Emerging from Bochum, the German actor-comedian first reached a national audience in the mid-1990s as a regular on the satirical news program Die Wochenshow, where he portrayed eccentric figures such as the flamboyant talk-show host Brisko Schneider and the clueless Ottmar Zittlau. He later headlined a series of comedy films, most prominently the parody Der Wixxer (2004) and its sequel Neues vom W…
