Steven Gätjen (born 25 September 1972 in

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) is a German-American event and TV host based in Germany.

Private life and education

Steven Gätjen was born in 1972 in Phoenix,

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, where his German father worked as a doctor. When he was three years old, he and his family moved to Germany because his father took a job at the Altonaer Klinik. His mother is

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of the ''

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''. In addition to the actor Andy Gätjen, he has another younger brother. In 1992, Gätjen graduated from high school in

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, then did a year of

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and

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at OK Radio. He also attended the

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and the Hollywood Film School in

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. Gätjen lives with his wife in Hamburg-Ottensen and has a second home in

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Career

Gätjen has been a presenter of various television shows since 1999, initially mainly on

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. From 2000 to 2002, from 2007 to 2015 and again since 2017 he has hosted the German broadcast of the

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ceremony. In 2010 he took sixth place with Daniel Wiemer in the synchronized diving at the '' TV total Turmspringen''. Since 2011 – after

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left the station – he has hosted all ''

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'' events; the ''TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge'', the ''TV total Tower Diving'', the ''Wok World Championship'' and the ''

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Championships''. In June 2011 he took over the moderation of '' Beat the Raab''. In 2016 he moved to

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. He had already launched the project ''FredCarpet'' with MBTV-Produktions GmbH in 2015. There he gives film tips and presents unabridged interviews from the contributions of '' Steven Loves Cinema''. Since November 2015, some of the videos from the associated website have also been broadcast by the Internet channel Rocket Beans TV. In March 2017 he presented the

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award ceremony for the first time. In April and May 2017 he was the moderator of the daily

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show '' Clever abgestaubt'' on

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. In the film '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018) he had a cameo as an Apostle agent. Since 2019 he has hosted the show '' Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben'' on

. In 2020 and 2021 he hosted the '' Free European Song Contest'', launched by

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, together with

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. Since May 2020, he has been a permanent member of the cinema format '' Kino+'' on Rocket Beans TV, after having already appeared as a guest several times. In January 2022, he stepped in on '' Schlag den Star'' as a replacement candidate for fellow actor

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, who was ill with

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, but had to narrowly admit defeat to competitor

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. Gätjen is involved in the

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company ''Monterone'' in the

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borough of

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. *"Top 10 TV" (weekly prime time show, August 2005 to June 2006) – host,

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*"Werbung! Das Beste aus aller Welt" (weekly, since July 2005) – host, Kabel 1 *"Disney Filmparade" (weekly kids show, since April 2004) – host, Pro7 *"Soundcheck" (weekly music show, since March 2004) – host, Hit24 (Premiere) *"E! News Live" (daily entertainment news show, 2002–2003) – host and segment producer, E! *"Der Maulwurf (The Mole)" (adventure game show, 2002) – host, Pro7 *"Speed – Time is Money" (quiz show, 2002) – host, Pro7 *" Fort Boyard" (adventure game show, 2001–2002) – host, Pro7 *"Champions Day" (prime time family game show, 2001) – host,

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Red Carpet Show" (2000–2002) – host, Pro7 *" taff" (daily entertainment and news show, live, 1999–2001) – host, Pro7 *"taff extra" (weekly entertainment and news show, 1999) – host, Pro7 *"MTV Europe News" (daily music news show, 1996–1999) – host and producer,

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*"MTV News Highlights" (weekly music news show, 1996–1999) – host and producer, MTV *"

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" (game show, 2011–2015) – host, Pro7 *" Unser Star für Baku" (casting show, 2012) – host, Pro7,

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*" Joko und Klaas gegen ProSieben" (game show, 2019) – host, Pro7 *"Sorry für alles" (game show, since August 2019) – host,

*"Joko und Klaas gegen ProSieben" (game show, 2020) – host, Pro7 *"5 Gold Rings" (game show, 2020) - host, Sat.1

Voice-over work

* 2016:

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(news-speaker in the German version) * 2017:

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(animal control worker in the German version) * 2018:

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(as Lance Sterling in the German version)

Filmography

*"Unser Reigen" – ( NDR, 2006) *"Inga Lindström – Sterne über dem Liljesund" – (

, 2005) *"The Relic Hunter – The Reel Thing" – ( Pro 7, 2000) *" Klinikum Berlin Mitte" – (

, Pro 7, 2000) *"Spezialistenshow" – (ZDF, 2000)

Radio

*"Morning Show" – (1996) OK Radio *"Nightflight" – (1994–1996) OK Radio *"Movies" – (1994–1996) OK Radio

Private life and education

Career

Voice-over work

Filmography

Radio

References

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