Oliver Polak

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Oliver Polak, 2016

Oliver Polak (born May 14, 1976 in Papenburg ) is a German comedian and author .

biography

As a German Jew, Oliver Polak's father survived the Holocaust and internment in several concentration camps and returned to his hometown Papenburg after the war. His mother, who studied German, came to Germany from Leningrad in 1975 .

Polak attended several schools in Leer and Papenburg. He graduated from high school in England at Carmel College , a Jewish Orthodox boarding school in South Oxfordshire . After an internship at VIVA on Stefan Raab's show in Cologne , he co- hosted the Viva Family and hosted the Disney Club on RTL for a year . He also played on Sat.1 in the comedy series Zack . From 2002 he was seen as Udo in the series Bernds Hexe . In 2003 he moved to Berlin , took acting lessons and started doing stand-up comedy at the beginning of 2006 , initially at Scheinbar in Berlin-Schöneberg as part of “ Open Stage ” evenings for beginners and amateurs. In 2010 Polak released the song Let's all be Jews together with the musician Erobique ( International Pony ) . In the 2013 published music video I'm Adolf Hitler of KIZ he embodies the role of Adolf Hitler .

In 2014 Polak spent several months in a mental hospital seeking treatment for his depression. He deals with this experience in his book The Jewish Patient . Since 2015 he can be seen together with Micky Beisenherz in the TV series The Laughing of Others .

From October 24th to November 26th, 2016, Polak hosted the controversial late-night show Applaus und Raus auf ProSieben . On the November 22, 2016 show, he spoke about his testicular cancer diagnosed in 2006. After several follow-up examinations, he is now considered cured. He received the Grimme Prize in the entertainment category in 2017 for moderating the show . Jürn Kruse, a member of the Grimme Prize jury, distanced himself from the award due to the show's use of the anti- handicap hashtag “#GastoderSpast”.

On December 5, 2016, Polak took part in the Pro-7 show Das Duell um die Geld with sports presenter Frank Buschmann , cook Frank Rosin and sports presenter Laura Wontorra .

Together with Micky Beisenherz , he has been producing the podcast Juwelen im Morast der Langeweile at the audio book provider Audible since November 2017 . Once a week, for an hour, they exchange ideas about their everyday life, celebrity encounters and sensitivities.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic , four episodes of the video podcast Better than War - Oliver Polak and guests were recorded. On the show, Polak speaks to his guests "about personal, intimate, controversial, philosophical topics" (rbb). The publication is in audio form on Radio Eins , in the ARD Audiothek , on iTunes and YouTube and as a linear broadcast in the programs of Radio Eins and rbb Fernsehen .

Polak lives in Berlin.

plant

The subject of Polak's cabaret programs is his childhood and youth as a German Jew in Papenburg in northern Germany. In doing so, he repeatedly addresses the relationship between non-Jewish and Jewish Germans. One of his best-known sayings is: "Let us be relaxed with each other [...] I forget about the Holocaust - and you will forgive us Michel Friedman ."

Books

Programs

  • 2010: Jud Süß Sauer - the show (CD)
  • 2012: Oliver Polak - I'm allowed to do that, I'm a Jew (DVD)
  • 2014: Oliver Polak - Sick Pig Tour
  • 2015: Oliver Polak - Super Sad Tour
  • 2017: Oliver Polak - About everything
  • 2018: Oliver Polak - The final boss

Web links

Commons : Oliver Polak  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Oliver Polak  - Quotes

Interviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “There were often misunderstandings” - Oliver Polak reports on his life as a Jewish comedian. In: marktkorb.de. November 10, 2014, accessed November 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ spex.de: Happy Message ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2010 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. , accessed November 9, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spex.de
  3. ↑ Oliver Polak on his depression: "I was the 'professional Jew'" . Spiegel online, September 21, 2014
  4. ↑ Mockery with initiation: “The laughter of others” , article in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on April 15, 2016, accessed on April 17, 2016
  5. ↑ Applause and out. In: www.prosieben.de. September 16, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Applause and out (ProSieben) - Prize Winners - Grimme Prize. In: www.grimme-preis.de. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Jürn Kruse: Letter from a Grimme jury member: Dear Oliver Polak. In: The daily newspaper . March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Jewels in the morass of boredom (original podcast). In: Audible . March 24, 2018, accessed March 24, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Better than war on rbb-online.de , accessed on April 18, 2020
  10. ↑ "Better than War": Oliver Polak makes video podcast in RBB on DWDL.de , accessed on April 18, 2020.
  11. ↑ Polak's family was the only Jewish family in Papenburg. See Oliver Polak: Not without my mom. The mother rules over Jews for a lifetime . In: Zeitmagazin No. 14, 2010.
  12. ↑ From: Oliver Polak with Jens-Oliver Haas : I am allowed to do that - I am a Jew. Kiepenheuer & Witsch , Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04050-0 , p. 11.
personal data
SURNAME Polak, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German comedian and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Papenburg