Buddy Vedder | |
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 Vedder in 2020 | |
| Born | 26 August 1994 Utrecht, Netherlands [1] |
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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, 2025). Vedder is also a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer . [2] [3]
Vedder presented the Kids Top 20 television show from 2015 to 2018. [4] [5] He played the role of Rover Dekker from 2015 to 2017 in the soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden . [6] [7] He left the show to focus on presenting television shows. [8] [9]
Vedder won the award for Beste Zapp-presentator at the 2017 Zapp Awards. [10] He also won the award for Beste Jeugdpresentator at the 2018 Zapp Awards and 2019 Zapp Awards. [11] [12] In 2018, he presented the Kinderprinsengrachtconcert held on the same day as the Prinsengrachtconcert . [13]
In 2019, he presented the show Te leuk om waar te zijn with Britt Dekker and Donnie as team captains. [14] [15] In the show, two teams need to decide which short videos are real and which are fake. In the same year, he became a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer . [16] [17] Vedder played a lead role in the musical Murder Ballad in 2020. [18] He won the Favoriete Ster Jeugdprogramma award at the 2020 Zapp Awards. [19] [20] He played a role in the 2020 film Misfit 3: De Finale directed by Erwin van den Eshof. [21] Vedder presented the game show Deal or No Deal in 2021 and 2022. [22] [23]
Since 2022, Vedder and Jamai Loman present the talent television series Holland's Got Talent . [24] [25] He played the role of Judas Iscariot in The Passion 2023 , a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011. [26] [27]
In 2024, Vedder and Jamai Loman presented the musical theatre performance television show Stars on Stage. [28] [29] He plays a role in the 2024 film De Legende van Familie Vos directed by Bob Wilbers. [30] In the same year, he plays the role of Tony Manero in the Saturday Night Fever musical. [31] [32]
As of February 2025 [update] , Vedder and Jamai Loman are scheduled to present the second season of Stars on Stage in 2025. [33] [34]
Vedder provided the Dutch voice for characters in multiple films, including The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and The Queen's Corgi (2019). [35] [36] [37] He also voiced characters in the films The Boss Baby (2017), Trolls World Tour (2020) and Luca (2021). [38] [39] [40]
In 2016, Vedder and Robin Martens won the dance competition television show Dance Dance Dance. [41] [42] After winning the show Dance Dance Dance, he performed with dancers in his own stage show titled Buddy On Tour. [43] [44] Vedder 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 . [45]
Vedder won the 2020 season of Wie is de Mol? by identifying Rob Dekay as the mole. [46] [47] [48] He appeared in multiple episodes of the singing show Secret Duets and he also became a panel member in the show. [49] [50]
His sister Eva Vedder competes in WTA and ITF tennis competitions. [51] [52]
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