Ottfried Fischer is a German

Germany

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 actor

Actor

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 and Kabarett

Kabarett

Kabarett is a form of cabaret which developed in Germany from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl venue, and that by the Weimar era in the mid 1920s was characterized by political satire and gallows humor...

 artist best known for his role as Benno Berghammer in the popular German TV series Der Bulle von Tölz

Der Bulle von Tölz

Der Bulle von Tölz is an Austrian-German television series which has been produced and broadcast by SAT.1 and the ORF since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made.-Genre:...

. He is a supporter of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

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Personal life

Fischer was born to Werner Fischer and Maria Fischer (née Wagner) on 7 November 1953 on the farm "Ornatsöd" in Untergriesbach

Untergriesbach

Untergriesbach is a municipality in the district of Passau in Bavaria in Germany....

, Lower Bavaria

Lower Bavaria

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. He began studying law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich but quit his studies after a short time and founded the "Münchner Hinterhoftheater" (Munich back alley theater) with some friends in 1980, where he started as a Kabarett

Kabarett

Kabarett is a form of cabaret which developed in Germany from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl venue, and that by the Weimar era in the mid 1920s was characterized by political satire and gallows humor...

 artist and actor.

In 2008, Fischer informed the press that he has Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...

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Kabarett

In 1983 the Kabarett artist Werner Schneyder invited him to his television show Meine Gäste und ich. In 1989 he has his first solo performance as a Kabarett artist with his program "Schwer ist leicht was". 1994 he toured with his second program "Was tun".

In 1990 he was on Mitternachtsspitzen with Richard Rogler

Richard Rogler

Richard Rogler is an award-winning German Kabarett artist and professor of Kabarett at the University of the Arts in Berlin.-Early life:...

 and since 1995 he is the host of Ottis Schlachthof, a show dedicated to interviewing solo Kabarett artists and giving a platform to newcomers.

Acting career

While working as a Kabarett

Kabarett

Kabarett is a form of cabaret which developed in Germany from 1901, with the creation of the Überbrettl venue, and that by the Weimar era in the mid 1920s was characterized by political satire and gallows humor...

 artist, Fischer also worked as an actor in multiple films and television series. Franz Xaver Bogner arranged his first television appearance in the series Zeit genug and in 1985 Bogner offered him the lead in the series Irgendwie und Sowieso and a part on Zur Freiheit. Later Fischer worked on several films, including Ein Prachtexemplar (1989), Café Europa (1990), Go Trabi Go

Go Trabi Go

Go Trabi Go is a 1991 German comedy film. It was the first major box office hit about events concerning the newly reunified Germany. Unlike other films in this period which focused on the problems following the reunification, Go Trabi Go sees the main characters, former citizens of East Germany,...

(1990), Der Superstau (1990) und Das schreckliche Mädchen (1990).

In 1993 he acted alongside Wolfgang Fierek in Ein Bayer auf Rügen. Fischer's greatest success began in 1995 when he took the lead in Der Bulle von Tölz

Der Bulle von Tölz

Der Bulle von Tölz is an Austrian-German television series which has been produced and broadcast by SAT.1 and the ORF since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made.-Genre:...

. From 1999 to 2005 he starred in Der Pfundskerl and since 2003 he is the lead actor in Pfarrer Braun, a series loosely based on Father Brown

Father Brown

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.

Awards

• Salzburger Stier (1986)
• Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis (with Jockel Tschiersch) (1986)
• Goldener Gong (with Ruth Drexel
  Ruth Drexel
  Ruth Drexel was a German actress, director, and theatre director/manager. Her best-known role was as "Resi Berghammer" in the German television series,...
  
  ) (1997)
• Bul le Mérite by the Bund deutscher Kriminalbeamter (1998)
• Goldene Romy
  Romy (TV award)
  The Romy TV award in honor of the actress Romy Schneider was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper Kurier – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed the 30.5 cm gilded trophy. It recalls a scene from the movie The Swimmingpool with Alain Delon, when Romy Schneider...
  
