Tedros Teclebrhan

Tedros "Teddy" Teclebrhan, born September 1, 1983, in Asmara, is a German comedian and actor, best known for his stand-up stage comedy Teddy Comedy. He was the youngest of three sons and grew up in Mossingen, Germany. After completing his Zivildienst, he attended the international acting academy CreArte in Stuttgart, from which he graduated in 2008.

Teclebrhan first appeared on television in 2009, playing a Swabian gas station leaseholder in Laible und Frisch on SWR and a drug dealer from the Rhineland in Stolberg on ZDF. The same year he had his stage debut in the musical Hairspray, playing the role of Seaweed J. Stubbs from December 2009 to September 2010. He gained wide attention with the 2011 YouTube video Umfrage zum Integrationstest, where he first appeared in his self-created role "Antoine"; the video had gained over 42 million views as of November 2021.

In May 2012 the first videos of his stage programme Teddy's Show were broadcast on ZDFneo, featuring stand-up comedy, a live band and talks with guests. Alongside Antoine, he played further self-created characters such as "Percy", "Lohan Cohan", "Ernst Riedler" and "Ringo Fleischer". In April 2012 he premiered his comedy tour Teddy Show in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and in 2013 he published the web series Bootcamp on his YouTube channel TeddyComedy. In 2014 he took a leading role in the film Half Brothers by director Christian Alvart, alongside Fahri Yardim and Sido.