Michael Mittermeier
Introduction Mittermeier at Zelt-Musik-Festival 2017 in Freiburg'''Michael Fritz Mittermeier''' (born 3 April 1966) is a German comedian.
Early life Mittermeier was born in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria. During his childhood he lived in Bavaria. After school he studied theatre.
Career In 1996, Mittermeier started the comedy program ''Zapped''. ''Zapped'' was shown on his tours in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He participated in comedy television shows as well as the German TV show ''Wetten, dass..?''. The most well-known parts of ''Zapped'' are parodies of German advertisements as well as the US television series ''MacGyver'', which later became a running gag. Mittermeier popularized the term "Arschgeweih" for Lower-back tattoo ("tramp stamp"; literally "ass antler"). His next comedy programs were ''Wahnsinnlich'' (1990), ''Zapped!'' (1999), ''Back to Life'' (2002), ''Paranoid'' (2004), ''Safari'' (2007) and ''Achtung, Baby!'' (2010).In 1998, Mittermeier published ''Im Rausch der Kanäle'' together with Thomas Hermanns and Gudrun Allwang. In 2010, he published ''Achtung, Baby! ''In 2001, he was featured in the music video for the Guano Apes (credited here as the Guano Babes) song, "Kumba Yo".Mittermeier was also involved in the 2010 documentary ''This Prison Where I Live'', featuring the Burmese comedian Zarganar who was imprisoned by his country's military junta for lampooning and criticizing them.Mittermeier in 2007In 2012, Mittermeier performed his English-language show ''A German on Safari'' in New York, London, and at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Personal life Mittermeier married singer Gudrun Allwang in 1998.Having been born (and brought up) in Bavaria, Mittermeier has been a lifelong fan of the football team Bayern Munich.
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