| Michael Bully Herbig | |
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Herbig at the Berliner Press presentation of Lissi und der wilde Kaiser, 2007. |
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| Born | Michael Herbig April 29, 1968 Munich, Germany |
| Occupation | film director, actor, author |
Michael Herbig (April 29, 1968 in Munich) is a German film director, actor and author. His nickname Bully became intgeral part of his stage name as is Michael Bully Herbig as a comedian.
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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]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 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 |