Michael Kessler
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Michael Kessler (born 24 June 1967) is a German actor, comedian and author from Wiesbaden.
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[edit] Theater
After his acting training at Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992, Kessler had roles at the following theaters: Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Mannheim and Schauspielhaus Zürich. Since 2005 he is starring alongside Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka and Jürgen Tonkel in the play Männerhort at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm theater in Berlin.
[edit] Film
Since 1991 he took part in numerous big screen productions like Schtonk!, Manta, Manta, Kleine Haie (Little Sharks) and Nordkurve (North Turn). 2006 he starred in Hui-Buh, Das Schlossgespenst. 2007 he'll be part of Neues vom Wixxer and the Swiss movie Tell.
[edit] Short movies
2002 he had a starring role in the acclaimed film Zwei Wochen Argentinien (Two Weeks Argentina). 2003 he took part in Glückstag (Lucky Day) and Für gutes Betragen (For Good Behaviour).
[edit] Television
Since 1992 he is working for television. Beyond others he appeared in the following productions: Siebenbirken, Schwarz greift ein, Das Schicksal der Woche, Hotel Mama 1-3, Sonntags geöffnet, Der letzte Kurier, Sophie, Callboy, Kommissare Südwest, St. Angela, Ein Fall für Zwei, Großstadtrevier, Tatort, Der kleine Mönch, SK-Kölsch, Das Leben der Philosophen and SOKO-Köln.
[edit] Comedy
From 1999 to 2000 Michael Kessler was cast member of Switch. From 2001 to 2002 he was part of the Wochenshow cast. Afterwards he appeared on Axel!, Urmel aus dem Eis, Ladyland and Pastewka. Beginning with the first episode in 2004 he is a regular on Schillerstraße. Additionally he took part in Genial daneben and in the "ProSieben Märchenstunde (ProSieben Fairy Tale Hour)" in the episodes Rotkäppchen (Little Red Riding Hood), Froschkönig (The Frog Prince) and Aschenputtel (Cinderella).
Since October 2006 he is driving on RBB the Berliner Nacht Taxe (Berlin Night Taxi). "I want to have the unaltered stories of the night", says Michael Kessler who loves new challenges. "We're going to meet authentic people. That's no talk theater with casted actors.“ The series with six episodes was first broadcast on 30 October 2006 and aired every fortnight.
