Chris Tall

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Chris Tall (2016)

Chris Tall (bourgeois Christopher Nast , born May 4, 1991 in Hamburg ) is a German stand-up and film comedian . He had his breakthrough in 2013 when he won the RTL Comedy Grand Prix . In 2016 he received the German Comedy Award for Best Newcomer .

Career

Chris Tall achieved total notoriety as a multiple guest on Stefan Raab's show TV . After he called for "jokes [...] about everyone - about the disabled, about gays, about blacks -" at one of his appearances there, and after his own statements about so-called "fringe groups" repeated the anticipated audience reaction "May he do that?" formulated, this leitmotif question found widespread use, especially on social media, and attracted Chris Tall's attention as a "characteristic saying".

Chris Tall appeared on the comedy shows NightWash and Quatsch Comedy Club . His first solo program was called Transfer Endangered! ; Chris Tall toured Germany with him. In 2015 he published his book Selfie von Mutti! When parents want to be cool , he has been performing with the stage program of the same name since 2016. Among others, Chris Tall was on stage with Bülent Ceylan , Luke Mockridge and Cindy from Marzahn . In 2015 he starred in the film Abschussfahrt , in 2016 the film Männertag came with him in one of the leading roles in the cinemas. Chris Tall lived in Cologne until 2014 and has been back in Hamburg since then. In January 2017 it was announced that Chris Tall had signed a three-year exclusive contract with Constantin Entertainment and Constantin Film . This is about film, series and comedy and show projects.

Since January 2017 he has been a reporter for Die Bülent Ceylan Show and in this role he interviews passers-by. In June 2017 he got his first own primetime show on RTL, shall we bet ?! Bülent versus Chris . In the show, Chris Tall competes against Bülent Ceylan. Both must compete in a game duel and with their betting candidates. In autumn 2017 Chris Tall hosted the 1Live Comedy Night XXL , later also the German Comedy Award 2017 . Since January 2018 Chris Tall has been on tour with his third solo program And now it's dad's turn . In April 2018, RTL broadcast two episodes of its Chris! Boom! Bang! out. In the show he tries to help teenagers and parents with problems. Tall has had its own late night show on RTL since September 2018 . - The Chris Tall Show .

In 2019, Tall had his own show Chris Tall presents on Amazon Prime Video , in which he introduces a comedian in every episode.

Since June 2020 Tall has had the podcast 08/17 together with the comedian Özcan Coşar . The podcast is only available from TVNOW .

As was announced in June 2020, Tall will be a member of the jury in the 14th season of the RTL casting show Das Supertalent , alongside Dieter Bohlen , Bruce Darnell and Evelyn Burdecki .

Controversy

Chris Tall received criticism after, according to media reports, on October 14, 2017, at a solo show in Cologne in front of around 12,000 spectators, he greeted his audience with the words "We're going to torch the place today - so it's kind of a Chris Tall night!" , a phonetic and substantive allusion to the November pogroms of 1938, also known as “Kristallnacht” .

In September 2018, the then spokeswoman for the Green Youth Ricarda Lang threw him a sexist representation of women in a guest post on Bento in his show Can he do that? in front.

Awards

  • Stuttgart Comedy Clash (2011)
  • Thuringian Comedy Slam (2012)
  • Düsseldorf Comedy Slam (2012)
  • Trier Comedy Slam (2012)
  • NDR Comedy Contest (2012)
  • RTL Comedy Grand Prix (2013)
  • Stuttgart Comedy King (2013)
  • Düsseldorf Fresh Meat Comedy (2013)
  • Hamburg Comedy Cup (2014)
  • Stockstadt Cabaret Prize (2014)
  • Böblinger Mechthild (2014)
  • Wooden Broom (2015)
  • German Comedy Award as "Best Newcomer" (2016)
  • 1 Live Krone in the "Comedy" category (2018)
  • Bambi in the "Comedy" category (2019)

Filmography / TV appearances

Moderation and comedy

Acting

Discography

Singles

  • 2016: can he do that? with Ralf "Ralle" Petersen and Hack Norris

Web links

Commons : Chris Tall  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Tall , accessed: September 14, 2019, language: German
  2. ↑ Peter Ufer: The new generation gag . In: Saxon newspaper . March 8, 2016, p. 8 .
  3. ↑ Fabian Wegener: Is he allowed to do that? Chris Tall: From TV appearance with Stefan Raab to internet star . In: Berliner Zeitung / dpa . November 11, 2015, p. 25 .
  4. ↑ DWDL.de: "Exclusive contract: Constantin has big plans with Chris Tall" , accessed on January 24, 2017
  5. ↑ The Bülent Ceylan Show. RTL , accessed on February 11, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Supertalent 2020: Evelyn Burdecki and Chris Tall are now on the jury alongside Dieter Bohlen. Retrieved June 19, 2020 .
  7. ^ Right punchlines on the comedy stage. Deutschlandfunk , October 25, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Manuel Fritsch: Jokes can be flat - but not marginalized. Badische Zeitung, October 27, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Horst Piegeler: Commentary on the appearance of Chris Tall: Gag-seeking exploitation at the expense of others. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, October 16, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Ricarda Lang : "Fat or Pregnant"? Definitely better than Chris Tall. Bento , September 28, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018 .
  11. ↑ The RTL Comedy Grand Prix: Chris Tall has a big dream. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Prize winners 2014 In: hamburgercomedypokal.de , accessed on January 23, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Chris Tall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nast, Christopher (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German comedian and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg