Bastian Pastewka (born 4 April 1972) is a German actor and comedian.
In
Bochum
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, he first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show ''
Die Wochenshow'' (engl.: The Weekly Show), essentially a mock news program. His trademarks included quirky, off-beat characters such as fruity sex talk show host ''Brisko Schneider'' and ''Ottmar Zittlau'', an
unemployed,
sweatsuit-wearing dimwit.
Pastewka went on to star in various German comedy films, most notably ''
Der WiXXer'' (2004) and ''
Neues vom WiXXer'' (2007), a spoof on 1960s
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
crime dramas. He has also worked as a
voice-over actor for numerous
animated film
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s, such as ''
Madagascar
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''.
Since September 2005 Pastewka has been playing himself in the sitcom ''
Pastewka'', shown by the German television broadcasting station
Sat.1.
He has received various highly prestigious awards like ''
Goldene Kamera
The Goldene Kamera ("Golden Camera") is an annual German film and television award, awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show is usually held in early February in Hamburg, but has also taken place in Berlin in the past.
The gold-plat ...
'', ''Deutscher Fernsehpreis'' (engl.: German Television Award) or ''
Rose d'Or
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''.
Personal life
Pastewka lives with his girlfriend Heidrun Buchmaier, manager of
Martin Schneider
Martin Schneider (born 25 May 1964), often just called "Maddin", is a German comedian, cabaret artist and actor.
Biography
Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Schneider grew up in Burgholzhausen, a district of Friedrichsdorf. He has a twin s ...
, in
Berlin-Charlottenburg
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. When he is working, he lives in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
.
References
External links
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Official website (german)
German male comedians
1972 births
Living people
RTL Group people
Sat.1 people
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