Alfons | |
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![]() Alfons in 2009 | |
Born | Emmanuel Peterfalvi 17 March 1967 |
Nationality | French German |
Occupation(s) | Comedian, actor, television presenter |
Website | www |
Alfons is the stage name of Emmanuel Peterfalvi (born March 17, 1967, in Paris), a French comedian in Germany. [1]
Peterfalvi came to Germany for his military service in the French Army. [2] He learned the German language and decided to stay in Hamburg, after he "fell in love with Germany and the Germans". [2] In 1994 he began his career in the television show Kalkofes Mattscheibe on German pay TV network Premiere. [3]
On 3 November 2017, Peterfalvi became a German citizen while maintaining his native French citizenship. [4] [5]