Buddy Vedder

Buddy Vedder
Vedder in 2020
Born	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30) Utrecht, Netherlands[1]
Occupations	Actor Television presenter

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). Vedder is also a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer.[2][3]

Career

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] In 2018, he presented the Kinderprinsengrachtconcert held on the same day as the Prinsengrachtconcert.[12]

In 2019, he presented the show Te leuk om waar te zijn with Britt Dekker and Donnie as team captains.[13][14] In the same year, he became a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer.[15][16] Vedder played a lead role in the musical Murder Ballad in 2020.[17] He won the Favoriete Ster Jeugdprogramma award at the 2020 Zapp Awards.[18][19] He played a role in the 2020 film Misfit 3: De Finale directed by Erwin van den Eshof.[20] Vedder presented Deal or No Deal in 2021 and 2022.[21][22]

Since 2022, Vedder and Jamai Loman present the talent television series Holland's Got Talent.[23][24] He played the role of Judas Iscariot in The Passion 2023, a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011.[25][26]

In 2024, Vedder and Jamai Loman presented the musical theatre performance television show Stars on Stage.[27][28] He plays a role in the 2024 film De Legende van Familie Vos directed by Bob Wilbers.[29] In the same year, he plays the role of Tony Manero in the Saturday Night Fever musical.[30][31]

Television appearances

In 2016, Vedder and Robin Martens won the dance competition television show Dance Dance Dance.[32][33] He 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.[34] Vedder won the 2020 season of Wie is de Mol? by identifying Rob Dekay as the mole.[35][36][37]

Personal life

His sister Eva Vedder competes in WTA and ITF tennis competitions.[38]

Awards

• 2017 Zapp Awards: Beste Zapp-presentator
• 2018 Zapp Awards: Beste Jeugdpresentator
• 2019 Zapp Awards: Beste Jeugdpresentator
• 2020 Zapp Awards: Favoriete Ster Jeugdprogramma

Selected filmography

As actor (musical)

• Murder Ballad (2020, 2021)
• Saturday Night Fever (2024, 2025)

As actor (television)

• Goede tijden, slechte tijden (2015–2017)

As actor (film)

• De film van Dylan Haegens (2018)
• Misfit 3: De Finale (2020)
• De Legende van Familie Vos (2024)

As presenter

• Kids Top 20 (2015 – 2018)
• Te leuk om waar te zijn (2019)
• Deal or No Deal (2021–2022)
• Holland's Got Talent (2022 – present)
• Stars on Stage (2024 – present)

As jury member

• The Masked Singer (2019 – present)

As contestant

• Dance Dance Dance (2016)
• Ik hou van Holland (2016)
• De Jongens tegen de Meisjes (2017)
• Britt's Beestenbende (2019)
• Wie is de Mol? (2020)

