bootcamp'' as Antoine * 2013: ''Teddy Show – Deutschlandtournee'' (stage program with Teddy and Band) as Teddy, Percy, Lohan Cohan, Carlos and Antoine * 2014: ''Teddy Show – Deutschlandtournee'' (stage program with Teddy and Band) as Teddy, Ernst Riedler, Percy, Lohan Cohan, Carlos and Antoine * 2015: ''Teddy Show – Deutschlandtournee'' (stage program with Teddy and Band) as Teddy, Ernst Riedler, Percy, Lohan Cohan, Carlos and Antoine

References

External links

TeddyShow official website
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YouTube channel of Tedros Teclebrhan "TeddyComedy"

Short biography and images

Preview and voting of the ZDFneo program "Teddy's Show"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Teclebrhan, Teddy 1983 births Living people Male actors from Baden-Württemberg German male comedians German people of Eritrean descent Eritrean emigrants to Germany Eritrean male actors People from Asmara People from Tübingen (district) Swabian German language Comedians from Baden-Württemberg