Gerd Dudenhöffer

Gerd Dudenhöffer (2014)

Gerd Dudenhöffer (born October 13, 1949 in Bexbach ) is a German cabaret artist and writer . His most famous stage and film character is Heinz Becker .

Life

Dudenhöffer studied graphic design in Munich and then worked as a graphic designer. He has been a cabaret artist since 1977 . From 1984 he worked on the TV talk show So isses as Jürgen von der Lippes co-moderator (at that time under his own name). In 1985 he made his first solo appearance as Heinz Becker . Since then, Dudenhöffer has been touring all over Germany with his programs.

In 1991, the television series Familie Heinz Becker was created , of which there are a total of seven seasons, each with six episodes, which have now also appeared on DVD. Dudenhöffer is the author of all episodes. The cast of Hilde changed twice, that of Stefan changed for the last two seasons. In 1999 the film Tach, Herr Dokter! - The Heinz Becker film in German cinemas.

Dudenhöffer is married and has two children.

Stage programs

cabaret

1985: I need to know TV
1986: change of scenery
1987: Kischde un Kaschde
1989: Amsel, Drossel, Fink and Heinz
1990: Heinz Pur
1992: You must excuse me!
1994: Heinz in the moon
1996: Woodruff with aftertaste
1998: Basta!
2003: zero and right!
2005: contradiction
2007: Without a cap ... ... unthinkable
2009: cosmopolitan
2011: dead end
2013: The world is getting closer
2015: Vita. Chronicle of a standstill
2017: Deja Vu
2019: DOD

theatre

2001: The Heinz Becker family shows: Two to Hawaii

Movie and TV

Movies

1988: strong times
1991: Pappa ante portas (waiter)
1994: Laumann, Herbert Laumann (Herbert Laumann) (ARD contribution to the Golden Rose of Montreux )
1999: Tach, Mr. Dokter! - The Heinz Becker film (Heinz Becker)

Series

1984: Episode Evangelical in the series Stories from Home
1984–1989: So isses
1992–2004: Heinz Becker family

Documentation

2017: Heinz Becker family - laughing stories (SWR television)

Discography

Albums

1982: Saarbrettl (sampler with two pieces by Gerd Dudenhöffer: Prof. Dr. Laber and Der Studiogast )
1982: At 12 we go!
1984: I know my leader
1984: the joke
1986: I need to know TV
1987: change of scenery
1992: Heinz Becker
1992: 100% Heinz
1994: She must excuse me
1995: Heinz in the moon
1997: Woodruff with aftertaste
1999: Basta!
2005: Zero and Correct!

Video albums

1994: She must excuse me (cabaret)
1996: Heinz im Mond (cabaret)
1997: Woodruff with aftertaste (cabaret)
1999: Tach, Mr. Dokter! - The Heinz Becker film (film)
2004: Two to Hawaii (cabaret)
2006: Family Heinz Becker - 2nd season (series)
2007: Family Heinz Becker - 3rd season (series)
2007: Heinz Becker family - 4th season (series)
2007: Heinz Becker family - 5th season (series)
2007: Heinz Becker family - 6th season (series)
2007: Heinz Becker family - 7th season (series)
2007: Family Heinz Becker - Every year again (short film)
2007: Family Heinz Becker - 1st season (series)
2008: Basta! (Cabaret)
2008: Zero and Correct! (Cabaret)
2008: contradiction (cabaret)

Radio plays and books

1988: Lyoner 1 does not answer (radio play, SR, double LP and CD), directed by Manfred Sexauer
1989: Lyoner 2 knows no borders (radio play, SR, double LP and CD), director: Manfred Sexauer
1995: Our Keenich I, stories from an unlikely Saarland royal family by Claus Zewe (radio play, SR, LP and CD), director: Manfred Spoo
1995: Our Keenich II (radio play, SR, LP and CD), director: Manfred Spoo
1995: Our Keenich III (radio play, SR, LP and CD), director: Manfred Spoo
2006: The Journey to Talibu (3 CD). A short story, craftsman promotion, ISBN 978-3-00-020326-8 .

literature

1984: The Heinz Becker story by Gerhard Bungert , Gerd Dudenhöffer and Charly Lehnert , Queißer Verlag, ISBN 978-3-921815-52-6 .
1986: “… everything chattered!” Heinz Becker tells , rororo tomate , ISBN 978-3-499-15949-7 .
1998: Opuscula - Lyrische Gedichde (sic!), Eichborn Verlag , ISBN 978-3-8218-3536-5 .
1999: Tach Herr Dokter (screenplay), Eichborn, ISBN 978-3-8218-3489-4 .
2001: Opuscula Nova (poems), Eichborn, ISBN 978-3-8218-3725-3 .
2005: The trip to Talibu (story), craftsman doctorate, ISBN 978-3-00-017191-8 .
2013: Gerd Dudenhöffer reads Dudenhöffer - poems, stories and texts from a reading , ISBN 978-3-00-043412-9 .

Awards

1994: Telestar for the best comedy series: Heinz Becker family
1997: Saarland Order of Merit
1997: Golden Europe des SR: most successful comedy series on ARD: Heinz Becker family
2004: German Comedy Award: Best Comedy Series: Heinz Becker Family
2006: Peace Stream Prize
2015: German Cabaret Prize (Honorary Prize)

Trivia

In 1991 Dudenhöffer made a guest appearance as a waiter in Loriot's film Pappa ante portas .
In 1998 Dudenhöffer published a collection of humorous poems called Opuscula , followed by Opuscula Nova 2001.
The episode every year again from the Heinz Becker family series has been running for several years in the first and also various third programs in the evening program on Christmas Eve .