Jochen Alexander Schropp (born 22 November 1978 in

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) is a German

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and

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Biography

Schropp was born in 1978 as the child of a teacher and a medical assistant in the former municipality of Gießen in the city of Lahn. After his high school year in

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, where Schropp gained his first acting experience, he played at the American theater in Giessen. In addition, he also worked as a small actor, extras and in advertising and began training as a vocalist and speaker at the

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. After graduating from high school at the Weidigschule in

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, Schropp did his community service in a dialysis center in Giessen. After a musical workshop in

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, he studied at Paul McCartney's

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(LIPA) in the

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for two and a half years. However, Schropp ended the training prematurely. In 2000, he reported on the

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for

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. He received his first major role in the ARD evening series ''

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'', in which he played together with

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and Florentine Lahme. Since then he has participated in script readings, works as a speaker and presenter, for example at the Max-Ophuls-Preis film festival in Saarbrücken or as a presenter for the presentation of the short film bear at the

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. In March 2005 he played a role in the comedy ''Popp Dich slim!'', for which he had to gain twelve kilograms of body mass. At the end of 2006 he had a role in the ARD series ''Zwei Engel für Amor'', which in the following year for the

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was nominated. Since 2007, he has also played leading roles in various ZDF television films and embodied the forensic specialist in ''

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'' in Halle in eight episodes. In addition to acting, he moderated for Berlin lifestyle web TV ''Luxity.TV'' and devoted himself more and more to moderation. From 2010 to 2012 he moderated the German version of ''

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'' for VOX. In 2014 he switched to

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. There he replaced

and

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as the new host of the ''

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''. On Sat.1 he also moderated the improcomedy show '' Jetzt wird’s schräg'', as well as the game show ''Himmel oder Hölle'' on ProSieben. In 2020 he moderated the thirteenth season of the German show '' Big Brother'' on Sat.1.

Personal life and social engagement

He has lived in

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since 2001 and has been in a relationship with his partner since spring 2018. Since 2009 he has been supporting the

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. He regularly visits SOS projects to see the work on site for himself. In 2012 he donated his profits from the TV show ''Promi-Kocharena'' to the organization and also supported it in 2014 by hosting the preview of the musical ''Das Wunder von Bern''.

Filmography

Source: *2001:

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*2002:

*2002: Der Fussfesselmörder *2002: Wozu Freunde?! *2003: Kleiner Matrose *2003: Der kleine Mönch *2004: Der schönste Tag im Leben *2005–2006:

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(26 episodes) *2005: Leonys Aufsturz *2005: *2006: Außergewöhnlich *2006: Zwei Engel für Amor *2006:

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: Mein fremder Mann *2006:

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: Maskenball *2007: Kein Geld der Welt *2007:

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– Sieg der Liebe *2007:

– Taximord *2008:

– Wolfsmilch *2008:

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– Rasmus und Johanna *2008: Meine wunderbare Familie *2008: Hallo Robbie! – Sturzflüge *2008:

– Eine Liebe im Herbst *2008:

– Der Tod und das Mädchen *2008:

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– Hochzeitsreise nach Florida *2008:

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: Der Hafenpastor – Der Schein trügt *2008:

– Fehlschuss *2009: Eine für alle – Frauen können's besser *2009:

– Triptychon *2009: Der Bergdoktor – Zwischen den Stühlen *2009:

– Schatten *2009:

– Der Tod und das Mädchen *2009:

– Tod im Atelier *2010:

– Kapitalverbrechen *2010:

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– Der Bruch *2010:

– Risiko *2011: Lindburgs Fall *2012:

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– Ein letzter Kuss *2012:

– Raubvögel *2013:

– Die versprochene Braut *2014:

– Hochzeitsreise nach Dubai *2015: Mila *2015:

– Endlich schlank *2015: Welcome All Sexes: 30 Jahre Teddy Awards – dokumentarisches Format *2017: Im Knast *2017: Schatz, nimm Du sie! *2017:

– Fast noch verheiratet *2019:

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– Herz oder Verstand *2020: Schwester, Schwester

Moderation

Current

*Since 2014:

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– with Marlene Lufen (since 2018) *Since 2018: Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen,

*Since 2020: United Voices – Das größte Fanduell der Welt,

– with

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*Since 2020: Ranking the Stars,

*Since 2020: Die Festspiele der Reality-Stars – Wer ist die hellste Kerze?,

– with Olivia Jones

Former

*2010–2012:

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/ VOX *2011: Jeder Stein zählt – Die LEGO Familienshow, VOX *2011: Wer is(s)t besser?, VOX *2012: Ein Bus voller Bräute, VOX *2012: Das perfekte Model: Die Final-Show, VOX *2012–2016: Teddy Award,

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*2013: Gewinne ein neues Leben – Die Auswanderershow, VOX *2013: Die tierischen 10, VOX – with Martin Rütter *2013: Grill den Henssler, VOX *2014: Tohuwabohu,

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*2014–2015: Himmel oder Hölle,

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*2014–2015: Science of Stupid – Wissenschaft der Missgeschicke,

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*2014–2016: Jetzt wird’s schräg,

*2015: Plötzlich Krieg? – Ein Experiment,

*2015: Die große Revanche,

*2016: Reingelegt – Die lustigsten Comedy-Fallen,

*2017: Schropp Lass Nach! – Web-Format,

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-Kanal World Wide Wohnzimmer *2017: Duell der Stars – Die Sat.1 Promiarena,

*2017: Bist du 50.000 Euro wert?,

*2017: Schätzen Sie mal,

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*2017–2018: Das gibt’s doch gar nicht!,

(2017) / Sat.1 Emotions (2018) *2019: Endlich Feierabend!,

*2020: Promis unter Palmen – Die große Aussprache,

*2020: Big Brother,

– 13th season

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schropp, Jochen 1978 births Living people People from Giessen German male television actors Sat.1 people ProSieben people German LGBTQ broadcasters German gay actors Male actors from Hesse 21st-century German LGBTQ people