Michael Herbig

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Herbig at the Austrian Romy Awards 2012

Michael "Bully" Herbig (born April 29, 1968 in Munich ) is a German comedian , actor , entrepreneur , screenwriter , director , voice actor and producer . The multiple award-winning Herbig became known, among other things, with the TV show Bullyparade and the films Der Schuh des Manitu and (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 , the latter being among the most watched German productions of all time .

Career

Michael "Bully" Herbig completed a photography training after graduating from secondary school. His career as "the most successful humorist in German cinema" began in 1991 with regular appearances on radio programs such as Langemann und die Morgencrew and Die Bayern-Cops (around 800 episodes) with Rick Kavanian . Herbig was later seen on TV Munich in the TV program Der Langemann .

His first nationwide broadcast was Bully's Late Light Show , a weekly radio comedy that was broadcast nationwide on Radio Energy 's stations. Here he worked together for the first time in a team with his friends Christian Tramitz and Rick Kavanian. Herbig adapted many characters and series for the TV show Bullyparade , which was shown in ProSieben's evening program from 1997 to 2002 .

Herbig acted as voice actor in the films Back to Gaya and A Kingdom for a Lama . In 1996 he founded herbX Medienproduktion GmbH, in 1998 herbX Tonstudios and in 1999 herbX Film GmbH. Herbig made his debut as a film director in 2000 with the feature film Erkan & Stefan by the comedy duo of the same name. He worked as a director, producer, author and actor in Der Schuh des Manitu (2001), which is the ninth most successful film in Germany to date with 11.7 million visitors . In Austria, the film became the most successful film to date.

Herbig's second parody (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 was released on July 22nd, 2004. Like Der Schuh des Manitu, it is based on characters from the Bully Parade and recorded a total of 9.1 million visitors.

From September 13, 2004 on ProSieben Herbig's show Bully & Rick started , of which 28 episodes were broadcast up to January 1, 2007.

Herbig with wax figure (2009)

On July 20, 2006, Hui Buh - Das Schlossgespenst was released in cinemas. Here Herbig lent the main character the voice and appearance under the direction of Sebastian Niemann . His friends and colleagues Rick Kavanian and Christoph Maria Herbst also took on roles in the work presented by Constantin Film and produced by Christian Becker.

Herbig's animated film Lissi and the Wilder Kaiser premiered on October 25, 2007 . As so often, his close friends Christian Tramitz and Rick Kavanian played along; Bath salts were special guests.

In early 2008, Herbig was seen in a supporting role in the film Asterix at the Olympic Games .

From August 5 to November 13, 2008, Herbig filmed the animated series Wickie and the Strong Men as a feature film . He directed and can be seen in a supporting role. The film was released on September 9, 2009. The cast of the supporting roles of the "strong men" was shown as the casting show Bully sucht die stark Männer from April 15, 2008 to May 20, 2008 on ProSieben .

In July 2008 Herbig sued the Munich district court against the computer game developer Take 2 Interactive because of its game Bully: Die Ehrenlunde . Due to his nickname "Bully" and the title of the game, he feared that he "could be associated with a violent game" and demanded a sales stop and a fine. On October 23, 2008, the District Court of Munich I decided that there was no risk of confusion between the computer game and Michael "Bully" Herbig.

Herbig with Jonas Hämmerle (2009)

After his success as a director and filmmaker, Herbig concentrated more on his work as an actor. In 2011, he slipped into the role of a cabaret comedian in the Third Reich in the tragic comedy Hotel Lux , directed by Leander Haußmann .

In 2011, under the direction of Helmut Dietl, in the Kir Royal follow-up project Zettl , he embodied Max Zettl, who rose from chauffeur to editor-in-chief of an online magazine in Berlin, following in the footsteps of the Munich gossip reporter Baby Schimmerlos. In 2012, Herbig was honored with the first-ever Bernd Eichinger Prize at the 62nd German Film Prize .

