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 Asmara, Ethiopia in 1983 and was the youngest of three sons. He grew up in Mössingen, Germany. After the Zivildienst, he attended an international acting academy, the CreArte in Stuttgart, 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 Rhineland in Stolberg on the network ZDF.
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 YouTube 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 broadcast on ZDFneo. The show contained stand-up comedy, a live band and chatting with guests. Besides 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 Half Brothers by director Christian Alvart, in 2014, Teclebrhan assumed a leading role on the side of Fahri Yardım and Sido.
In 2021, he was the runner-up in Amazon Prime's first series of Last One Laughing Deutschland. The winner Thorsten Sträter chose to share his prize with Teclebrhan. Teddy Teclebrhan went on to win series 7 in 2026.
Television
2009–2010: Laible und Frisch
2011: Stolberg
2011–2014: Teddy's Show
2012: Stuttgart Homicide – Tödliches Idyll
2012: Und weg bist du
2013: Lotta und die frohe Zukunft
2015: Der Verlust
2020: Bad Banks (TV series)
2021: Last One Laughing Deutschland
2026: Last One Laughing Deutschland
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: Among Enemies
2014: Die Mamba
2015: Half Brothers
2019: System Crasher
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
YouTube channel of Tedros Teclebrhan "TeddyComedy"
Short biography and images
Preview and voting of the ZDFneo program "Teddy's Show" Archived 12 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine