Jesko Friedrich

Jesko Friedrich
Jesko Friedrich, January 2010
Born	April 2, 1974 (1974-04-02) (age 37) Gießen

Jesko Friedrich is a German actor, editor und author.

Biography

At four years old, Friedrich moved with his family in Lübeck. in 1993 he obtained his Abitur (high school diploma) at the Johanneum. In later years he studied history and German in Göttingen. In 2004 Friedrich obtained his Ph.D. with a thesis on Middle High German. Jesko Friedrich started writings jokes for the show Freitag Nacht News already in 1999. After a stage in NDR Television, Friedrich was employed as editor of the Extra 3 show. Since 2003, together with Dennis Kaupp, he worked for the segment „Johannes Schlüter“. Jesko Friedrich played the role of Johannes Schlüter, a character with a new job for every episode (for example, CDU speaker, „Bushpilot“, peddler of flags ready to be burned by protesters). Schlüter was often interviewed by Kaupp. In 2009 the segment was awarded the Grimme-Preis.^[1] From 2005 to 2008 Jesko Friedrich and Dennis Kaupp produced their own comedy show Sehr witzig for the NDR. Both acted as directors, authors and actors. Since 2009 he is together again with Kaupp in the show Dennis und Jesko, the follower of Sehr witzig. Furthermore Friedrich had a role in the short film trilogy Eine Nacht in Wilhelmsburg (2005, 2006 und 2007).^[2]

References

1. ^ Grimme-Preis Winners 2009
2. ^ Jesko Friedrich bei 47 Ronin Productions

External links

• Jesko Friedrich at the Internet Movie Database
• Jesko Friedrich Homepage
• Dennis Kaupp and Jesko Friedrich Homepage
• Johannes Schlüter on NDR site (German)
• Sehr Witzig on NDR site (German)

Persondata
Name	Friedrich, Jesko
Alternative names
Short description	German actor
Date of birth	April 2, 1974
Place of birth	Gießen, Germany
Date of death
Place of death