Michael Herbig

Michael Herbig
Herbig at the Berliner Press presentation of Lissi und der wilde Kaiser, 2007.
Born	Michael Herbig April 29, 1968 (1968-04-29) (age 43) Munich, Germany
Occupation	film director, actor, author

Michael Herbig

Michael Herbig (April 29, 1968 in Munich) is a German film director, actor and author. He is also known by the name Bully as a comedian.

Life and work

His career began in 1992 with regular appearances on radio (over 800 times), leading onward to appearances on various TV shows. He gained wider fame with his both writing/acting/directing role on the comedy show "Bullyparade". The 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 Austrian 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 of which, Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitou's Shoe), in 2001, was seen by over 11.7 million people, one of the most successful German films to date. The second, (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, (2004) was also a commercial success, cementing his career.

On January 7, 2008, Variety reported that Herbig was set to film a live action adaptation of animated series Vicky the Viking. The film was released in 2009.^[1]

Awards

• 2001 Bavarian Film Awards (Special Prize)

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1997	Easy Bully (TV)	Director, Produced, Writer and Starring
1997–2002	Bullyparade (TV)	Director, Produced, Writer and Starring
1999	Die Bademeister – Weiber, saufen, Leben retten (TV)	Starring
2000	Erkan & Stefan	Director
2001	Manitou's Shoe	Director, Produced, Writer and Starring
	The Emperor's New Groove	German voice of Kuzco
2002	Knallharte Jungs	Starring
2004–2007	Bully & Rick (TV)	Director, Produced, Writer and Starring
2004	Back to Gaya	Voice of Buu
	Traumschiff Surprise - Periode 1	Director, Produced, Writer and Starring
2005	Robots	German voice of Fender
2006	Hui Buh – Das Schlossgespenst	Voice and model for the CGI main character
2007	Lissi and the Wild Emperor	Writer, Director and Starring
2008	Asterix at the Olympic Games	Silent role
	Bully sucht die starken Männer! (TV)	Judge in casting show for the movie "Vicky [...]"
	Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar	Starring
2009	Vicky the Viking	Director and Starring
2011	Hotel Lux	Starring

References

1. ^ Meza, Ed (2008-01-07). "Herbig to direct 'Vicky the Viking'". Variety (Reed Elsevier). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978548.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 

External links

• Michael Herbig at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Herbig, Michael
Alternative names	Bully
Short description	German film director, actor and author
Date of birth	April 29, 1968
Place of birth	Munich
Date of death
Place of death