Michael Herbig (born 29 April 1968), nicknamed Bully, is a German comedian and actor.
Career
His career began in 1992 with regular appearances on radio (more than 800), leading to appearances on various television shows. He gained wider fame as writer, actor and director of the comedy show Bullyparade. The sketch show featured him as the host, his good friend Rick Kavanian, Christian Tramitz, and Diana Herold as a dancer and occasional actress in the skits. The show featured many different themes, including stereotypical gay archetypes in a Star Trek parody, an homage to westerns, and of the Austrian empress Elisabeth of Bavaria, informally known as Sissi. On the show, he let the audience vote which theme to use for each of his movies based upon characters from the show. The first, the 2001 Der Schuh des Manitu ("Manitou's Shoe") was seen by over 11.7 million people, one of the most successful German films to date. His second film, (T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 (2004) was also a commercial success, cementing his career.
In January 2008, Variety reported that Herbig was set to film a live-action adaptation of animated series Vicky the Viking. The film, carrying the same name as the animated series, was released in 2009.
In 2018, the film Balloon was released, in which he had written, directed, and produced. It was his first dramatic directorial work. The movie depicted the balloon escape of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families, from East to West Germany in 1979.
Herbig voiced Sheriff Woody in the German dubs of Toy Story 3 and 4, after the character's former German dubber Peer Augustinski had a stroke in 2005 and died in 2014.
Since April 2021, Herbig has hosted Last One Laughing: Germany on Amazon Prime.
Awards 2001 Bavarian Film Awards (Special Prize)
Filmography Year Title Notes 1997 Easy Bully (TV) Director, producer, writer and starring1997–2002 Bullyparade (TV series) Director, producer, writer and starring 1999 (TV film) Starring2000 Director2001 Manitou's Shoe Director, producer, writer and starring The Emperor's New Groove German voice of Kuzco 2002 Supporting 2004–2007 Bully & Rick (TV series) Director, producer, writer and starring 2004 Boo, Zino & the Snurks Voice of Buu (T)Rraumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 Director, producer, writer and starring 2005 Robots German voice of Fender 2006 Voice and model for the CGI main character 2007 Lissi and the Wild Emperor Writer, director and starring2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games Supporting Bully sucht die starken Männer! (TV) Judge in casting show for the movie "Vicky [...]" Starring 2009 Vicky the Viking Director and starring 2010 Toy Story 3 German voice of Woody 2011 Hotel Lux Starring 2012 Starring2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Supporting Buddy Director, producer, writer and starring 2016 Vier gegen die Bank Starring 2017 Bullyparade – The Movie Director, producer, writer and starring 2018 Tabaluga Starring Balloon Director 2019 Toy Story 4 German voice of Woody 2020 Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe Starring2022 A Thousand Lines Director Hui Buh und das Hexenschloss Voice of Hui Buh 2025 Manitou's Canoe Director, producer, writer and starring
References
External links
Michael 'Bully' Herbig at the German Dubbing Card Index