Michael Beisenherz (born 28 June 1977) is a German journalist, talk show host, podcast and television moderator, columnist and writer.
Biography
Early life Michael Beisenherz was born to a family of Tinsmiths on 28 June 1977 in Recklinghausen but grew up in the nearby and slightly smaller town of Castrop-Rauxel where he got his Abitur at the Adalbert Stifter Gymnasium in 1997. He then studied Social science for one semester in Bochum before working on construction sites for about one year.
Career Beisenherz started his career on Radio Herne 90,8, a local radio station in the eponymous city. Starting in the 2000s, he worked for the entertainment of until 2010. In 2009, he began writing gags for the moderators of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, colloquially known as the Jungle Camp, a Trash TV series, based on the British I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! before starting to write entire episodes in 2011. In RTL II, he had his first major on-screen and live appearances when he commentated the broadcast of the Loveparade in 2007 and 2008 and when he co-moderated Der große Deutsch-Test ('The big German [Grammatical/Spelling] Quiz') with Sonja Zietlow from 2010 to 2012. As his career went on, he worked (and still works) for many other major TV channels such as WDR, n-tv, ProSieben and ZDFneo and has written for popular comedians like Dirk Bach, Atze Schröder and Dieter Nuhr.
He has multiple podcasts, and writes columns for Stern (a series called Sorry, ich bin privat hier) and about fashion for Die Zeit.
Personal life He was married with Silja Haas, the sister of Sonja Zietlow's husband , from 2012 to 2019. They had one daughter, Pippa Haas, born in July 2015. As of 2023, he is dating Nikki Hassan-Nia, a Lufthansa flight attendant.
Notable work
Filmography
Year(s) ProgramNotes2023 Guest Appearance2020-#BeisenherzModerator2020Der deutsche ComedypreisAuthor of one episode2020Guest Appearance2019Artikel 5 mit Micky BeisenherzModeration2018Ultimate Beastmaster, Season 3 Host, with 2018WM Kwartira Late Night about the Football Worldcup 2018 with )2010-2019Heute ShowWriter of 29 episodes2017Die Beste Show der WeltGuest moderator2017–2022Moderation with Susan Link replacing Bettina Böttinger.2015–2017: Live-Commentator2014-2015Extra 3Unspecified crew member in 25 episodes2015Guest Appearance2014–20152014–2021Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die WeltWriter of 10 episodes with a guest appearance in 20212012-2013Kalkofes Mattscheibe - RekalkedWriter of 41 episodes2012 Moderator2012 Moderation with of 12 episodes when the show was picked up again after being discontinued in 19942012Writer of 7 episodes2011Writer of one episode2011–2024Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!After writing gags for the show's moderators, he started writing entire episodes in 2011. (27 as of 2024)2010-2012Der große Deutsch-TestCo-moderated 14 episodes with Sonja Zietlow2010-2019Heute ShowWriter of 29 episodes2010The DomeWriter of 2 episodes
Podcasts Apokalypse & Filterkaffee With Maik Nöcker and Lucas Vogelsang: Fussball MML With since 2022: Friendly Fire
Books Bedienungsanleitung Mann – so macht Frau ihn funktionstüchtig. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2010, . Zum Traumpaar in 30 Tagen. Langenscheidt, Berlin 2012, . … und zur Apokalypse gibt es Filterkaffee: Dinge, von denen ich nichts verstehe, über die ich aber trotzdem schreibe. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2019, . (A compilation of his columns for the Stern) Schreib oder Stirb. Droemer, München 2022, (with Sebastian Fitzek).
Awards Axel-Springer-Preis in the Radio category in 2006
External links Micky Beisenherz Official Website Micky Beisenherz Official Instagram Micky Beisenherz Official Facebook Page
Micky Beisenherz on WEB.DE
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