Dirk Bach

Acting

Dirk Bach

Born — Died

1961-04-23 — 2012-10-01

Place of birth

Cologne, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

69 titles

Dirk Bach (23 April 1961 – 1 October 2012) was a German actor, comedian and television presenter, best known as the co-host of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 17 titles

The Little Polar Bear poster
6.2

This charming animated adventure follows a young polar bear, Lars, as he befriends Robbie, a seal. Together, these two form a friendship that proves different breeds of animals can get along perfectly well.

The Little Polar Bear

2001

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island poster
7.1

New adventures from Lars, the cheeky little polar bear who loves nothing more than to explore the big wide world. This time Lars and his friend Robby start out for a rescue mission for their friend Caruso leading them all the way to the Galapagos Islands.

The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island

2005

Urmel aus dem Eis poster
8.2

There are incredible things on the South Sea island of Titiwu: Professor Habakuk Tibatong has taught some animals to speak. For example, the pig lady Wutz, the quirky shoebill Schusch, the lively penguin Ping and the monitor lizard Wawa. On the rocky reef, the sea fan is always singing his "traurägän Lädär", and then there is the orphan Tim Tintenklecks. Everyone lives in peace and tranquillity - until the Urmel appears ...

Urmel aus dem Eis

2005

Il giardino poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il giardino

2008

Der Mann, den sie nicht lieben durfte poster
5.2

Fashion designer Irena falls in love with a professional gamer after the death of her husband, without realizing that he received her husband's heart as an organ recipient.

Der Mann, den sie nicht lieben durfte

2001

Das kleine Arschloch und der alte Sack - Sterben ist Scheiße poster
5.7

The little asshole's grandfather, the old bag, has fallen into the coffin at a funeral and been buried alive. It's no surprise that instead of going to heaven, the old sack goes straight to hell. The little asshole and his dog Peppi, whom he inherited from Mrs. Mövenpick, try everything in their power to snatch the old bag from the clutches of the devil and do not shy away from dubious cloning techniques and black magic.

Das kleine Arschloch und der alte Sack - Sterben ist Scheiße

2006

Crazy Race 3 - Sie knacken jedes Schloss poster
2.3

Frank Wieland, a master thief at the start of his career, has his sights set on King Ludwig II's signet ring. But no sooner has he broken into the safe than his role model Kara Moreni, of all people, steals the ring from him. Frank is serving six years in prison for this burglary, which gives him enough time to develop an ingenious plan to get the signet ring back.

Crazy Race 3 - Sie knacken jedes Schloss

2007

Crocodile Alert poster
4.1

Ann Berg, in her late twenties, is an ambitious intern in the Forensic Medicine department. While investigating a crime scene she is shocked to find evidence of a crocodile attack. She turns to the expert Mitch "Croc" McDearie for help.

Crocodile Alert

2006

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian poster
5.4

Laura gets the chance to fly to China with her family. Her mother is supposed to give a concert with Chinese musician to celebrate the New Year.

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

2009

Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel poster
4.1

In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east - out of love. The teenager has fallen hopelessly in love with an East Berliner. Jenny’s parents are foaming from wrath and offer a reward: One-hundred thousand, later even a million, deutschmarks for whoever brings them their daughter back. The prospect of so much money gets east and west into quite a disarray – and in the end, the Wall really falls.

Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel

2004

Crazy Race poster
3.7

Marc owes a criminal a quarter of a million euros. So it's just as well that there's an illegal car rally across Germany to win exactly that amount. Inconveniently, he is now supposed to look after his eight-year-old daughter.

Crazy Race

2003

In Search of an Impotent Man poster
3.5

Carmen Legg, a tall sporty red-head, is fed up with men and their one-track minds. She is thirty something, drives her own BMW, lives in her own apartment and likes to run her own life the way she wants it. What she needs, Carmen decides, is a man with higher things on his mind. So with her friend, an eighty-year-old neighbour with a traumatic past, she places a rather unusual advertisement...

