Michael Kessler (born 24 June 1967) is a German actor, comedian and author.

Career

Theater

Kessler had his acting training at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992. Afterwards he began acting roles at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Mannheim and

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. Since 2005, he has starred alongside

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, Bastian Pastewka, and Jürgen Tonkel in the play ''Männerhort'' at the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' theater in

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Film

In 1991, he appeared in the comedy film '' Manta, Manta'' and after that he acted in numerous big screen productions like '' Schtonk!'', '' Little Sharks'', and '. In 2006, he starred in '. In 2015, he starred in '' Schmidts Katze''.

Short movies

In 2002, he had a starring role in the acclaimed film ''Zwei Wochen Argentinien'' ("Two Weeks in Argentina"). Later in 2003, he took part in ''Glückstag'' ("Lucky Day") and ''Für gutes Betragen'' ("For Good Behaviour").

Television

Kessler has been working for television since 1992. Among the productions he participated are ''Siebenbirken'', '' Schwarz greift ein'', ''Das Schicksal der Woche'', ''Hotel Mama 1-3'', ''Sonntags geöffnet'', ''The Last Courier'', ''Sophie'', ''Callboy'', ''Kommissare Südwest'', '' St. Angela'', '' Ein Fall für zwei'', '' Großstadtrevier'', ''

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'', '' Der kleine Mönch'', '' SK Kölsch'', ''Das Leben der Philosophen'', and '' Cologne P.D.'' He has starred in the comedy series '' Kesslers Knigge.''

Comedy

From 1999 to 2000, Kessler was a cast member of ''Switch''. From 2001 to 2002, he was part of the '' Wochenshow'' cast. Afterwards, he appeared on ''Axel!'', ''Urmel aus dem Eis'', '' Ladyland'', and '' Pastewka''. He became a regular on '' Schillerstraße'' since its first episode in 2004. Additionally, he took part in the game show ''Genial daneben'' and in '' ProSieben Märchenstunde'' ("ProSieben Fairy Tale Hour") in the episodes ''Rotkäppchen'' ("

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"), ''Froschkönig'' ("

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") and ''Aschenputtel'' ("

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"). Since October 2006, Kessler became the driver and host of RBB Fernsehen's ''Berliner Nacht Taxe'' ("Berlin Night Taxi"). "I want to have the unaltered stories of the night", he stated. "We're going to meet authentic people. That's no talk theater with cast actors." The series with six episodes was first broadcast on 30 October 2006 and aired every fortnight. In 2007 and 2008, he became the cast member of the ''Switch Reloaded'' and started working on his own TV show.

Voice acting

Kessler has had a couple of voice acting roles. These are Rattlesnake Jake in '' Rango'' and Hackus in ''

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''.

References

External links

Michael Kessler's official website
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Michael Kessler's official YouTube channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kessler, Michael 1967 births Living people German male film actors German male stage actors German male television actors German male comedians Male actors from Wiesbaden German male writers ARD (broadcaster) people ProSieben people Comedians from Hesse