Christoph Maria Herbst

hristoph Maria Herbst, born in 1966 in Wuppertal, won the following awards, among many others, for the role he became famous for as the unbearable departmental head at Capitol Insurance in the television series Stromberg: the German Television Award; the Bavarian Television Award; the Adolf Grimme Award; and four German Comedy Awards. In 2014 the series also made the leap to the cinema with the feature film STROMBERG.

He performed lead roles and striking supporting roles in, among other productions, Michael Bully Herbig's DREAMSHIP SURPRISE - PERIOD 1 (2004); Doris Dörrie's THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE (2004); Helmut Dietl's ABOUT THE LOOKING FOR AND THE FINDING OF LOVE (2005); and Detlev Buck's HANDS OF MISSISSIPPI (2007). Under the direction of Tobi Baumann he played the role of Alfons Hatler in DER TRIXXER (2004) and also in its sequel THE VEXXER (2007).

In addition, he was in Daniel Walta's family drama JAKOBS BRUDER and in Michael Bully Herbig's VICKY THE VIKING. In 2011 this talented actor gave a brilliant performance in Christian Ditter's VICKY AND THE TREASURE OF THE GODS, the first German 3-D non-animation feature film.

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