In Search of an Impotent Man

2003

Nena feat. Nena - Live poster
7.5

A double DVD called Nena feat. Nena Live was released in 2003. It contained Nena's twentieth anniversary show recorded on 11 October 2002 at Frankfurt am Main. The show ran for nearly three hours, during which Nena invited many friends and fellow musicians to sing along with her: Joachim Witt, Udo Lindenberg, Kim Wilde, Westbam, Markus, Hartmut Engler, Rosenstolz, Mike Tait, Howard Jones, and TokTok, as well as the surviving members of Nena band: Rolf Brendel, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Jürgen Dehmel. The second DVD contains footage of Nena and her band on tour, interviews, and three music videos: "99 Luftballons" (2002 Version), "Wunder gescheh'n" (Red Nose Version), and "Leuchtturm" (2002 Version).

Nena feat. Nena - Live

2003

African Race poster
4.7

The scatterbrained archivist of Cologne Cathedral is sent to Africa to retrieve the largest diamond in the world, on which the cathedral once rested and whose absence is now causing the foundations of the building to sink. In his wake, shady characters appear who are also after the precious stone. But there are also helpers who are well-disposed towards the adventurer against his will.

African Race

2008

Dornröschen poster
3.8

German TV adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty“.

Dornröschen

2009

Popp Dich schlank poster
4.6

Paul and Paula are partners in their profession as comic artists and best friends in their private lives. They also have the same problem: being overweight! When Paul's school sweetheart Mariah suddenly turns up and is about to move to the city, Paul decides to lose weight. But he breaks his leg during his first attempt at fitness. And how do you burn a lot of calories despite breaking your leg? By popping! The results are impressive and gradually everyone around him falls for the sex diet. Eventually even Paula, who persuades her good old friend Paul to have sex with her. After all, they know each other inside out and don't want anything else from each other, or do they?

Popp Dich schlank

2005

Treuepunkte poster
NR

Andrea collects loyalty points at a gas station supermarket and seems to have a perfect life. Her husband Christoph is a successful lawyer and loving father of two wonderful children. Everything seems to be going well in their paid-off row house. Then Andrea sees her husband in a passionate embrace with an unknown beauty. Her alarm bells start ringing: Is Christoph having an affair?

Treuepunkte

2008

1990s · 6 titles

Lady Rettich, Czerni and I poster
5.7

When Marie embarks on a road trip to a small seaside town, she’s joined by her quirky best friend Czerni and the eccentric, free-spirited schoolteacher Frau Rettich. What starts as a peaceful getaway quickly turns into an unpredictable journey of self-discovery, awkward romantic encounters, and hilarious escapades. As the trio’s personalities clash and their bond deepens, the trip becomes more than just a vacation—it’s a wild ride of love, friendship, and life’s unexpected twists. Frau Rettich, die Czerni und ich is a charming, offbeat comedy about finding yourself and embracing the chaos along the way.

Lady Rettich, Czerni and I

1998

Nich' mit Leo poster
5.0

Leo the foreign legionnaire, Wilhelm the priest and Charly the brothel owner are unequal brothers. Wilhelm is determined to have Charly's brothel closed down. When Charly kidnaps Wilhelm to his brothel, he recognizes his brother - and promptly pretends to be him. And then Leo comes along as well.

Nich' mit Leo

1995

Kein Pardon poster
6.9

Since childhood Peter Schlönzke dreams of a career as a TV presenter. His great role model is Heinz Wäscher, who is always looking for talented young entertainers for his popular show. Peters mother announces her shy boy for an audition, which, although mercilessly goes wrong, but brings him a job as a cable helper. He meets the popular entertainer from the unlikely side: as a bus scrapper who despises his audience. When Peter stumbles into the limelight by chance, he has a unique chance - as successor to scrubber.

