Anders Matthesen
Encyclopedia
Anders "Anden" Matthesen (born July 6, 1975) is a Danish
stand-up comedian, actor
and rapper. 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 "Julekalender", Jul på Vesterbro, featured fourteen 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 in Trouble
, 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, to great success, selling enough records to earn a "Guldplade".
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
stand-up comedian, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and rapper. 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
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
, 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 "Julekalender", Jul på Vesterbro, featured fourteen 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
Hot dog stand
A hot dog stand is a food business stand that sells hot dogs, usually from an external counter on a public thoroughfare such as a road, street, ballpark, mall, or food court....
, which a band of terrorists attempts to use to detonate a nuclear device during a UN meeting in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.
Anders Matthesen has also released several CDs with his radio material, in addition to the animated movie Terkel in Trouble
Terkel in Trouble
Terkel in Trouble is a Danish animated film. In the original language all the voices are done by stand-up comedian Anders Matthesen, who also wrote the original story – released on a CD.-Plot summary:...
, 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
Simon Spies
Simon Ove Christian Oglivie Spies was a famous Danish tycoon, best known for starting the charter airline Spies Rejser, which is owned by MyTravel today....
. Recently he has revisited rapping on his album Soevnloes, to great success, selling enough records to earn a "Guldplade".
Discography
- 2000 Hva' snakker du om? - Den ka' byttes Vol. 1
- 2001 Hva' snakker du om? - Arne fortæller... Terkel i knibe
- 2003 Jul på Vesterbro
- 2005 Snedronningen (Co-produced three tracks)
- 2006 Soevnloes
- 2010 Villa Peakstate
Stand-up
- 2001 Hva' snakker du om?
- 2001 Talegaver til børn 2001 (vært sammen med Mick Øgendahl)
- 2002 Talegaver til børn 2002
- 2002 9 års jubilæum
- 2002 Den ægte vare
- 2004 Tal for dig selv
- 2006 Anden paa coke?
- 2008 Anders Matthesen ...vender tilbage
- 2009 Bytte, bytte købmand
- 2012 "ANDERS"
TV productions
- 1999 Casper og Mandrilaftalen
- 2001 Langt fra Las VegasLangt fra Las VegasLangt fra Las Vegas is a Danish sit-com, which was first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It revolved around life at a newly started TV morning show, Jump Start, and focused on the life of the main character, Casper .Langt fra Las Vegas consisted of 53 episodes, aired over 5 seasons with...
- 2002 Perforama
- 2004 Jul på Vesterbro
- 2008 Comedy Kuren