Thomas Hermanns (born 5 March 1963) is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''.

Early life

Hermanns was born in

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. During his childhood, he lived in

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. After school, he studied theatre.

Career

In 1992, Hermanns started the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''. The show has been on German channel

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since 1996. In 2003, the show moved to the Theatre Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin. Hermanns has written and produced different comedy shows on TV, including ''Zapped'' (1998), ''Back to Life'' (2000) and ''Paranoid'' (2004) for

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, Gayle Tufts and Cora Frost. Hermanns was a director for ''Grease'' and ''Es fährt ein Zug nach Nirgendwo''. Hermanns wrote for the TV series ''

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'' (1997–1999), ''Meine beste Freundin'' (2000) with Mariele Millowitsch and

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and for ''Sing, wenn du kannst!'' (2002) at the theatre Schmidts Tivoli in Hamburg. Hermanns was TV moderator of ''Red Nose Day'' and ''Popclub'' on channel ProSieben. In May 2005 and 2006, Hermanns was moderator of ''Countdown

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''. In December 2005, Hermanns worked with

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and

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as moderators of the

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award on German channel ARD. He was also the moderator of the ''Vorentscheidung''

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, and was spokesperson for this event from 2005 to 2008.

Personal life

Hermanns is openly gay and has been in a relationship with Wolfgang Macht for 14 years. In September 2008, Hermanns and Macht engaged a

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Awards

* 1997: ''

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'', main award for ''Quatsch Comedy Club'' * 2000: ''German Comedy Award'', "Best Comedy Show" for ''Quatsch Comedy Club'' * 2006: ''

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'', category "Comedy" * 2006: ''LEA Live Entertainment Award'' in sector engagement for new artists for ''Quatsch Comedy Club'' * 2007: ''Kompassnadel'' by Schwules Netzwerk NRW for special work in

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(German)

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