Jesko Friedrich Explained

Jesko Friedrich
Birth Date:	1974 4, df=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Gießen^[2]

Jesko Friedrich (born 2 April 1974 in Gießen) is a German comedy television actor and writer.

Early life and career

Friedrich grew up in Lübeck and has a doctorate in German studies^[3] at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen.

Friedrich started writing jokes for the show Freitag Nacht News ("Friday Night News").^[4] Since 2001, Friedrich worked at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, mostly as a writer, producer, and actor for the satire show Extra 3, and for other comedy shows. Beginning in 2003, together with Dennis Kaupp, he developed the recurring show segment Johannes Schlüter. Friedrich plays the role of Johannes Schlüter, a character who works absurd jobs in every episode (for example as speaker on women's rights for the Christian Social Union of Bavaria, bush pilot, or peddler of flags ready to be burned by protesters), and is interviewed by Kaupp.^[5] The segment was awarded the Adolf Grimme Award in 2009.^[6]

From 2005 to 2008 Friedrich and Kaupp produced their own comedy show Sehr witzig ("Very Funny") for the NDR. Both acted as directors, authors and actors. Since 2009 he has again worked with Kaupp on the show Dennis und Jesko, a successor to Sehr witzig. He also had a role in the short film trilogy Eine Nacht in Wilhelmsburg ("A Night in Wilhemsburg") (2005, 2006 und 2007).^[7]

Awards

• Adolf Grimme Award 2009 in the "Special" category
• Nomination for a German Comedy Award in the category "Best Sketch Comedy"^[8]

Publications

• Book: Friedrich, Jesko . Phraseologisches Wörterbuch des Mittelhochdeutschen : Redensarten, Sprichwörter und andere feste Wortverbindungen in Texten von 1050–1350. Phraseological Dictionary of the Middle High German : Phrases, proverbs, and other fixed word combinations in texts from 1050–1350. German. 2006. Reihe Germanistische Linguistik, 264. Tübingen. M. Niemeyer. 978-3-484-31264-7. 69105515.

Further reading

• Web site: Norddeutsche Comedy. German. Travemünde Aktuell. 25 August 2011. 14 February 2012.
• Web site: Dennis & Jesko – Die Sketchköppe. German. Travemünde Aktuell. 7 August 2010. 14 February 2012.

External links

• • Dennis Kaupp and Jesko Friedrich Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Über Jesko. 14 February 2012.
2. Web site: Grimme für Schlüter. German. 14 February 2012. 26 March 2009. Hamburger Abendblatt.
3. News: Saukomische Kreatur . German . Hilarious creature . Freitag . Jan . 2 April 2009 . . 11 February 2012.
4. Web site: Extra 3-Rubrik "Johannes Schlüter". 14 February 2012. Grimme Institut. German. https://web.archive.org/web/20111110174500/http://www.grimme-institut.de/html/index.php?id=878. 10 November 2011. dead.
5. Web site: Was Satire alles kann. German. 14 February 2012. 26 March 2009. Tino. Lange. Hamburger Abendblatt.
6. Web site: Grimmepreis: Arbeitsschwerpunkt Gelächter. 14 February 2012. Jan. Freitag. 31 March 2009. Frankfurter Rundschau. German.
7. https://archive.today/20140831013225/http://www.47-ronin-productions.com/?content=static/darsteller&id=3&lang=0 Jesko Friedrich bei 47 Ronin Productions
8. Web site: Zwei Comedians und eine "coole Sau". German. 14 February 2012. 14 October 2010. Hamburger Abendblatt.