William Spetz

{{Short description|Swedish comedian and television personality actor}}

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| birth_place = Umeå, Sweden

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| views = 21.5 million

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William Spetz (born 4 April 1996 in Umeå) is a Swedish television personality and actor.

Career

Spetz became known after posting comedic videos on YouTube at the age of 15.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-01 |title=William Spetz: Den som är 14 och inte förvirrad borde söka hjälp |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/william-spetz-den-som-ar-14-och-inte-forvirrad-borde-soka-hjalp/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-10 |title=William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor |url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/william-spetz-jag-kunde--knappt-ata-pa-tre-veckor/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.expressen.se |language=sv}} He went on to appear in two comedic children's shows Williams lista and Scener ur ett tonårsliv which aired on SVT Play.

Spetz started blogging at the age of 12 at the blog portal Blogspot. Owing to a lack of interest, he asked the paper Västerbottens-Kuriren if he could start a youth blog at their blog portal. In May 2010, Spetz began video blogging at the YouTube channel "Lilla bloggen". In 2014, Spetz was a travelling reporter for Musikhjälpen and travelled to Mozambique.{{cite AV media|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3946&artikel=6029654|title=Följ resan som William Spetz gör för Musikhjälpen|author=Sveriges Radio|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=27 November 2014 |publisher=|accessdate=14 October 2015}} Spetz has also been a panellist at Intresseklubben on SVT.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/intresseklubben/premiaren-bjuder-pa-william-spetz-och-babben-larsson|title=Premiären bjuder på William Spetz och Babben Larsson|work=svt.se|accessdate=14 October 2015|archive-date=15 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015050053/http://www.svt.se/intresseklubben/premiaren-bjuder-pa-william-spetz-och-babben-larsson|url-status=dead}}

He was one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=sweden_who_will_compete_in_melodifestivalen_2016|title=Sweden: Who will compete in Melodifestivalen 2016?|last=Escudero|first=Victor|date=30 November 2015|work=Eurovision.tv|accessdate=3 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206031453/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=sweden_who_will_compete_in_melodifestivalen_2016|archive-date=6 December 2015|url-status=dead}}

In 2016 he wrote and starred in a one-man autobiographical show, {{lang|sv|Mormor jag vet att du är i himlen, men har du tid en timme?}} ("Grandma, I know you're up in heaven, but do you have a minute?"), an ode to his deceased grandmother.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-11 |title=William Spetz om kärleken till "Idol"-deltagaren |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/RVlM2 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}} It was shown on SVT in 2019.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-14 |title=William Spetz om succén: "Jag kände väldigt mycket för honom" |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/zG9d05 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}

Personal life

Spetz is from Umeå. His mother moved to Sweden from Pakistan as a child where she met his Swedish father.

He is openly gay.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-30 |title=William Spetz om att komma ut som homosexuell {{!}} Hänt |url=https://www.hant.se/noje/darfor-valjer-william-spetz-att-komma-ut-som-gay/5097491 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.hant.se |language=sv}}

Filmography

2019 – Quicksand{{Cite web |date=2021-10-10 |title=William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor |url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/william-spetz-jag-kunde--knappt-ata-pa-tre-veckor/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.expressen.se |language=sv}} (Netflix series) as Samir Said
2019 – {{ill|Filip och Mona|sv}} (SVT series) as Filip
2020 – {{ill|Dag för dag (film)|lt=Dag för dag|sv}} (film) as Simon
2023 – Tore (Netflix series) as Tore