Robert Fux

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Robert Fux
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Born
Robert Claus Johan Fux

(1979-05-15) May 15, 1979 (age 44)
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Actor, Performance Artist, Playwright, Drag Queen
Years active1998 - Present
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Robert Fux in drag

Robert Claus Johan Fux (born May 15, 1979, in Kalmar, Sweden)[ citation needed ] is a Swedish actor, performance artist, playwright and drag queen.

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Early life and education

Robert Fux grew up outside of Kalmar and in Vienna, Austria along with six siblings. [1] He is an alumnus of the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.[ citation needed ]

Theatre

Roles (non-exhaustive)

YearRoleTitleDirectorVenue
2007Räven som slukade böcker
Stockholm City Theatre
2008Salong Giraff
Stockholm City Theatre
2011Sugarstar Sockerstjärna
Stockholm City Theatre
Barnen ifrån Frostmofjället
Stockholm City Theatre
2012 Orlando
Stockholm City Theatre
2014 Herbert Tingsten Ansvaret är vårt – Tingsten… Carolina Frände Kulturhuset Stadsteatern [2]
2015Konferencieren Cabaret
John Kander, Fred Ebb och Joe Masteroff
Ronny Danielsson Kulturhuset Stadsteatern [3]
2016MedverkandeMaratondansen (They Shoot Horses Don't They?)
Horace McCoy
Kenneth Kvarnström Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
Tybalt Romeo och Julia (The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet)
William Shakespeare
Linus Tunström Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
2017Ulli LerchLite lugn före stormen (Ein bisschen Ruhe vor dem Sturm)
Theresia Walser
Dennis Sandin Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
Pickering My Fair Lady
Alan Jay Lerner och Frederick Loewe
Elisa Kragerup Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
2018MartaNed med vapnen! (Die Waffen nieder!)
Bertha von Suttner
Nora Nilsson Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
2019Claire Jungfruleken (Les Bonnes)
Jean Genet
Richard Turpin Kulturhuset Stadsteatern/
Teater Giljotin
2020MedverkandeDet stora teaterkalaset
Calle Norlén
Sissela Kyle Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
2021KonferencierenAlmstriden Hans Marklund Kulturhuset Stadsteatern/

Parkteatern

Dragshow – av och med Robert Fux [4] Vara Konserthus

TV

On September 6, 2022, it was announced that he had been cast as the host of Drag Race Sverige [5]

Awards and accolades

Sources

  1. By, Ulrika. ""Vi var individer i första hand och barn i andra"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. "Kulturhuset Stadsteatern". tkt.kulturhusetstadsteatern.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. "Cabaret" (in Swedish). Stockholm City Theatre. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. "Dragshow av och med Robert Fux | En produktion av Vara Konserthus". Vara Konserthus (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  5. Nolfi, Joey. "RuPaul's Drag Race Sweden names Robert Fux as host". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ""(Nästan) alla prisstagare"" (in Swedish).
  7. ""Fux på Kattis och Stjärnfall på torget"" (in Swedish). QX.se.
  8. ""Robert Fux hyllad med nytt scenkonstpris"" (in Swedish). QX.se.

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