In 2013 he appeared in a supporting role in the American comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, alongside Steve Carell , Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey . Herbig's comedy Buddy was released in German cinemas on December 25, 2013 . Herbig himself declared the film to be his "best since Manitou's shoe ". Parallel to the cinema release, the sitcom Bully macht Buddy was broadcast on ProSieben in November and December 2013 . Herbig directed, produced and played himself in the lead role. Rick Kavanian , Gisa Flake and Sandra Koltai could be seen at his side .

In the summer of 2016, he shot the comedy Bullyparade - The Film with Christian Tramitz and Rick Kavanian , which was to be released for the show's twentieth anniversary. The distribution was taken over by Warner Bros. , the start date in German cinemas was August 17, 2017.

The film Four Against the Bank , in which Herbig plays the uptight bank investment advisor Tobias, was released on December 25, 2016 .

The film Ballon was released at the end of September 2018 , in which he acted as director, screenwriter and producer. It is his first directorial work that is not designed as a comedy, as the film belongs to the thriller genre. The balloon flight of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families from the GDR to West Germany in 1979 is described.

Others

Herbig was nicknamed "Bully" when he was a child because he wore a jersey from FC Bayern Munich to school , whose sponsor at the time, Magirus-Deutz, advertised with the slogan "The cops are coming!" From then on, he was called "Bully" by a teacher, as several boys in the class were named Michael. Since 2008 the nickname has been part of the artist name.

On June 11, 2011 (for the public: June 14), Bavaria Filmstadt opened the Bullyversum , a 1500 m² adventure center dedicated to Herbig's life and work. It contained exhibits such as the children's room “Bullys” and event stations for his films (Schuh des Manitu, Hui Buh, (T) Raumschiff Surprise, Lissi and the wild emperor). Among other things, visitors could slip into film costumes and shoot a scene that was cut into a film. In November 2018, the Bullyversum was dissolved again for reasons of space.

Michael “Bully” Herbig is among the wax exhibits in Madame Tussaud's wax museum in Berlin.

Since 2014, Herbig has appeared in the ZDF quiz program Der Quiz-Champion as a permanent expert in the “Film and Television” category.

From December 2014 to the end of 2018, he replaced Thomas Gottschalk as Haribo's advertising face .

Companies

  • 1996: herbX medienproduktion GmbH (founder, managing director and owner) - merger with herbX film GmbH on September 30, 2008
  • 1998: herbX medienproduktion GmbH & co Studio- und Verlags-KG (founder, managing director and owner) - The recording studio was sold on July 1st 2007 to wavefront studios GmbH
  • 1999: herbX film and television production GmbH (founder, managing director and owner)
  • 1999: xframe GmbH - editing suite - co-founder to 20% until 2006
  • 2007: herbX medienproduktion GmbH & co. Verlags-KG - only publisher / without a recording studio
  • 2008: herbX film GmbH with takeover on September 30, 2008 herbX medienproduktion GmbH

Private

Herbig has been married to his long-time girlfriend Daniela since 2003, and their son Ben was born in 2010.

Works

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Space Taxi ( Stefan Raab feat. Spucky, Kork & Schrotty )
  DE 2 07/19/2004 (17 weeks)
  AT 2 07/18/2004 (18 weeks)
  CH 7th 07/18/2004 (15 weeks)
Father and Son (with Sasha )
  DE 64 09/10/2009 (2 weeks)
  • 1998: Fine Fressi
  • 2000: Rumpelstiltskin (Soundtrack Simsalagrimm)
  • 2001: Our (T) spaceship / bullyparade
  • 2001: Manitou's shoe
  • 2002: Do the Tomahawk-a-lula! Cataract (Single)
  • 2004: (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - The comedy radio play
  • 2004: Space-Taxi, Stefan Raab feat. Spucky, Kork & Schrotty (Single)
  • 2007: Lissi and the wild emperor - the royal-imperial comedy radio play
  • 2009: Father and Son, Bully & Sasha (single)
Herbig at the Berlin press launch of Lissi and the Wilder Kaiser , 2007

radio

watch TV

Movie

Herbig at the 14th Zurich Film Festival (2018)

As screenwriter (D), director (R), producer (P); unless otherwise stated, also as a performer.

