Theo Von
Theo Von (born March 19, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, host, and actor. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
Early life
Theo Von was born Theodor von Kurnatowski, in Covington, Louisiana, the son of Gina Capitani and the late Roland Vonkurnatowski Sr. He has an older brother who is an arborist and two younger sisters, all of whom currently reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Von got his start in entertainment when he auditioned for, and was cast on, MTV's Road Rules while attending Louisiana State University.
Career
After Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour, Von competed on three seasons of its spin-off show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, the last one in 2005. In 2006, he appeared on season 4 of NBC's Last Comic Standing, winning the title of Last Comic Downloaded.[1]
In the summer of 2008, Von was cast in Comedy Central's Reality Bites Back,[2] a one-season series where a cast of comedians improvise their way through faux reality show episodes. Also cast were Donnell Rawlings, Bert Kreischer, Amy Schumer, Mo Mandel and Chris Fairbanks. The series was hosted by Michael Ian Black.
In 2009, Von created "crank texting" (sending a text message to random phone numbers to incite conversations), and began his crank texting blog, www.cranktexts.com, which was picked up as a column by CollegeHumor a year later.[3]
In 2012 Von became the host of Yahoo's TV recap show, Primetime in No Time, the most watched daily show on the internet, replacing former host Frank Nicotero.
His 2012 The Half Hour premiered on Comedy Central in June 2012, and he acted in his first film, InAPPropriate Comedy, which hit theaters in March 2013.[4]
In the summer of 2013, Von hosted the new TBS hidden camera show Deal With It, executive produced by Howie Mandel.[2] The show was picked up for its 2nd season in early 2014, and a second installment of its 2nd season, schedule to shoot in the Fall of 2014. Von has also been seen on The Arsenio Hall Show, Hello Ross, Chelsea Lately and Watch What Happens Live.
Selected filmography
- Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour (2000)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge ("Battle of the Seasons", "The Gauntlet", "Battle of the Sexes 2" and "Fresh Meat")
- Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars (2005)
- Last Comic Standing (season 4) (2006)
- America's Prom Queen Judge (2008)
- Live at Gotham (2008)
- Reality Bites Back (2008)
References
- ↑ Denhart, Andy (2006-05-31). "Road Rules’ Theo changes his name, makes it to the second Last Comic Standing round". Reality Blurred (blog). Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Deal With It - Theo Von - host". TBS.com. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ↑ "CrankTexts.com - Text message conversations with total strangers". Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ↑ "Inappropriate Comedy". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2013-09-14.