Theo Von

Theo Von
Birth name Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski
Born (1980-03-19) 19 March 1980
Covington, Louisiana
Medium Stand-up, Television
Years active 1999–present
Website theovon.com

Theo Von (born March 19, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, television personality, host, and actor.

Early life

Theo Von was born Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski, in Covington, Louisiana, the son of Gina Capitani and the late Roland von Kurnatowski Sr. He has an older brother who is an arborist and two younger sisters, all of whom currently reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Career

Road Rules

Von first gained fame during his college days on Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour. He later reappeared on the Road Rules spin-off , Real World/Road Rules Challenge, competing in Battle of the Seasons, The Gauntlet, Battle of the Sexes 2 and Fresh Meat.

Comedy and Hosting

In 2006, Von 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. That same year, Von was a panelist on America's Prom Queen and appeared on season 3 of Live at Gotham.

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.

In June 2012, Von's episode of The Half Hour premiered on Comedy Central, 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 finished its 32 episode run in early 2015. Von has also been seen on The Arsenio Hall Show, Hello Ross, Chelsea Lately and Watch What Happens Live.

His first one-hour comedy special 'No Offense' was released on Netflix February 26, 2016 where he revealed in his younger days he used to work at a door store.

Selected Filmography

Year Title Role
2000 Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour Himself
2001-2006 Real World/Road Rules Challenge Himself
2005 Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars Himself
2006 Last Comic Standing (season 4) Himself
2008 America's Prom Queen Himself
2008 Live at Gotham Himself
2008 Reality Bites Back Himself
2012 The Half Hour Himself
2013 InAPPropriate Comedy Mountain Climber
2013 Deal With It Himself/Host
2016 No Offense Himself

References

  1. 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. 1 2 "Deal With It - Theo Von - host". TBS.com. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  3. "CrankTexts.com - Text message conversations with total strangers". Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  4. "Inappropriate Comedy". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2013-09-14.

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