Synchronized work

Awards

Herbig at the inauguration of his star on the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin (2012)

Nominated

  • 1997: Golden Rose of Montreux - nomination for Easy Bully
  • 1998: Golden Rose of Montreux - nomination for Die Bullyparade
  • 1999: Golden Rose of Montreux - Nomination for Die Bullyparade
  • 2000: German Television Award - nomination for Die Bullyparade
  • 2002: Golden Rose of Montreux - nomination for Die Bullyparade

Receive

  • 1996: BLM Radio Prize for Die Bayern-Cops - Best Comedy Series
  • 2001: Golden screen for The Shoe of Manitu - (3 million viewers)
  • 2001: Golden screen with star for The Shoe of Manitu - (6 million viewers)
  • 2001: Golden screen with two stars for The Shoe of Manitu - (9 million viewers)
  • 2001: German Television Award - nomination for Die Bullyparade
  • 2001: German Comedy Prize for Manitou's Shoe - Best Film
  • 2001: German Comedy Award for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Comedian ( Der Schuh des Manitu )
  • 2001: Bambi for Manitou's Shoe
  • 2001: Bronzener Otto awarded by BRAVO magazine to Michael Bully Herbig
  • 2001: Porcelain lion from the Bavarian State Chancellery for Manitou's Shoe - most successful film
  • 2002: Bavarian Film Prize Special Prize from the Prime Minister for Manitou's Shoe
  • 2002: Bavarian Film Prize Audience Award for the most popular film Der Schuh des Manitu
  • 2002: Jupiter awarded by Cinema magazine for Manitou's Shoe - Best Film
  • 2002: German Film Prize for Manitou's Shoe - Special Jury Prize
  • 2002: German Film Award: Audience Award Film of the Year - Manitou's Shoe
  • 2002: German Film Award: Audience Award Actor of the Year ( Der Schuh des Manitu )
  • 2002: DVD Champion for Der Schuh des Manitu - Best DVD Production
  • 2003: DIVA German Video Prize for Manitou's Shoe
  • 2004: Golden screen for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - (3 million viewers)
  • 2004: Golden screen with star for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - (6 million viewers)
  • 2004: Golden screen with two stars for (T) Spaceship Surprise - Period 1 - (9 million viewers)
  • 2004: Comet for Space Taxi , Stefan Raab feat. Spucky, Cork and Schrotty - Best Movie Song
  • 2004: German Comedy Award for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Comedian ( (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 )
  • 2004: German Comedy Prize for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - Best Cinema Comedy
  • 2004: GQ for Michael Bully Herbig - Man of the Year
  • 2004: GQ for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - Film of the Year
  • 2004: Kabel 1 & TV Movie Award for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - Most successful film of the year
  • 2004: WDR 1 Live Krone for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - Best Comedy
  • 2004: Silver Otto awarded by BRAVO magazine to Michael Bully Herbig
  • 2005: Bavarian Film Award for (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 - Best Comedy Film
  • 2005: German Comedy Award for Bully & Rick - Best Comedy Show
  • 2005: Golden Camera for Michael Bully Herbig - Comedy category
  • 2005: Jupiter awarded by Cinema magazine for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Director of German Film (T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1
  • 2005: Porcelain Lion of the Bavarian State Chancellery for (T) Spaceship Surprise - Period 1 - Most successful film
  • 2005: BZ Berlin Bear Culture Prize for Michael Bully Herbig - Film category
  • 2006: Peter Frankenfeld Prize for artistic versatility and humanitarian commitment for Michael Bully Herbig
  • 2006: Gold record in Switzerland - (3000 DVDs sold Bullyparade )
  • 2007: Animago Award for Lissi and the Wilder Kaiser - Honorary Award
  • 2007: WDR Eins Live Krone for Bully & Rick - Best Comedy Show
  • 2008: Bavarian Film Award for Lissi and the Wilder Kaiser - Audience Award
  • 2008: DIVA German Entertainment Prize for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Director ( Lissi and the Wilder Kaiser )
  • 2008: Jupiter Award for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Director ( Lissi and the Wilder Kaiser )
  • 2008: GQ for Michael Bully Herbig - Man of the Year
  • 2008: Bambi for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Actor ( The Story of Brandner Kaspar )
  • 2009: Bavarian Film Prize for Michael Bully Herbig - Best Acting Performance ( The Story of Brandner Kaspar )
  • 2009: Golden screen for Wickie and the strong men - (3 million viewers)
  • 2009: German Comedy Award for Wickie and the Strong Men - Best Cinema Comedy
  • 2009: Bambi for Wickie and the Strong Men - Best National Film
  • 2010: Golden screen of honor for Michael Bully Herbig awarded by the HDF for special merits (five films in ten years with 30 million moviegoers)
  • 2010: Bavarian Film Prize for Wickie and the Strong Men - Best Family Film
  • 2010: Bavarian Film Award for Wickie and the Strong Men - Most Popular Film / Audience Award
  • 2010: Golden Spatz of the children's jury at the Children's Film Festival in Erfurt for the best feature film
  • 2011: DIVA Entertainment Prize # 2011
  • 2011: Karl-Valentin-Order of the Munich carnival society Narrhalla
  • 2012: Bernd Eichinger Prize at the presentation of the 62nd German Film Prize
  • 2012: Star on the Boulevard of Stars
  • 2012: Querdenker Award
  • 2013: Video Champion for Michael Bully Herbig (most creative artist of the year)
  • 2014: Romy (Award) , Austrian Film Award for Michael Bully Herbig (Best Director of the Feature Film "Buddy")
  • 2014: Golden Rascal Award from the international rascal club for Michael Bully Herbig
  • 2015: Radio Regenbogen Award "Media Man of the Year 2014"
  • 2016: Best Brand Testimonial 2015 for Haribo
  • 2018: AZ star - Film of the year for "Ballon"
  • 2019: Peace Prize of German Films - Die Brücke for his film Ballon (film)

