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Stand-up comedian Theo von Alten was born March 19, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana with the birth name Theodor Capitani Vonkurnatowski .  He attended several universities such as Louisiana State University, Loyola University, University of Arizona, College of Charleston, Santa Monica College and University of New Orleans.  Initially, Theo only performed stand-up comedy to a small group of stuffed toys.  He was living in a back bedroom of a duplex located in New Orleans then.  He eventually moved to Los Angeles where he continued performing, this time to a group of people in bars.

He entered the limelight when he joined several challenges of MTV's Road Rules series.  He was also seen on Late Night Show with Craig Ferguson, Battle of the Network Reality Stars and Reality TV Secrets: How to Get on the Show!  In 2006, he joined the fourth season of Last Comic Standing and won the Last Comic Downloaded title.

Theo von Alten's hobbies and interests include beekeeping, creating crafts and mixing beats.  He enjoys reading books by bestselling American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Irving.  His favorite movies are Newsies, League of their Own, Gattaca and Casablanca.  Theo likes the music of Counting Crows, Black Crowes and Josh Kelley.  Aside from reality TV programs, he takes pleasure in watching shows about cold case files.

He currently resides in Santa Monica, California and performs stand-up comedy nightly.

Theo von Alten is a prom committee member on ABC Family's reality show America's Prom Queen , where 10 high school girls live together in a mansion and compete against each other in a series of challenges that will test their “prom queen mettle.”  The contestants face weekly elimination rounds and attend a featured prom at the end of the show.  According to Theo, he was with the high school prom queen when he got into a car accident.  He was also prom king runner-up.


(Image courtesy of ABC Family)

Twenty-eight-year-old Theo Vonkurnatowski—Theo Von, as he is better known—was born on March 19, 1980. He first appeared in the ninth season of the MTV reality series Road Rules, which saw him, among others, walk a tightrope in between two hot air balloons.

He has since moved on to a career in stand-up comedy, doing the rounds of different venues while in college. He entered many colleges, including Santa Monica College, Louisiana State University, University of Arizona and College of Charleston. He has since settled in Los Angeles, where he still stages nightly shows. He frequently gets material from his life, his dysfunctional family, and life in the southern part of the country.

Von has also appeared as a regular judge in the ABC Family competition America’s Next Prom Queen, which pits ten girls in prom-related challenges. He is to appear in the Comedy Central reality show Reality Bites Back.

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