Micky Beisenherz

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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.[1]

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 Radio NRW 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.[1] 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.[2][3][4]

He has multiple podcasts, and writes columns for Stern (a series called Sorry, ich bin privat hier) and about fashion for Die Zeit.[5][6]

Personal life

He was married with Silja Haas, the sister of Sonja Zietlow's husband Jens Oliver Haas, from 2012 to 2019. They had one daughter, Pippa Haas, born in July 2015.[7] As of 2023, he is dating Nikki Hassan-Nia, a Lufthansa flight attendant.[2][8]

Notable work

Filmography

Year(s)ProgramNotes
2023jerks.Guest Appearance
2020-#BeisenherzModerator[9]
2020Der deutsche ComedypreisAuthor of one episode
2020Grill den HensslerGuest Appearance
2019Artikel 5 mit Micky BeisenherzModeration[10]
2018Ultimate Beastmaster, Season 3Host, with Jeannine Michaelsen[11]
2018WM KwartiraLate Night about the Football Worldcup 2018 with Jörg Thadeusz)
2010-2019Heute ShowWriter of 29 episodes
2017Die Beste Show der WeltGuest moderator
2017–2022Kölner TreffModeration with Susan Link replacing Bettina Böttinger.[12][13][14]
2015–2017:Das Duell um die GeldLive-Commentator
2014-2015Extra 3Unspecified crew member in 25 episodes
2015Jetzt wird's schrägGuest Appearance
2014–2015WUMMS! Die Sportshow
2014–2021Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die WeltWriter of 10 episodes with a guest appearance in 2021
2012-2013Kalkofes Mattscheibe - RekalkedWriter of 41 episodes
2012Stadt, Land …Moderator
2012Die Pyramide[15]Moderation with Joachim Llambi of 12 episodes when the show was picked up again after being discontinued in 1994[16]
2012Leute, Leute!Writer of 7 episodes
2011neoParadiseWriter of one episode
2011–2024Ich 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 Zietlow
2010-2019Heute ShowWriter of 29 episodes
2010The DomeWriter of 2 episodes

Podcasts

  • Apokalypse & Filterkaffee[17]
  • With Maik Nöcker and Lucas Vogelsang: Fussball MML[18][9]
  • With Oliver Polak since 2022: Friendly Fire[19]

Books

  • Bedienungsanleitung Mann – so macht Frau ihn funktionstüchtig. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-18675-4.
  • Zum Traumpaar in 30 Tagen. Langenscheidt, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-468-73839-5.
  • … und zur Apokalypse gibt es Filterkaffee: Dinge, von denen ich nichts verstehe, über die ich aber trotzdem schreibe. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2019, ISBN 978-3-499-63429-1. (A compilation of his columns for the Stern)[2]
  • Schreib oder Stirb. Droemer, München 2022, ISBN 978-3-426-28273-1 (with Sebastian Fitzek).

Awards

  • Axel-Springer-Preis in the Radio category in 2006[20]

References

  1. 1.[1.2]"Micky Beisenherz - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  2. 2.[2.2][2.3]Brieden, Ines (14 April 2023). "Micky Beisenherz: Hat der Moderator und Podcaster eine Freundin?". desired.de. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  3. 3."Micky Beisenherz über guten Humor und die Lust am Draufhauen - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. 4."Micky Beisenherz". turi2 (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  5. 5."Micky Beisenherz". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  6. 6."Im Wechsel mit Meike Winnemuth: Micky Beisenherz wird "Stern"-Kolumnist - HORIZONT". www.horizont.net (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  7. 7."Micky Beisenherz | Steckbrief, Bilder und News". WEB.DE News (in German). 1977-06-28. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  8. 8."Micky Beisenherz privat: Hat der "Kölner Treff"-Moderator Familie?". Promipool.de (in German). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  9. 9.[9.2]"Micky Beisenherz". FUSSBALL MML (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  10. 10.Alexander Krei (2019-04-17). "Beisenherz macht Satire-Show auf mehreren Plattformen". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  11. 11."'Ultimate Beastmaster' Renewed for Season 3 by Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  12. 12."Micky Beisenherz: Steckbrief, News und Bilder | Promipool". Promipool.de (in German). 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  13. 13.""Kölner Treff": Die Gäste am 8. April". Promipool.de (in German). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  14. 14.""Kölner Treff": Hört Bettina Böttinger auf? So steht sie zum TV-Aus". Promipool.de (in German). 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  15. 15."TV-Moderator Micky Beisenherz hat geheiratet". Focus.de. 29 August 2012.
  16. 16.GmbH, DWDL de. "Nun offiziell: "Pyramide" übernimmt 16:15-Platz". DWDL.de. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  17. 17."Apokalypse & Filterkaffee". Studio Bummens (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  18. 18."FUSSBALL MML – Die Fußball Podcasts". FUSSBALL MML (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  19. 19."Friendly Fire". Spotify. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  20. 20."Axel-Springer-Preis für Junge Journalisten 2006: Die besten deutschen Nachwuchsjournalisten in Print, TV, Hörfunk und Internet stehen fest". presseportal.de (in German). 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2024-07-16.