Robert Heinrich Palfrader (born 11 November 1968 in

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) is an

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-born

actor, comedian and author.

Biography

Originally, he was the owner of a café in Vienna's

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district. His career in entertainment started when he was discovered by an agency in

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, where he was working for TV station SAT 1. In

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, he initially worked for local radio station Wien 1, before being employed by national broadcaster

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. There he has mainly done

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shows, the most popular being ''echt fett'', a

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prank show (based on

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format

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), and '' Wir sind Kaiser'' ( We are Emperor), a political satire where the

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is restored. There, Palfrader plays the ''"Emperor Robert Heinrich"'' based on the

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. On the theatre stage, he has been playing at Vienna's Rabenhof-Theater and at the city's Volkstheater, in plays by

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and Ferenc Molnar.

References

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