Anders Matthesen
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Anders "Anden" ("The Duck") Matthesen (born July 6, 1975) is a Danish stand-up comedian, actor and singer. He is known for creating a wide array of memorable characters and stereotypes which he uses as alter-egos in performances.
After failing as a rapper, Matthesen started his stand-up career at the Danish Stand-Up Championship in 1993, where he finished in second place. After making a name on this scene, as well as through his comedy radio stories, he also contributed to several other projects. For example, a television advent calendar (a Danish tradition, where an episode of a television show is shown every day from the 1st to 24th of December) featured several characters of his invention, all of them played by himself. These included the drunken, prostitute-addicted sailor Stewart Stardust, and his junkie son, Danny. The story revolves around Stewart's hot dog stand, which a band of terrorists attempts to use to detonate a nuclear device during a UN meeting in Copenhagen.
Anders Matthesen has also released several CDs with his radio material, in addition to the animated movie Terkel i knibe, based on one of these. He has also shown himself as a capable actor in a few plays including one about the life of the Danish travel tycoon Simon Spies. Recently he has revisited rapping on his album Soevnloes.
[edit] CD and DVD releases
- 2000 Hva' snakker du om? - Den ka' byttes vol. 1 (CD)
- 2001 Hva' snakker du om (DVD/VHS)
- 2001 Hva' snakker du om? - Arne Fortæller... Terkel i Knibe (CD)
- 2002 Den ægte vare (DVD/VHS)
- 2002 9 års jubilæum (DVD/VHS)
- 2003 Jul på Vesterbro (CD)
- 2004 Jul på Vesterbro (DVD)
- 2004 Tal for dig selv (DVD)
- 2004 Terkel i Knibe (DVD)
- 2006 Soevnloes (CD)
- 2006 Rene Hjerter (Movie)
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