He cut his teeth in the mid to late 90’s (after graduating from Rhodes University) as an actor specializing in Physical theatre with a natural talent for physical comedy. To this day, Rob’s stand-up is characterized by absurd, surreal, and disturbingly hilarious physical interpretations of situations and characters. As far back as 1999 the press had begun to pick up on this remarkable young comedic talent.“A natural funnyman…remarkable comic timing“ The Argus. “An exhilarating talent…to captivate this much is rare. “The Burger. “ Van Vuuren’s work is hot. “ The Cue. In the year 2000 Rob teamed up with obnoxiously talented tall person Louw Venter after meeting on a B-Grade Dutch action film being shot in Cape Town and the proud couple promptly gave birth to Corne and Twakkie and The Most Amazing Show. TMAS and its insane mustachioed hosts became a cult phenomenon in South Africa spawning 2 unforgettable seasons of an award winning television series, 1000’s of indescribably insane live shows and a legion of rabid fans who have made a considerable dent in the South African lexicon. It was this introduction to and tutelage in comedy beyond the fourth wall that TMAS provided him with that led to Rob’s addiction to stand-up comedy. Terrified with the thought of doing 5 minutes at a comedy club Rob wrote his first full length one man stand –up comedy show (Rob van Vuuren is Rob van Vuuren) in 2008. The show was nominated as the one man show of the year in the (now defunct) SA Comedy Awards of that year and Rob also picked up the Nandos Breakthrough Act Award the” Live and Kicking ” comedy club at the 2008 National Arts Festival. He has subsequently worked hard in comedy clubs throughout South Africa to become a hysterically funny, well respected and bankable host and headline comedian. The fact that Rob was voted as the Breakthrough Act Award Winner at the inaugural Comic Choice Awards by his peers pays testament to this.Rob has most recently added two Standard Bank Ovation Awards to his collection of shiny baubles for his second one man show, the aptly titled ‘Rob van Vuuren – Live’ and the groundbreaking comedy variety show ‘Pants on Fire”.