Rolf Miller

Rolf Miller is a German Kabarett artist born on April 21, 1967 in Walldürn. Although his roots are in the Baden frontier between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, he has become one of the most recognizable voices in the Bavarian and southern German Kabarett scene through years of touring and television presence on Bayerischer Rundfunk. Kabarett is a German tradition of literary political comedy distinct from US-style stand-up, leaning on text, character and language games. Miller's specialty is minimalism: a single chair on an otherwise empty stage, a water bottle for drinking, a second bottle to crack for sound effects, and a dialect-laced character who never quite finishes a sentence.

Miller made his stage debut at the Kulturbühne Biermichel in Neumühl near Kehl with the program "Brennzeichen D - kurz vorm Höhepunkt." His breakthrough came in 1994 when he won the Passauer Scharfrichterbeil and the Baden-Württemberg Kleinkunstpreis for the program "Ich Deutscher - nix verstehn." His 2009 program "Tatsachen" became a defining moment: it earned him the Deutscher Kabarettpreis from Nürnberg's Burgtheater in 2011, and Bayerischer Rundfunk recorded it for two-part broadcast in January 2014. Critics described him in 2011 as the most consistent minimalist on German Kabarett stages, with a jury commendation that runs "behind every pause lurks the punchline." Since 1998 he has been a regular on public television, including frequent guest appearances on "Ottis Schlachthof" and the BR series "Asül für alle" since 2010. His current touring program is "Wenn nicht wann dann jetzt," with a new program slated for September 2026.

Rolf Miller is actively touring with "Wenn nicht wann dann jetzt" through 2025, 2026 and into 2027, with confirmed dates across Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and the rest of the German-speaking region listed on regioactive.de, eventim.de and adticket.de. A new program is announced to launch in September 2026. He also appears periodically on Bayerischer Rundfunk and other public broadcasters.