Chin Meyer

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Chin Meyer (2011)

Christian "Chin" Meyer (born September 27, 1959 in Hamburg ) is a German cabaret artist , columnist , author , actor , musical singer and speaker ("Speaker"). He became known in the figure of the satirical tax investigator "Siegmund von Driver". His topics range from politics and society to " truth " itself, but mainly deal with finance and economics .

Professional background

After graduating from high school, Chin Meyer commuted between Germany and India for many years and worked in various professions, including as a DJ, masseur, butler, naturopath, taxi driver, cook, and as a lively jukebox in the pedestrian zone of London and later throughout Europe (street theater "Human Juke Box ").

He studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in London and worked during and afterwards as a musical singer (including " Cats "). After a few smaller film roles, including 2 men, 2 women - 4 problems !? (1996, director: Vivian Naefe ), Weihnachtsfieber (1997, director: Paul Harather ), The Tourist Trap (1998, Channel 4 (GB)), Legion of the Dead (2001, director: Olaf Ittenbach ), he hit one from 1997 Career as a cabaret artist and improvisation actor . In 2000 he developed the character of the tax investigator "Siegmund von Driver" with whom he made his breakthrough in the theater-restaurant " Pomp, Duck and Circumstance ".

In addition to his solo cabaret programs, Meyer was present on television with his own TV shows. In 2007 he hosted the satirical news program “Ultimo” ( n-tv ) developed by him, Arnulf Rating and Rudi Bergmann .

"Fun from Studio One - the Chin Meyer Show" ( MDR ) followed in 2010 . Chin Meyer has been writing a column for the Berliner Kurier in the Wednesday and Saturday edition since 2003 and was also a columnist for SUPERillu from 2010 to 2011 . In 2011, he landed a YouTube hit that was clicked a million times on the “ Markus Lanz ” talk show , the “Fuselan bonds”.

From 2014 to 2015 he also ran his own YouTube channel "Happy Geld", on which he devoted himself to financial and other life issues.

Chin Meyer can currently be seen in various TV cabaret formats (including " Die Anstalt ", "Schlachthof"), as well as in its own stage program. He is booked as a " key note speaker " at major business events.

Private

Meyer grew up as the son of a landscape architect and a foreign language correspondent in Hamburg. His younger brother is the actor Hans-Werner Meyer .

social commitment

Since 2015, Chin Meyer has been the ambassador of the " German Association of Bechterew's Disease ", which offers support to Bechterew patients.

Stage programs

  • 1997 single - do-it-yourself disasters
  • 1999 Chatman - I was in there too
  • 2005 The raid of your life
  • 2009 The cheers are rolling
  • 2012 Groundlessly optimistic
  • 2013 KlangRazzia - a cabaret comedy - a cappella concert with Chin Meyer and Hans-Werner Meyer as well as Meier and the Geier
  • 2013 REICHmacher! Rub off who can!
  • 2016 Life is not a bonus farm. A triple A cabaret evening with Chin Meyer and Robert Griess
  • 2016 power! Money! Sexy? - financial cabaret
  • 2019 Leben im Plus - cabaret, money and more

Film and television appearances

Books

Discography

  • Tax Investigator (2005)
  • The Raid of Your Life (DVD, 2009)
  • The cheers are rolling (2010)
  • Groundlessly Optimistic (DVD, 2012)
  • Rich maker! Rub off who can! (2015)
  • Power! Money! Sexy? (2018)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Chin Meyer  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chin Meyer: About Chin - Chin Meyer. Retrieved on May 21, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ Meyer, Chin: Why Waste Matters . Lappan, 2015.
  3. ↑ programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: Fun from Studio 1. Accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Berliner-Kurier.de: Chin Meyer - Chin Meyer, the well-known financial cabaret artist, tax investigator and spiritual comedian, regularly writes exclusively for the Berlin KURIER. | Berliner-Kurier.de. Retrieved on May 21, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Christian Meyer. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Danistakratie: Chin Meyer: Fusel Bonds - Funny example of how bonds work! December 10, 2011, accessed May 21, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Chin Meyer's Happy Money. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ DavidLovesNY: ZDF: Die Anstalt from May 24, 2016. May 25, 2016, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ chinmeyer: Chin Meyer Schlachthof 2013. November 2, 2013, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Chin Meyer: DVMB- German Association of Bechterew's Disease - Chin Meyer. Retrieved on May 21, 2018 (German).
  11. ^ Chin M. - Studio D Entertainment. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  12. ↑ nordmende999: Chin Meyer - The cheers are rolling (trailer). December 7, 2012, accessed May 21, 2018 .
  13. ^ Chin Meyer: Stage - Chin Meyer. Retrieved on May 21, 2018 (German).
  14. ↑ Chin Meyer. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  15. ^ Cabaret artists in Germany: Chin Meyer. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  16. ^ Cabaret artists in Germany: Chin Meyer. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Stuttgart broom at renitenztheater.de
  18. ↑ LAUNEUS Award 2015 - ZT . In: ZT . ( Zukunfttraining.de [accessed on May 21, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Chin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Christian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist and improvisation actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg