Ingo Appelt (born 20 April 1967) is a German

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Life

Appelt was born in

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

. His stepfather was German football player

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. Appelt lived during his childhood in

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. He works as a comedian on German television.Welt.de: 991 Stimmen für Joachim Gauck als Präsidenten (german language)
/ref> Appelt worked in different German comedyshows, for example in ''

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'', '' Freitag Nacht News'', in '' RTL Samstag Nacht'' or in ''

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'' on television broadcaster

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. Appelt is member of German party

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. He currently lives with his wife Sonia Appelt in

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Works

Books

* 2008: ''Männer muss man schlagen'' (German)

Singles

* 2000: Tanz für mich (with

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)

Albums

* 1997: Der Abräumer * 1998: Feuchte Seite * 2004: Schlicht Böse * 2004: Superstar * 2008: Männer muss man schlagen * 2011: Frauen sind Göttinnen – Wir können nur noch beten

External links

Official Homepage by Ingo Appelt

Appelt on WDR comedy portal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Appelt, Ingo German male comedians People from Essen 1967 births Living people RTL Group people ARD (broadcaster) people Television people from North Rhine-Westphalia People from Würzburg Comedians from North Rhine-Westphalia Comedians from Bavaria