Bruno Jonas

Bruno Jonas (born 3 December 1952 in Passau, Germany) is a German Kabarett artist and actor. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied German, political science, and philosophy at LMU Munich, and after several years he began to study theatre.

In 1975, Jonas played with Sigi Zimmerschied in the Kabarett Scharfrichterhaus. After an engagement as a writer and actor at the National Theatre in Munich, he started his first solo program in 1979. He reached wider audiences in Germany through his first own radio show Jonas and through regular appearances with Dieter Hildebrandt as a member of the Kabarett theatre Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft, and later in the political Kabarett TV series Scheibenwischer alongside Mathias Richling. He also appeared as the monk Bruder Barnabas at the "Starkbieranstich" on the Nockherberg in Munich, a traditional ceremony in which Bruder Barnabas gives a ticking-off to present high-ranked politicians.

In 2004, Jonas began to work as a director at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz, where he directed the musical Man of La Mancha and played the part of Don Quichotte. He has published works including Der Morgen davor (1987), Wirklich wahr (1990), and Gebrauchsanweisung für Bayern (2002), and has received awards including the Ernst Hoferichter award and the Bavarian Stand-up Comedian Award.