Bernhard Hoëcker (; born Bernhard Hoecker-von Mühlenfels; 20 March 1970) is a German

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audienc ...

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and

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. He is best known for the spoof show Switch, as well as being a permanent member of the previous Genial guessing team (2003–2011) Genial Daneben.

Biography

Hoëcker grew up in

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. At the age of 10, he moved to

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

with his family. He finished his ''

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'' (equivalent of the US

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) at the Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium. Between 1993 and 1996, Hoëcker studied economics up to ''intermediate diploma level'' (German: ''Vordiplom'') at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

and quit his studies thereafter. Hoëcker works on German broadcasters as comedian and actor. Hoëcker is married, has two daughters and lives with his family in Bonn. However, as Hoëcker pointed out in the program ''Missverstehen Sie mich richtig (Translated:)'' "Do you misunderstand me correctly", this statement is not correct. He did, however, not specify which part of the statement was not correct. In his free time, he does geocaching, among other things.

Works

Hoëcker with

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Filmography

* 2001: ''Du oder keine'' * 2004: ''Germanikus'' * 2005: ''Der Clown'' * 2006: ''Die ProSieben Märchenstunde'' * 2006: ''Over the Hedge (film), Ab durch die Hecke'' (German voice of ''Verne'') * 2006: ''Cedric'' (short films, German voice of ''Cedric'') * 2008: ''Spiel mir das Lied und du bist tot!'' * 2008: ''Morgen, ihr Luschen! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film'' * 2010: '' Shrek Forever After, Für immer Shrek'' (German voice of ''Rumpelstilzchen'') * 2011: ''Robin Hood'' (musical video by

Edguy Edguy is a heavy metal band formed in Fulda, Germany in 1992. History Demos, AFM years (1992–2003) Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affect ...

) * 2013: ''Badaboom'' (musical video by Van Canto) * 2014: ''

Danni Lowinski ''Danni Lowinski'' is a German legal dramedy that premiered on Sat.1 on April 12, 2010, featuring Annette Frier as the eponymous character. The show was created by Marc Terjung, who also created the legal dramedy '' Edel & Starck'', and Benedikt ...

: Alles futsch

Shows (as a regular)

* 1997–2000: ''Switch'' (broadcaster ProSieben) * 2001: ''C.O.P.S. – Die Pannenshow'' (with

Ingolf Lück Ingolf Lück (born 26 April 1958) is a German actor, comedian and television host. Lück was born in Bielefeld. He hosted several sketch comedy shows; the best known, '' Die Wochenshow'', aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2002. He also hosted '' ...

, broadcaster Sat1) * 2003–2011: ''Genial daneben – Die Comedy Arena'' (Sat1) * 2004–2011: ''

Schillerstraße ''Schillerstraße'' (''Schiller Street'') was a German improvisational comedy show that aired weekly on Sat.1. It was recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent. The American broadcaster Fox has earned the licence for ''Sch ...

'' (Sat1) * 2006: ''Was denkt Deutschland?'' (moderation, Sat1) * 2007–2012: ''Switch reloaded'' (ProSieben) * 2010: ''Ent-oder-Weder!'' (ZDFneo) * 2012–2013: ''

Nicht nachmachen! Nicht nachmachen! (English: ''Don't Imitate!'') was a German comedy-documentary TV series that airs on ZDF and ZDFneo. The two hosts, Wigald Boning and Bernhard Hoëcker, defy the warnings and restrictions on various items to see what happens when ...

'' (ZDF) * 2013: ''Durchgedreht!'' (ZDF) * since 2014: ''Kaum zu glauben!'' (NDR)NDR.de
Kaum zu glauben! (German)
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Shows (as guest)

* ''Blondes Gift'' (2001, 3 August 2002) * ''Die Pisashow'' * ''Clever! – Die Show, die Wissen schafft'' * ''

NightWash ''NightWash'' is a German television comedy show in which young artists and new stand-up comedy talents have the opportunity to perform in front of an audience with their program, typically lasting for 7–10 minutes. The series was created by ...

'' * '' Das Quiz mit Jörg Pilawa'' (2001, Prominentenspecial, 18 March 2004) * '' Anke Late Night'' (2004, episode: 1.14, 10 June 2004) * '' Wer wird Millionär?'' (2004, Prominentenspecial, 25 November 2004) * ''Das große Prominenten-Turnen'', 19 May 2005 * ''Extreme Activity'' (2007) * '' Johannes B. Kerner'' (2007) * ''Peppers – Das Comedycamp'' (3 May 2008) * ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Ma ...

'', August 2008 * ''

Löwenzahn Löwenzahn (''Dandelion'') is a children's television series produced and aired by German public broadcaster ZDF on German television. Originally conceived and hosted by Peter Lustig, the first episode aired on 7 January 1979, then titled ''Pu ...

'' (November 2008) * ''Star-Quiz'' (8 October 2009, 13 August 2011) * ''

Ladykracher ''Ladykracher'' was a German sketch comedy show starring Anke Engelke. The show ran on Sat.1 from 2002 to 2004 and was produced by Brainpool. In 2008 the show was reproduced until 2013. Skits All Ladykracher skits feature Anke Engelke. The pr ...

'' (Gastrollen) * ''Super-Champion'' (21 April 2012, 25 August 2012) * '' Jetzt wird's schräg'' (25 July 2014) * ''Das ist spitze'' (18 December 2014)

Discography

Albums

* ''Hoëcker, Sie sind raus – Comedy vom Kleinsten'' * 2007: ''Aufzeichnungen eines Schnitzeljägers'' * 2007: ''Ich hab's gleich''

DVD

* 2008: ''Ich hab's gleich - Live!''

Bibliography

* ''Aufzeichnungen eines Schnitzeljägers: Mit Gëocaching zurück zur Natur'',

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, 2007, * ''Meilenweit für kein Kamel: Eine ungewöhnliche Reise vom Allgäu in den Orient'', Rowohlt Verlag, 2010, * ''Wir sind Deutschland!: Ein illustrer Streifzug durch die deutsche Geschichte'', Lappan Verlag, 2011, * ''Hoëckers Entdeckungen: Ein merkwürdiges Bilderbuch längst vergessener Orte'', riva Verlag, 2011, * ''Am schönsten Arsch der Welt: Bekenntnisse eines Neuseelandreisenden'',

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, 2012, * ''Neues aus Geocaching: Geschichten von draußen'', traveldiary Verlag, 2014,

References

External links

Official website
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