Kein Pardon

1993

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Verliebte Feinde

1995

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9.0

An unemployed lawyer from Munich, a fan of the 1860 soccer club, inherits a funeral home and hatches a plan to buy a striker for the club, which is threatened with relegation. But first, he has to get the inherited business back on track. What better way to do that than with an advertising campaign that promotes funerals as events?

Zum Sterben schön

1997

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4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Rendezvous des Todes

1997

1980s · 4 titles

Series credits

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4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Volle Kanne

1999

Die Harald Schmidt Show poster
7.4

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998

Riverboat poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Riverboat

1992

ZDF-Fernsehgarten poster
2.8

No synopsis available yet.

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

1986

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

3 nach 9

1974

Beckmann poster
4.5

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

Beckmann

1999

Nachtcafé poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtcafé

1987

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen der Woche

2000

Wetten, dass..? poster
5.6

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

Wetten, dass..?

1981

Genial daneben poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Genial daneben

2003

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP poster
6.0

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

1997

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Goldene Kamera

1984

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!

2006

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

RTL Samstag Nacht poster
7.9

RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.

RTL Samstag Nacht

1993

Boulevard Bio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Boulevard Bio

1991

No artwork available
7.7

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show was a German television talk show that ran on VIVA and was then transferred to MTV under the title Kuttner. in mid-2005. It ran from August 2, 2004 to August 3, 2006. Hosted by Sarah Kuttner, it was a more youthful variation on the traditional late show concept with a sidekick, Sven Schuhmacher, and various national as well as international celebrity guests. The show also featured humorous reports by Michael Wigge and Caroline Korneli, its own band and musical guests performing live on stage. When MTV took over other German music channel VIVA in 2004, it was suggested, the show would be cancelled, which drew massive protests from fans. It was then cut from four shows per week to just two shows and later transferred to MTV and renamed Kuttner. Production was relocated from Cologne to Berlin. MTV cancelled Kuttner. in summer 2006 due to low ratings and high production costs.

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show

2004

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6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Die ultimative Chartshow

2003

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5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Mitternachtsspitzen

1988

Schillerstraße poster
8.1

Schillerstraße was a German improvisational comedy show that aired weekly on Sat.1. It was recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent.

Schillerstraße

2004

Stars in der Manege poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Stars in der Manege

1959

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pssst ...

1990

Deutscher Fernsehpreis poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

1999

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5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Koschwitz

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Kocharena

2007

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde poster
7.7

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde is a television movie series that has been produced since 2006. It features characters that are exclusively portrayed by German and Austrian comedians and actors. The series is shot in Prague. The screenplays have - amongst others - been written by Tommy Krappweis, Erik Haffner and Norman Cöster who came up with the stories of Bernd das Brot. Additionally, they are directing and have cameo appearances. Many actors use their respective dialect. Die ProSieben Märchenstunde was nominated for the German Comedy Award in the category Best Comedy in 2006. It is also broadcast on Austrian television channel ORF, which is co-producing the series, airing the programme as Die ORF Märchenstunde.

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde

2006

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8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Blondes Gift

2002

Lukas poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lukas

1996

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Hit-Giganten

2003

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Extreme Activity

2006

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show

1998

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7.0

Elton.tv was a German comedic late-night talk show hosted by Elton. It was originally shown once a week on ProSieben between 6 December 2001 and 27 March 2003. The show was produced by Stefan Raab's company Raab TV and, in its original run, shown Thursdays after TV total. There were two seasons of the show, with about 50 episodes in total. Each episode of the show was about 30 minutes long and primarily featured Elton in studio talk with various German celebrity guests. Each episode also included Elton's street reports as well as his presentations of some interesting websites and video clips he found on the Internet. Following the cancellation of the show on ProSieben, all of the episodes were repeated several times on VIVA until 2005.

Elton.tv

2001

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Niels Ruf Show

2006

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show

1998

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

German Comedy Award

1997