Dieter Nuhr

Dieter Herbert Nuhr (born 29 October 1960) is a German kabarett artist, comedian, author and television presenter. He is one of the most successful cabaret artists in Germany, with more than 200,000 viewers per year, and is regarded as a mediator between classical comedy and intelligent stand-up comedy. His stage program nuhr in Berlin was the first German stand-up comedy created exclusively for Netflix. In his work he gives a critical glance to social behaviour in society and media, often satirising relationships and families.

Nuhr was born in Wesel, but his family moved to Dusseldorf when he was four years old. In 1981 he started to study art and history at the University of Duisburg-Essen and received his teaching degree in 1988. His first appearance on stage was with a school theater group, and in 1986 he and Frank Kuster founded the cabaret-duo V.E.V.-K.Barett. In 1994, Nuhr started his first solo project called Nuhr am Norgeln, the title of which, like most of his titles, carries two meanings.

In 1998, his stage program Nuhr weiter so received the Deutsche Kleinkunstpreis in the category cabaret, and in 2003 he received the Deutscher Comedypreis for best live performance, making him the only person to have received both of these well-known German awards. After presenting a humorous review of the year's events in 2004, he has been broadcast on ZDF with a similar TV show at the end of every following year, and he presented the German comedy award for the first time on 24 October 2008.