Alfons (comedian)

Alfons is the stage name of Emmanuel Peterfalvi (born March 17, 1967, in Paris), a French comedian in Germany.

Peterfalvi came to Germany for his military service in the French Army. He learned the German language and decided to stay in Hamburg, after he "fell in love with Germany and the Germans". In 1994 he began his career in the television show Kalkofes Mattscheibe on German pay TV network Premiere.

On 3 November 2017, Peterfalvi became a German citizen while maintaining his native French citizenship.

Television

 * 2006–present : Alfons und Gäste (Das Erste and SWR Fernsehen)
 * 2007 : Deutschland lacht ...
 * 2009–present : Puschel TV (ARD)
 * 2014 : Ein Fall fürs All (ZDF) with Urban Priol

Radio

 * 2008–present : Gesellschaftsabend (Saarländischer Rundfunk)
 * 2015–present : Bonjour Alfons (SWR1 Baden-Württemberg)

Awards

 * 2021 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany