Buddy Vedder

Buddy Vedder
Vedder in 2020
Born (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Television presenter

Buddy Vedder (born 26 August 1994) is a Dutch actor and television presenter. He is known for playing the role of Rover Dekker in the soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden. He played lead roles in the musicals Murder Ballad (2020) and Saturday Night Fever (2024). Vedder is also a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer.[1]

Career

Vedder played the role of Rover Dekker from 2015 to 2017 in the soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden.[2] He left the show to focus on presenting television shows.[3][4]

Vedder won the award for Beste Zapp-presentator at the 2017 Zapp Awards.[5] He also won the award for Beste Jeugdpresentator at the 2018 Zapp Awards and 2019 Zapp Awards.[6] In 2019, he presented the show Te leuk om waar te zijn with Britt Dekker and Donnie as team captains.[7][8] In the same year, he became a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer.[9][10] Vedder played a lead role in the musical Murder Ballad in 2020.[11] He won the Favoriete Ster Jeugdprogramma award at the 2020 Zapp Awards.[12][13]

He played the role of Judas Iscariot in The Passion 2023, a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011.[14][15]

In 2024, Vedder and Jamai Loman presented the musical theatre performance television show Stars on Stage.[16][17] In the same year, he plays the role of Tony Manero in the Saturday Night Fever musical.[18][19]

Television appearances

In 2016, Vedder and Robin Martens won the dance competition television show Dance Dance Dance.[20][21] He appeared in a 2016 episode of the show Ik hou van Holland. He also appeared in a 2019 episode of the quiz show Britt's Beestenbende.[22] Vedder won the 2020 season of Wie is de Mol? by identifying Rob Dekay as the mole.[23][24][25]

Personal life

His sister Eva Vedder competes in WTA and ITF tennis competitions.[26]

Awards

  • 2017 Zapp Awards: Beste Zapp-presentator
  • 2018 Zapp Awards: Beste Jeugdpresentator
  • 2019 Zapp Awards: Beste Jeugdpresentator
  • 2020 Zapp Awards: Favoriete Ster Jeugdprogramma

Selected filmography

As actor (musical)

As actor (television)

As presenter

  • Te leuk om waar te zijn (2019)
  • Stars on Stage (2024)

As jury member

As contestant

References

  1. ^ Regeling, Judith (30 October 2024). "RTL husselt de panelleden in nieuw seizoen The Masked Singer" [RTL shuffles panel members in new season of The Masked Singer]. Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  2. ^ "GTST-acteur Buddy Vedder vindt aandacht 'bizar'" [GTST actor Buddy Vedder finds attention 'bizarre']. NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Buddy Vedder vertrekt uit Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden". NU.nl (in Dutch). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Buddy Vedder verlaat GTST" [Buddy Vedder leaves GTST]. Televizier (in Dutch). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Buddy Vedder wint Zapplive Award voor beste tv-presentator" [Buddy Vedder wins Zapplive Award for best television presenter]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 27 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Buddy Vedder wint NPO Zapp Award voor beste jeugdpresentator" [Buddy Vedder wins NPO Zapp Award for best youth presenter]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Buddy Vedder presenteert Te leuk om waar te zijn" [Buddy Vedder presents Te leuk om waar te zijn]. Televizier (in Dutch). 13 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Hilarische video's en bizarre pranks in Te leuk om waar te zijn" [Hilarious videos and bizarre pranks in Te leuk om waar te zijn]. AVROTROS (in Dutch). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Loretta Schrijver en Buddy Vedder in panel The Masked Singer" [Loretta Schrijver and Buddy Vedder in panel The Masked Singer]. AD (in Dutch). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Loretta Schrijver geniet van 'gekte met klasse' in The Masked Singer" [Loretta Schrijfer enjoys 'craziness with class' in The Masked Singer]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Buddy Vedder en Vajèn van den Bosch in nieuwe rockmusical Murder Ballad" [Buddy Vedder and Vajèn van den Bosch in new rock musical Murder Ballad]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  12. ^ "NOS Jeugdjournaal is favoriet jeugdprogramma en wint Zapp Award" [NOS Jeugdjournaal is favorite youth television show and wins Zapp Award]. NOS (in Dutch). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Dit zijn de winnaars van de Zapp Awards 2020!" [These are the winners of the 2020 Zapp Awards!]. NPO Zapp (in Dutch). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Thomas van Luyn volgt Ruud de Wild op als verteller in The Passion" [Thomas van Luyn succeeds Ruud de Wild as narrator in The Passion]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  15. ^ Segers, Maxime (7 April 2023). "2,4 miljoen kijkers voor The Passion, lof voor Buddy Vedder en Marlijn Weerdenburg: 'Wereldtalent'" [2.4 million viewers for The Passion, praise for Buddy Vedder and Marlijn Weerdenburg: 'World talent']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Jamai Loman en Buddy Vedder maken nieuw musicalprogramma voor RTL" [Jamai Loman and Buddy Vedder create new musical show for RTL]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  17. ^ "De deelnemers moeten opnieuw alles geven in Stars on Stage" [The contestants once again have to give everything in Stars on Stage]. Televizier (in Dutch). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Buddy Vedder en Esmée Dekker spelen hoofdrollen in Saturday Night Fever" [Buddy Vedder and Esmée Dekker play lead roles in Saturday Night Fever]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Hoofdrol Buddy Vedder in musical Saturday Night Fever" [Lead role Buddy Vedder in musical Saturday Night Fever]. Theater.nl (in Dutch). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Robin en Buddy winnen Dance Dance Dance" [Robin and Buddy win Dance Dance Dance]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 8 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  21. ^ den Blanken, Mark (8 October 2016). "Robin en Buddy winnen tweede seizoen Dance Dance Dance" [Robin and Buddy win second season Dance Dance Dance]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Lachen, gieren en brullen in nieuw familieprogramma Britt's beestenbende". AVROTROS (in Dutch). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Ontknoping Wie is de Mol?: 'Ik begon al voor de opnames met zaadjes planten'" [Wie is de Mol? final: 'I started planting seeds before recording']. NOS (in Dutch). 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Buddy Vedder heeft WIDM-prijzengeld nog niet uitgegeven door coronacrisis" [Buddy Vedder hasn't yet spent WIDM prize money due to corona crisis]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Dít was de enige vraag die Buddy Vedder fout had in WIDM-finale" [This was the only question Buddy Vedder answered incorrectly in WIDM final]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 22 March 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Tennis" (PDF). AD (in Dutch). 15 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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