   - best actor in a TV series (1998)
• Goldene Romy
  Romy (TV award)
  The Romy TV award in honor of the actress Romy Schneider was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper Kurier – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed the 30.5 cm gilded trophy. It recalls a scene from the movie The Swimmingpool with Alain Delon, when Romy Schneider...
  
   - best actor in a TV series (2001)
• Goldene Romy
  Romy (TV award)
  The Romy TV award in honor of the actress Romy Schneider was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper Kurier – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed the 30.5 cm gilded trophy. It recalls a scene from the movie The Swimmingpool with Alain Delon, when Romy Schneider...
  
   - best actor in a TV series (2002)
• Goldene Romy
  Romy (TV award)
  The Romy TV award in honor of the actress Romy Schneider was created in 1990 by the Austrian newspaper Kurier – or rather their movie reviewer Rudolf John, who also designed the 30.5 cm gilded trophy. It recalls a scene from the movie The Swimmingpool with Alain Delon, when Romy Schneider...
  
   - best actor in a TV series (2004)

Additionally, in 2006 the Austrian post office created a postage stamp

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 in his honor.

Films

• Kampftag (1982)
• Echt tu matsch (1983)
• Kolp (1985)
• Zärtliche Chaoten (1987)
• Starke Zeiten (1988)
• Schön war die Zeit (1988)
• Ein Prachtexemplar (1989)
• Das schreckliche Mädchen (1990)
• Café Europa (1990)
• Go Trabi Go
  Go Trabi Go
  Go Trabi Go is a 1991 German comedy film. It was the first major box office hit about events concerning the newly reunified Germany. Unlike other films in this period which focused on the problems following the reunification, Go Trabi Go sees the main characters, former citizens of East Germany,...
  
  (1991)
• Superstau (1991)
• Ich schenk dir die Sterne (1991)
• Alles Lüge (1992)
• Langer Samstag (1992)
• Das Paradies am Ende der Berge (1993)
• Immer Ärger mit Nicole (1993)
• Asterix in Amerika (1994)
• Abbuzze! Der Badesalz-Film (1996)
• Workaholic (1996)
• Die Superbullen (1997)
• Ballermann 6 (1997)
• Qualtingers Wien (1997)
• Drei Herren (1998)
• Das große Krabbeln (1998)
• Die blaue Kanone (1999)
• Der Bestseller (2000)
• Eine Insel zum Träumen – Koh Samui (2001)
• Andreas Hofer 1809 – Die Freiheit des Adlers (2002)
• Die Dickköpfe (2002)
• Der Bestseller – Mord auf italienisch (2002)
• Crazy Race (2003)
• Crazy Race 2 – Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel (2003)
• Hai-Alarm auf Mallorca (2003)
• Der Bestseller – Wiener Blut (2004)
• König Otto (2006)
• Crazy Race 3 – Sie knacken jedes Schloss (2006)
• Tödliche Verbindungen (2007)
• African Race – Die verrückte Jagd nach dem Marakunda (2007)
• Tage wie Jahre (2008)

Television series

• Zeit genug (1982)
• Familie Meier (1983)
• Blam! (1985)
• Irgendwie und Sowieso (1986)
• Die Hausmeisterin (1987)
• Zur Freiheit (1987)
• Der Schwammerlkönig (1988)
• Josef Filser (1989)
• Die schnelle Gerdi (1989)
• Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (1990)
• Almenrausch und Pulverschnee (1993)
• Ein Bayer auf Rügen (1993–1997)
• Alle meine Töchter (1995)
• Der Bulle von Tölz
  Der Bulle von Tölz
  Der Bulle von Tölz is an Austrian-German television series which has been produced and broadcast by SAT.1 and the ORF since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made.-Genre:...
  
  (1995–2009)
• Kommissar Beck – Die neuen Fälle (1997–1998)
• MA 2412 (1998)
• Der Pfundskerl (2000–2003)
• Pfarrer Braun (2003 - )

External links

• Ottfried Fischer's Homepage