Lucas Edward Britton Mockridge (born 21 March 1989) is a comedian based in Germany who holds Canadian and Italian citizenship.

Early life

Mockridge is son of the Canadian actor and comedian

Bill Mockridge William Mockridge (born 28 July 1947) is a Canadian actor and Kabarett performer based in Germany. He is the founder of the Springmaus Theatre in Bonn. He became known to a broad public through his portrayal of Erich Schiller in the WDR televis ...

and the Italian actress and comedian Margie Kinsky.Westfälische Nachrichten: ''Der blaublütige Comedian: Lucke Mockridge hat adelige Vorfahren'', Münster, Münster, Martin Kalitschke, 4 March 2014 He was raised in

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and has two older and three younger brothers. His siblings are all involved in the show business, as directors, musicians, singers, actors and models. One of his brothers is actor Jeremy Mockridge. Luke Mockridge lives in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. His godfather was

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Career

upMockridge at NightWash Comedy in Cologne Upon completing his school finals ("

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"), Mockridge undertook a university programme in media and communications science in Canada, England and Germany, from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in 2012. General-Anzeiger Bonn
''Bonner Comedian kommt mit seinem Programm in die Springmaus: Interview mit Luke Mockridge'' (In German)
Bonn, Kathrin-Alessa Weber, Nadja Berghahn During his studies in Canada, Mockridge made an appearance in the ''

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Stage Programme'' as ''Chad''. Einsfestival: ''Die allerbeste Sebastian Winkler Show'', 21 November 2013 Since 2012, Mockridge has been touring through Germany with the solo show ''I'm Lucky, I'm Luke!''. In German national television, he has made regular appearances at ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''RTL Comedy Grand Prix'', and ''Fun(k)haus''. Mockridge is the host of ''1LIVE Hörsaal-Comedy'' and works as writer of '' Switch reloaded''. In September 2013, he launched his own comedy show on

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and

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called ''Occupy School''. Mockridge took over the role as presenter of the TV show ''

'' for

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on 26 September 2013. Prior to this time, he had been employed by ''NightWash'' as intern and author.Münstersche Zeitung
''Interview mit Luke Mockridge: "Meine Mutter sagt, ich sei eine männliche Schlampe"''
, Münster-Kinderhaus, Andreas Jankowiak, 5 March 2014 Moreover, Mockridge moderated before an audience of 7,000 people on 14 October 2013 the ''1LIVE Comedynacht XXL'' in the sold-out

Lanxess Arena Lanxess Arena (stylized as LANXESS arena; originally Kölnarena, German for "Cologne arena") is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie and as one of Germany's major ...

in Cologne. During 2013, he also appeared for a period of time non-regularly at the

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channel ''Ponk''. In 2014, Mockridge launched the YouTube channel ''Snoozzze'', together with German Youtubers Julian "Julez" Weißbach and Joyce Ilg. In January 2014, he travelled to New York City with

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and his show ''

'' on

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and shot continuously for six days live for the

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. In 2016, it was announced that Mockridge would be a host on the

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reality show '' Ultimate Beastmaster''. Following accusations of sexualized violence, Mockridge said that he would retire in September 2021 for an indefinite period of time. Although he resigned in December of that year, in an

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video inspired by the movie

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he announced that his "Welcome to Luckyland" tour would continue the following year.

Awards

In 2013, Mockridge was awarded the sardonic title Pascha des Monats (Pasha of the Month) by ''EMMA'' magazine for so-called ''Herrenwitze'' (sexist jokes) he made during a stand-up performance. His alleged comments about an ex-girlfriend were stated as the reason for the prize. However, organizers of the programme in which the incident occurred claimed that his jokes were taken out of context. In 2013, Mockridge was awarded the

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as ''Best Newcomer''.

References

External links

Personal website
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