Mike Krüger

Michael Friedrich Wilhelm "Mike" Krüger (born 14 December 1951 in Ulm) is a German comedian, actor, Kabarettist and singer. He is the son of Friedrich W. Krüger, a Prokurist of the Norddeutsche Treuhandgesellschaft and later director of the Bewobau. His mother died when he was three years old in a Paris hotel room. He attended the Peter-Petersen-Schule in Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel, at the age of ten moved to a boarding school in Büsum, and after his Abitur in June 1970 completed an apprenticeship as a Betonbauer until 1973, during which he was also involved in the work on the Alsterschwimmhalle and the new Hamburger Elbtunnel.

He performed his military service from 1 October 1973 as a Funkfernschreiber in the Bundesmarine. Afterwards he began an architecture degree at the Fachhochschule in Hamburg, and during his studies already performed on stage, among other places in the folklore club Danny's Pan in Hamburg. After his first record success Mein Gott, Walther he gave up his studies in 1975 and toured with a stage programme. Later record successes followed, including Der Nippel (1980), Bodo mit dem Bagger (1983) and Welthits aus Quickborn (1998); Der Nippel reached number 1 in the Austrian charts. At the end of 2021, at the age of 70, he ended his touring career.

Krüger became nationally known through his title Mein Gott, Walther in 1975 in the entertainment show Am laufenden Band moderated by Rudi Carrell, and on television he made a career as a presenter, with shows such as Vier gegen Willi, Die Mike Krüger Show (1991 to 1993 on SAT.1) and 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (1996 to 2005 on RTL). From 1982 he made, together with Thomas Gottschalk, the commercially successful four-part film series Die Supernasen, and from April 2023 to the end of 2024 the two had the podcast Die Supernasen - mit Thomas Gottschalk und Mike Krüger.