Michael Mittermeier

Michael Mittermeier (2007)

Michael Mittermeier (b. 3 April 1966 in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria) is a German comedian.

Life

Michael Mittermeier was born in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria. During his childhood he lived in Bavaria. After school he learned theatre. In 1996, Mittermeier started the comedy programm Zapped.^[1] Mittermeier earned his fame with his comedy show „Zapped“ (1996) which was shown on his tours in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He also participated in different comedy television shows as well as the German TV show “Wettern, dass..?”. The most well-known parts of Zapped are parodies of German advertisements as well as the US television series McGyver, which later became a running gag. Mittermeier popularized the term “Arschgeweih” (literally: ass antler) (tramp stamp). The next comedy programs were Wahnsinnlich (1990), Zapped! (1999), Back to Life (2002), Paranoid (2004), Safari (2007) and "Achtung, Baby!" (2010). In 2001, he was featured in the music video for the Guano Apes (credited here as the Guano Babes) song, "Kumba Yo", which received massive airplay on various music channels that year.

Mittermeier was also involved in the 2010 documentary This Prison Where I Live, featuring the Burmese comedian Zarganar who was imprisoned by his country's military junta for lampooning and speaking out against them.

^[2] Mittermeier has been married to singer Gudrun Allwang since 1998.

Literature

1998: Im Rausch der Kanäle (book together with Thomas Hermanns and Gudrun Allwang)

2010: Achtung, Baby!

Awards

• Grazer Kleinkunstvogel
  • 1988
• Prix Pantheon
  • 1996: Publikumspreis Beklatscht & Ausgebuht
• Goldene Europa
  • 1998: Category Comedy
• Deutscher Comedypreis
  • 1999: Best Comedian (Publikumspreis)
  • 2000: Best Comedian (Publikumspreis)
  • 2002: Best Live-Comedy for „Back to life“
  • 2004: Best Live-Comedy
  • 2008: Best Comedian
• Eins Live Krone (WDR)
  • 2000: Best Comedian
  • 2001: Best Comedian
• Echo
  • 2001: Category Comedy
• Schneestern von Arosa
  • 2000
• Zeck-Kabarettpreis
  • 2005: Award

Notes

1. ^ ZDF:Biography Michael Mittermeier
2. ^ Mittermeier:Safari

External links

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