| Capital: | € 13 million |
| Age: | 42 |
| Born: | February 18, 1978 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | actor |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Oliver Pocher is a German actor, stand-up comedian and television presenter.
Early life
Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher; He become born and grew up in Hanover. His dad and mom are Jehovah’s Witnesses and he too become raised as one. In 2007, Pocher said that in contrast to his dad and mom, he become not in touch with the organisation due to the fact he claimed to “disagree with their rules.” Reports that Pocher had attended a Waldorf faculty have been denied through his management. Pocher has correctly finished his education as an coverage dealer at Signal Iduna Bauspar AG. During his apprenticeship, he had a few part-time jobs at numerous radio stations and as a DJ in golf equipment and at own circle of relatives celebrations. He additionally seemed withinside the comic organization Holla-Bolla and as an entertainer for Birte Karalus, a German chat show. After finishing his education, he labored for the Swiss Life Insurance and Pension Agency (today: SwissLife) and HDI Lebensversicherung AG.
Career
Pocher’s first tv look changed into on October 28, 1998 in Bärbel Schäfer’s afternoon chat display. Pocher changed into given five mins to make the target target market laugh. This changed into sufficient time for the artist to make the target target market laugh. On September 29, 1999 he supplied the Show Chart Surfer Trash Top 100, What’s up, Planet Viva and in the end in 2002 his very own display Alles Pocher,… oder changed into?. From January 2003 to April 14, 2006, he supplied the Rent a Pocher display on ProSieben. In 2006 he recorded the single “Schwarz und Weiss”, a music devoted to the 2006 World Cup. A track video changed into made wherein Oliver seemed as a spokesman for numerous press topics and completed the music in the front of enthusiasts in Team Germany clothing. From October 2007 to April 2009, Pocher seemed at the display with the aid of using Harald Schmidt, a longtime overdue-night time presenter at the tv station Das Erste, beneathneath the name Schmidt and Pocher. In 2008 his 1/3 single “Bring him home” changed into released. It is a music for the European Football Championship 2008. The unique model is Baschi’s #1 hit (Switzerland) “Bring en hei”. In 2009 he changed into assistant educate of the European group on the DEL All Star Game. Pocher’s settlement changed into now no longer renewed after April 2009, that’s why he changed into employed with the aid of using Sat.1 to provide his very own overdue night time display, The Oliver Pocher Show. The rankings of this system have been continually beneathneath the common of the broadcaster and slipped even similarly through the years till the display changed into absolutely canceled in March 2011.
Career highlights
Oliver Pocher is regularly criticized for his jokes on the rate of others. After recommending plastic surgical operation to a girl from the “Wetten, dass… Broadcast” audience, he become sued on January 22, 2005 for damages of EUR 25,000. Although he apologized to her at the telecellsmartphone and repeated this apology publicly all through certainly considered one among his shows, he become not able to solve this war out of court. On January 11, Pocher become sentenced via way of means of the Hanover District Court to a nice of 6,000 euros. The decide accountable known as Pocher’s statement (“You appearance pretty antique on your age”) a “very offensive comment”. The public insult endured in January 2008 all through the TV display “Johannes B. Kerner” whilst Pocher made a laugh of the girl’s look once more and mocked the verdict. As a result, every other lawsuit become filed in opposition to the entertainer. The victim’s legal professional said that the girl become insulted and that the subject is again and again raised via way of means of human beings she encounters all through her work. Pocher did now no longer touch upon this. Statements like Pocher’s can be criminal withinside the future, because the Council of Europe advises decriminalizing insults. Pocher induced a scandal all through the ZDF program “Gottschalk & Friends” in July 2005 whilst he insulted Mariah Carey for the primary time and later by chance spewed water on her. He become criticized sharply via way of means of a few newspapers and the accountable broadcaster for this action. Gottschalk himself remained calm and commented at the incident as follows: “Of route I don’t need to have any jokes on the rate of others all through my display and I don’t need corpses to be eliminated from the battlefield afterwards. If you invite Pocher for your display, however, you need to anticipate a one of a kind surroundings than, for example, Alfred Biolek. ” When Pocher made a laugh of the non-public existence of singer Sarah Connor and her truth display, Connor sued Pocher. While the precise final results of the lawsuit isn’t always known, Pocher apologized to Connor. In January 2009, Pocher featured the Hitler murderer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg at the TV program “Schmidt & Pocher”, who’s portrayed via way of means of Tom Cruise in “Operation Walküre”. For this he needed to cope with bad feedback, after which the broadcasting fee investigated this incident. In February 2014 Oliver Pocher become interviewed on the Vienna Ball via way of means of Mirjam Wechselbraun with Kim Kardashian. He joked that he could best dance if “N ****** in Vienna” become played.
