Tom Gerhardt

Tom Gerhardt at the premiere of Volltreffer in 2016

Tom Gerhardt (born December 12, 1956 in Cologne ) is a German comedian and actor .

Life

After graduating from high school , Gerhardt did his basic military service as a tank hunter . He then studied German and philosophy and wrote a master's thesis on The Philosophy of Language of Nikolaus Cusanus .

As a freelancer for the Cologne tabloid Express , he also wrote reports on Cologne's cultural scene. After starting out as an entertainer, he stopped working for the newspaper in the 1990s.

In 1988 he became known with his program Dachshund with Sekt ; Jürgen von der Lippe had discovered him . He celebrated successes with the films Voll normaaal from 1994 and with Ballermann 6 from 1997. Another successful project was the TV series Hausmeister Krause , which was broadcast from 1999 to 2010 - order must be . The last film sequel for the time being with the character of Tommie in the lead role followed in 2011 with Die Superbullen . In 2011 he returned to the stage after 10 years with his new program Naked and in Color .

Since 2015 Gerhardt has played the sad and comical loser Mathias Bommes in the play Dinner for Spinners by Francis Veber (director: René Heinersdorff ) . Together with Franz Krause he wrote the comedy Chains of Love . In October 2019 Gerhardt published a children's book together with his son Rodrigo.

Gerhardt has a daughter from one of his first two marriages. He has a son (* 2010) with the Brazilian Nadja da Silva, whom he married in 2019.

honors and awards

2017 Golden care heart from the care network "Strong partners - care network in the Heinsberg district ".

2013 Honorary Prize of the German Comedy Prize

2011 honorary citizen of Cologne-Kalk .

In 2002 Gerhardt received the German Comedy Prize for caretaker Krause .

Filmography

Movies

1994: Fully normal
1997: Ballermann 6
1999: The polar bear
2003: Pura Vida Ibiza
2004: Germanikus
2004: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (guest appearance as Zombie)
2004: 7 dwarfs - men alone in the forest
2005: Siegfried
2009: Dinosaurs - You Look Old Against Us!
2010: Naughty Girls 2
2011: The super bulls
2011: The Blender
2012: Agent Ranjid saves the world
2013: The silt and the secret of the golden pocket watch
2014: Neighbors sweet and sour (TV movie)
2015: Schmidt's cat
2016: direct hit (TV movie)
2017: Ritter Rost 2 - Das Schrottkomplott (speaking role as burner fire tongs)
2018: Piss off, Snow White

TV Shows

1999–2008 / 2010: Caretaker Krause - order is a must
2015: SOKO 5113 - And then Alf came
2018: Einstein: Season 2 Episode 4: Current, as groundskeeper

Stage programs

1988–1992: Dachshund with champagne
1992–1994: Full the disco
1995-1996: Fully perverted
1999–2000: AU WEIA!
from 2011: nude and in color
2017–2018: chains of love

Trivia

On February 12, 2000, Gerhardt performed at a wrestling event called the WCW Millennium Tour in Oberhausen . He played an exhibition match against the German wrestler "Berlyn" Alex Wright for his exhaust.
On the album buy me! der Toten Hosen from 1993 Gerhardt has a small speaking role in the song Rambo-Dance , the Toten Hosen in turn responded by a guest appearance in the film Voll normaaal .
On March 8, 2008, he took part in the Wok World Cup in a four-person wok for the “Seat World Champion Wok” team.