Web links

Commons : Michael Herbig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zeit interview November 2015
  2. ↑ A funny guy: How Bully Herbig became the most successful humorist in German cinema , zeit.de, article by Barbara Nolte from July 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b Article on sueddeutsche.de ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sueddeutsche.de
  4. ↑ GEE , September 2008 edition, page 47
  5. ^ The Incredible Burt Wonderstone in the IMDB Internet Movie Database , accessed March 12, 2013
  6. ↑ tz.de : Buddy - the best since Manitou's shoe , accessed on March 20, 2014
  7. ↑ Announcement in hallo-muenchen.de, accessed on August 12, 2020
  8. ↑ New Haribo advertising: Thomas Gottschalk hands over the gold bear scepter to Bully Herbig , meedia.de, message from January 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Thomas Gottschalk says goodbye to the gold bears, Bully Herbig takes over , horizont.net, notification from November 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ Haribo separates from Bully Herbig , spiegel.de, message from September 1, 2018.
  11. ↑ https://www.bunte.de/panorama/michael-bully-herbig-er-will-keine-kinder-mehr-32710.html
  12. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
  13. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search=Bully
  14. ↑ DPA-Starline: Awards: "Bully" Herbig receives Querdenker Award. In: Focus Online . November 6, 2012, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  15. ↑ a b c d http://www.michael-bully-herbig.de/auslösungen/
  16. ↑ http://meedia.de/2016/03/11/studie-michael-bully-herbig-ist-ervielreichstes-marken-testimonial-2015/
  17. ↑ https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/fahrten-friedenspreis-des-deutschen-films-fuer-bully-herbig_id_10362360.html accessed on February 22, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Herbig, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bully (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich