Heinz Groening
Heinz Gröning (born November 18, 1965 in Emmerich ), also known as the incredible Heinz , is a German comedian , musician and presenter .
Life
After his community service, Gröning studied medicine in Cologne and worked as a doctor in an internship in pathology . He played in various bands and did street theater for many years . He gained greater fame as a regular guest on the program NightWash , which was initially broadcast on WDR television and from 2007 on Comedy Central , and as a presenter of various comedy formats.
The hallmarks of Groening's appearances are singing and reciting songs and poems he composed himself (from a Reclam booklet I am a sensitive poet, trapped in the body of an overly hairy truck driver ) as well as consciously walking to his guitar with the preceding remark that everyone Women are only there to see him step on his guitar. The name of his stage character The unbelievable Heinz , which has existed in this form since his fifth solo program Der Kaltduscher , has, according to his own admission, its origins in Groening's preference for the comic figure The unbelievable Hulk . In the meantime, Gröning has also released several CDs.
At the beginning of 2007, Groening moderated the first season of the comedy talk show a . A. wg - an answer is requested at Comedy Central, in which he spoke with four guests about current topics. From June 2007 on, Gröning presented 38 episodes of the comedy series Fun (k) haus on WDR television, from May 2010 Tobias Mann will take on the role of host. He was also the presenter of the first season of the almost three-minute "poetic comedy series" Poetry Comedy on the pay-TV channel Sat.1 Comedy .
In 2009 he brought the program Klassik meets Comedy on stage, which combines a reading of classical texts with comedy elements.
2017 he won the oldcomer Competition Old hat the jury and the audience award.
Solo programs
- 1993: More than just a reading
- 1994: On land in the morning dew
- 1999: The Laughstory
- 2001: hot summer
- 2001: The cold shower
- 2002: The incredible Heinz
- 2005: The big 1xHeinz
- 2007: Heinz G Punkt
- 2009: Classic meets comedy
- 2009: Some like Heinz
- 2010: Fuck it - actually I'm a songwriter
- 2011: World Rescue XXL - I'll put Heinz on it
- 2015: Heinz-like - like love
- 2018: Whining does not apply
- 2020: The Perfect Man - A Laughstory
Discography
- Four songs, two doubles
- Lost in the Christmas gallery
- The big 1xHeinz, Random House Audio, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-86604-261-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Gröning in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinz Gröning's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pathologist and punk rocker ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Portrait in the Rheinische Post on September 21, 2007.
- ↑ Fun (k) haus ( memento from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on wdr.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Groening, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Incredible Heinz, The |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emmerich (today: Emmerich am Rhein ) |