Christoph Maria

Herbst

Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February

1966) is a German actor and comedian.
 Christoph Maria Herbst

Herbst in 2014

Born 9 February 1966

Wuppertal, West
Germany

Occupation(s) Actor, comedian,

voice actor

Years active 1989–present
Early life
Herbst was born in Wuppertal.[1] After
passing the Abitur, he became a trainee
banker and was active at the free theatre
scene in Wuppertal at the same time.

Career

Theatre

In 1986, Herbst was a founding member of

the private Theater in Cronenberg and its
acting school. He's still performing in
German theatres. Most recently, he
performed "Männerhort" (Men nursery) at
the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin
together with Bastian Pastewka, Michael
Kessler and Jürgen Tonkel. He is married
to Gisi Herbst.[1]

Television

Herbst made his first appearance in

German television in the show Sketchup –
The Next Generation in 1997. From 2002 to
2004, he performed as a supporting actor
in Ladykracher. In 2004, he had his first
leading role in the ProSieben series
Stromberg.[1] In October 2006, the work on
the third season of Stromberg began,
airing in early 2007. Herbst also appeared
in Sesamstraße in 2006, and in Anke
Engelke's show Ladyland. In 2007, his
seven-piece series Hilfe! Hochzeit! – Die
schlimmste Woche meines Lebens, an
adaptation of the British series The Worst
Week of My Life, was broadcast.

Film

Herbst's movie career began in 1998 in the

film Der wirklich letzte Junggeselle ("The
last bachelor"). His star roles were
together with Michael "Bully" Herbig, Rick
Kavanian and Christian Tramitz in
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 in 2003,
as well as his appearance as the butler
Alfons Hatler in the 2004 movie Der Wixxer
together with Oliver Kalkofe, Thomas
Fritsch, Oliver Welke and other leading
German comedians. In 2006, Herbst
teamed up again with Herbig in the movie
Hui-Buh, das Schlossgespenst, starring as
King Julius, the 111th. His more prominent
role was in the movie Look Who's Back as
Christoph Sensenbrink.
Filmography

Herbst in 2007

1998: Der wirklich letzte Junggeselle

2003: Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1
2004: Stromberg Season 1 (TV series)
2004: Der WiXXer
2004: A Pass from the Back
2004: Erkan & Stefan in Der Tod kommt
krass
2005: Stromberg Season 2 (TV series)
2005: The Fisherman and His Wife
2006: Hui Buh – Das Schlossgespenst
2006: Pastewka (TV series)
2006: Wo ist Fred!?
2006: Impy's Island (voice)
2007: Stromberg Season 3 (TV series)
2007: Cutting Edge
2007: Neues vom WiXXer
2007: Hilfe! Hochzeit! – Die schlimmste
Woche meines Lebens (TV series)
2007: Hands off Mississippi
2007: Tramitz & Friends (TV series)
2007: Jakobs Bruder
2008: Mord mit Aussicht (TV series)
2008: Don Quixote (TV movie)
2008: Urmel voll in Fahrt (voice)
2008: Zwei Weihnachtsmänner
2009: Stromberg Season 4 (TV series)
2009: Vicky the Viking
2010: Kreutzer kommt
2011: Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods
2013: 300 Worte Deutsch
2014: Stromberg – Der Film
 2014: The Man Cave
2015: 3 Türken und ein Baby
2015: Mara and the Firebringer
2015: The Small and the Wicked
2015: Highway to Hellas
2015: Look Who's Back
2018: How About Adolf?
2021: Contra
2022: Family Affairs

Awards
2002: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best
Supporting Actor in Ladykracher
2005: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis for
Stromberg
2005: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best
Actor for Stromberg
2005: Goldener Gong for Stromberg
2005: Jupiter-Filmpreis as Best TV Actor
2006: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Stromberg
2006: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best
Actor in a Comedy series for Stromberg
2006: GQ – Man of the year in the
category TV
2006: Sony Music – Triple-Platinum for
over 150,000 sold Stromberg DVDs
 2007: Deutscher Comedypreis as Best
Actor (in a Comedy series) for
Stromberg

References
1. Rave, Carsten (6 October 2021). "Christoph
Maria Herbst privat: So lebt der
"Stromberg"-Star heute" (https://www.news.
de/promis/855644720/christoph-maria-her
bst-privat-mit-frau-partnerin-gisi-keine-heira
t-kinder-familie-filme-karriere-biografie-stro
mberg-heute/1/) . News.de (in German).
Retrieved 8 October 2021.

External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related
to Christoph Maria Herbst.
 Christoph Maria Herbst (https://www.im
db.com/name/nm0378698/) at IMDb
Interview with Christoph Maria Herbst (h
ttp://www.dwdl.de/article/news_9909,0
0.html) (in German)

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