References

1. "Buddy Vedder: 'Amsterdam was liefde op het eerste gezicht'". Mokum Magazine (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. "Ontmasker de twaalf bekende Nederlanders in The Masked Singer" [Unmask the twelve Dutch celebrities in The Masked Singer]. RTL (in Dutch). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
3. Regeling, Judith (30 October 2024). "RTL husselt de panelleden in nieuw seizoen The Masked Singer" [RTL shuffles panel members in new season of The Masked Singer]. Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
4. "GTST-acteur Buddy Vedder gaat Kids Top 20 presenteren" [GTST actor Buddy Vedder will present Kids Top 20]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. Willemsen, Jef (28 August 2018). "Buddy Vedder verlaat Kids Top 20" [Buddy Vedder leaves Kids Top 20]. Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "GTST-acteur Buddy Vedder vindt aandacht 'bizar'" [GTST actor Buddy Vedder finds attention 'bizarre']. NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
7. "Buddy Vedder verlaat huilend GTST om zich te focussen op presenteercarrière" [Buddy Vedder leaves GTST in tears to focus on presentation career]. AD (in Dutch). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
8. "Buddy Vedder vertrekt uit Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden". NU.nl (in Dutch). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
9. "Buddy Vedder verlaat GTST" [Buddy Vedder leaves GTST]. Televizier (in Dutch). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
10. "Buddy Vedder wint Zapplive Award voor beste tv-presentator" [Buddy Vedder wins Zapplive Award for best television presenter]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 27 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
11. "Buddy Vedder wint NPO Zapp Award voor beste jeugdpresentator" [Buddy Vedder wins NPO Zapp Award for best youth presenter]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
12. "Buddy Vedder neemt presentatie Kinderprinsengrachtconcert over van Yes-R" [Buddy Vedder takes over presentation [of] Kinderprinsengrachtconcert from Yes-R]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
13. "Buddy Vedder presenteert Te leuk om waar te zijn" [Buddy Vedder presents Te leuk om waar te zijn]. Televizier (in Dutch). 13 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
14. "Hilarische video's en bizarre pranks in Te leuk om waar te zijn" [Hilarious videos and bizarre pranks in Te leuk om waar te zijn]. AVROTROS (in Dutch). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
15. "Loretta Schrijver en Buddy Vedder in panel The Masked Singer" [Loretta Schrijver and Buddy Vedder in panel The Masked Singer]. AD (in Dutch). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
16. "Loretta Schrijver geniet van 'gekte met klasse' in The Masked Singer" [Loretta Schrijfer enjoys 'craziness with class' in The Masked Singer]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
17. "Buddy Vedder en Vajèn van den Bosch in nieuwe rockmusical Murder Ballad" [Buddy Vedder and Vajèn van den Bosch in new rock musical Murder Ballad]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
18. "NOS Jeugdjournaal is favoriet jeugdprogramma en wint Zapp Award" [NOS Jeugdjournaal is favorite youth television show and wins Zapp Award]. NOS (in Dutch). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
19. "Dit zijn de winnaars van de Zapp Awards 2020!" [These are the winners of the 2020 Zapp Awards!]. NPO Zapp (in Dutch). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
20. "Filmkomedie Misfit krijgt derde deel, in december in de bioscoop" [Comedy film Misfit gets third installment, in cinema in December]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
21. "Buddy Vedder verklaart tv-pauze na mislukken Deal or no Deal" [Buddy Vedder explains TV hiatus after Deal or no Deal failure]. Mediacourant (in Dutch). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
22. "De laatste Deal or no deal voor Buddy Vedder" [The last Deal or no deal for Buddy Vedder]. Televizier (in Dutch). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
23. "Holland's Got Talent terug bij RTL 4" [Holland's Got Talent back on RTL 4]. RTL (in Dutch). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
24. "Winnaar veertiende seizoen talentenjacht Holland's Got Talent bekend" [Winner fourteenth season of talent show Holland's Got Talent announced]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
25. "Thomas van Luyn volgt Ruud de Wild op als verteller in The Passion" [Thomas van Luyn succeeds Ruud de Wild as narrator in The Passion]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
26. Segers, Maxime (7 April 2023). "2,4 miljoen kijkers voor The Passion, lof voor Buddy Vedder en Marlijn Weerdenburg: 'Wereldtalent'" [2.4 million viewers for The Passion, praise for Buddy Vedder and Marlijn Weerdenburg: 'World talent']. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
27. "Jamai Loman en Buddy Vedder maken nieuw musicalprogramma voor RTL" [Jamai Loman and Buddy Vedder create new musical show for RTL]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
28. "De deelnemers moeten opnieuw alles geven in Stars on Stage" [The contestants once again have to give everything in Stars on Stage]. Televizier (in Dutch). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
29. Koning, Nanneke (6 March 2023). "Opnamen De legende van de familie Vos van start". Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
30. "Buddy Vedder en Esmée Dekker spelen hoofdrollen in Saturday Night Fever" [Buddy Vedder and Esmée Dekker play lead roles in Saturday Night Fever]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
31. "Hoofdrol Buddy Vedder in musical Saturday Night Fever" [Lead role Buddy Vedder in musical Saturday Night Fever]. Theater.nl (in Dutch). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
32. "Robin en Buddy winnen Dance Dance Dance" [Robin and Buddy win Dance Dance Dance]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 8 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
33. den Blanken, Mark (8 October 2016). "Robin en Buddy winnen tweede seizoen Dance Dance Dance" [Robin and Buddy win second season Dance Dance Dance]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
34. "Lachen, gieren en brullen in nieuw familieprogramma Britt's beestenbende". AVROTROS (in Dutch). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
35. "Ontknoping Wie is de Mol?: 'Ik begon al voor de opnames met zaadjes planten'" [Wie is de Mol? final: 'I started planting seeds before recording']. NOS (in Dutch). 14 March 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
36. "Buddy Vedder heeft WIDM-prijzengeld nog niet uitgegeven door coronacrisis" [Buddy Vedder hasn't yet spent WIDM prize money due to corona crisis]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
37. "Dít was de enige vraag die Buddy Vedder fout had in WIDM-finale" [This was the only question Buddy Vedder answered incorrectly in WIDM final]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 22 March 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
38. "Tennis" (PDF). AD (in Dutch). 15 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

External links

• Buddy Vedder at IMDb