Lutz van der Horst

Lutz van der Horst, 2017

Lutz van der Horst (born 20 August 1975 in Cologne) is a German actor and comedian.

Life

Van der Horst studied English studies and German studies at University of Cologne.^[1] As television presenter, comedian and actor he worked in several productions on German broadcast. Since 2009 van der Horst is crew-member of German comedy Heute-show.^[2][3] From 2011 to 2012 he was host together with Senna Guemmour on quizshow Iss oder quizz in ZDFneo. 2012 he worked as a reporter in Monika Grubers boulevardsatire Leute, Leute!ÄÄ on German broadcast ZDF. Sice 2013 he hosts together with Christiane Stenger production Wie werd' ich …? on German broadcast ZDFneo.^[4]

Awards

• 2007: Deutscher Comedypreis as author at Switch reloaded (category best sketch-show)
• 2008: Deutscher Fernsehpreis as author at Switch reloaded (category best comedy)
• 2010: Adolf-Grimme-Preis as member and author of heute-show (category entertainment)
• 2010: Deutscher Fernsehpreis as member and author of heute-show (category best comedy)
• 2010: Deutscher Comedypreis as member and author of heute-show (category best comedy-Show)
• 2011: Deutscher Comedypreis as member and author of heute-show (category best comedy-Show)
• 2012: Deutscher Comedypreis as member and author of heute-show (category best comedy-Show)
• 2014: Deutscher Fernsehpreis as member and author of heute-show (category best Comedy)
• 2016: Goldene Henne as member and author of heute-show (category politics)
• 2017: Goldene Kamera as member and author by heute-show (category best satire-show)

External links

• Official website by Lutz van der Horst
• Kölner Stadtanzeiger: „Der Kölner Lenauplatz ist der friedlichste Platz der Welt“ (german)
• Berliner Kurier: Mama findet mich manchmal peinlich ! (german)
• Stuttgarter Zeitung: Zehn Gründe, warum wir uns auf die „Heute Show“ freuen
• Berliner Zeitung: Lutz van der Horst, Die charmante Nervensäge von der Heute-Show

References