Thomas Hermanns

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Thomas Hermanns (2019)
Thomas Hermanns with the No Angels (2008)

Thomas Hermanns (born March 5, 1963 in Bochum ) is a German television presenter , comedian , screenwriter , director and founder of the Quatsch Comedy Club .

biography

Thomas Hermanns was born in Bochum . When he was six years old, he moved with his parents to Nuremberg , where his father worked for the Federal Employment Agency . He grew up in Nuremberg- Langwasser . After high school in 1981 he studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich theater studies and graduated in 1988 his studies with the Magister from.

During his studies in 1985 a. a. seen in the video Jet Set of the band Alphaville . He has been writing and directing television programs since he was 19. In 1992, under his leadership in Hamburg, the nucleus of the German-language stand-up comedy , the Quatsch Comedy Club , which has been broadcast by ProSieben since 1996 , was born. In 2002 the club moved to Berlin , where it was given a new venue in the basement of the Friedrichstadtpalast . At the beginning of 2006, Hermanns opened a branch in Café Keese on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg .

Hermanns also stages shows and comedy programs for other artists, such as Zapped (1998), Back to Life (2000) and Paranoid (2004) for Michael Mittermeier , Suchst Du ?! (2001) for Kaya Yanar and for Gayle Tufts and Cora Frost . He directed the musical shows Grease and There's a Train Going Nowhere . In 1989 Hermanns brought the show Tommy Gardens Sing-A-Long Karaoke to Germany.

As an author, Hermanns wrote the television series Lukas (1997–1999) for Dirk Bach , wrote the script for the television film Meine Beste Feindin (2000) with Mariele Millowitsch and Doris Kunstmann and the comedy Sing, if you can! (2002), performed at the Schmidt Theater in Hamburg. In February 2009 his book Forever Disco was published , in which he deals autobiographically with the disco era.

As a TV presenter, he presented Red Nose Day on ProSieben and the Popclub in 2002 . In December 2005 he hosted the Bambi Awards together with Sky du Mont and Bettina Zimmermann . From 2006 to 2008 Hermanns presented the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . He announced that from 2009 he would be giving up the moderation of the preliminary decision and the “Grand Prix Party” out of disappointment with the quality and chances of winning the German entries.

Hermanns has lived in a registered civil partnership since 2008 . He has occasionally been a guest on Genial Beside and other television entertainment shows. Since 2010 he has hosted the variety show Die Thomas & Helga Show in Hanover , which is broadcast on NDR television.

Hermanns wrote the book for the musical Kein Pardon - The Musical , which has been performed in the Capitol Theater in Düsseldorf since November 12, 2011 . It is based on the film of the same name by Hape Kerkeling from 1993. In 2015 his musical Bussi - Das Munical premiered. It is his declaration of love for the Neue Deutsche Welle and the feeling of the 1980s that he himself experienced in the Gärtnerplatzviertel . From March to May 2018 he was on the 11th season of the RTL show Let's Dance . He took 6th place with his dance partner Regina Luca .

In 2019 he appeared on the game show Did you know? as a music expert.

Awards

  • 1997: German Comedy Prize main prize for the Quatsch Comedy Club
  • 2000: German Comedy Award Best Comedy Show for the Quatsch Comedy Club
  • 2006: Golden Camera in the Comedy category
  • 2006: LEA Live Entertainment Award in the area of ​​engagement for young artists for the Quatsch Comedy Club
  • 2007: Compass needle of the Schwulen Netzwerk NRW eV for special commitment to gay and lesbian emancipation
  • 2009: German Comedy Award Best Comedy Event for Quatsch Goes Christmas - The Great Comedy Winter Show
  • 2012: German Comedy Award Special award for 20 years of the Quatsch Comedy Club
  • 2018: Bavarian television award in the entertainment category as moderator of the entertainment program 25 Years Quatsch Comedy Club (Sky)

literature

  • Thomas Hermanns: forever disco. Scherz Verlag, Frankfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-502-15167-8 .
  • Thomas Hermanns: The Tomato Juice Mystery: Flying in Comedy Class. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-47262-8 .
  • Thomas Hermanns, Christoph Dompke: The big QUATSCH comedy book. Everything about Germany's first comedy club. Henschel Verlag, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-89487-690-6 .
  • Thomas Hermanns: Murderer Quote Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-47638-1 .
  • Thomas Hermanns: nicer is better. The high art of good humor Gräfe und Unzer Verlag, Munich 2019

Web links

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Der Spiegel: Lilli Palmer on drugs
  3. ↑ DWDL.de: "Frustrating": Hermanns gives up Grand Prix , June 1, 2008
  4. ↑ Marital happiness: Thomas Hermanns marries his friend (Spiegel Online)
  5. ↑ http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.bussi-das-munical-von-thomas-hermanns-in-der-reithalle-in-muenchen-estand-ein-koksbraeuhaus.a2f9e008-84a8-4b1f-8346 -097ae2d78711.html
  6. ↑ Let's Dance 2018: Thomas Hermanns dares to hit the dance floor. In: rtl.de , accessed on March 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ queer.de: Homo Prize for Thomas Hermanns and Rainer Jarchow , April 18, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Hermanns, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German presenter, founder of the Quatsch Comedy Club
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum