Peter Pannekoek

Peter Pannekoek (born 30 June 1986) is a Dutch comedian and presenter. He is best known for his participation in the Dutch version of the Comedy Central Roast and for his role as team captain in the television program Dit was het nieuws. He was born in Hilversum; his father, Jop Pannekoek, was a director of television programs, including those of the duo Van Kooten en De Bie, and his mother, Kathleen Warners, was former Head of Entertainment at the public broadcaster VARA.

Pannekoek's career as a comedian began in 2006, after he won the Amsterdam Kleinkunst Festival Comedy Concours, and in 2007 he joined the comedy company Comedytrain. From 2014 to 2016 he had a weekly column in the talk show De Wereld Draait Door. He made his theatre debut in 2015 with Zacht van binnen, and in 2016 he was seen in the Comedy Central Roast of Gordon, later becoming a regular face at the Roast. Since 2017, he has been team captain in the satirical television program Dit was het nieuws, the Dutch version of Have I Got News For You.

His show Later was alles beter premiered in 2018 and received much praise, and in 2019 it received the Neerlands Hoop, the award for best cabaret show. In 2021, Pannekoek was chosen to perform the oudejaarsconference, which was broadcast on 31 December 2021 by BNNVARA and reached more than 4 million viewers. Since 2022, he has toured with his show DNA, and from 2023 to 2024 he presented the program Waarom gaan we niet vaker?. He won the Poelifinario in 2023, and in 2025 he gave the oudejaarsconference for BNNVARA for the second time.