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![]() Dirk Bach with colleague Hella von Sinnen 2006 at an AIDS charity party in Cologne |
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| Born | Dirk Bach 23 April 1961 Cologne |
| Occupation | Comedy actor |
Dirk Bach (23 April 1961 in Cologne) is a German television comedy actor, best known as Pepe[1] in the German version of Sesamstraße and as an actor in television series Lukas.
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After school Bach worked in theatres in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York City, Utrecht and Vienna. In 1992 Bach was part of the theatre group in Cologne at the Schauspielhaus and appeared on the German television channel RTL on the Dirk Bach Show. Bach performed in Lukas (1996-2001) on the German television channel ZDF, for which he received the Telestar award (1996), the German Comedy Award (1999) and the Goldene Kamera (2001).
In 2002, Bach starred in Der kleine Mönch on German television channel ZDF. Bach worked in Sesamstraße as the character Pepe. He often performs with Hella von Sinnen on different television productions. In 2004, Bach and Sonja Zietlow presented the German edition of the show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! on channel RTL. And in 2005 Bach played the character Urmel in Urmel aus dem Eis. Since 2006 Bach has presented the German game show Frei Schnauze on channel RTL.
Bach is a German LGBT-activist, is a vegetarian[2] and is member of the LSVD. Bach also helps Amnesty International and the organization PETA. He lives together with his partner Thomas in Cologne. [3]
Bach is part of the campaign to bring the 2010 Gay Games to Cologne.[4]
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