Peer Kusmagk
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Peer Kusmagk is a German
actor
and television host.
He completed his acting training at the Etage in Berlin
and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
in Los Angeles
. From 1999, he also took private acting lessons at the Summer Academy Theater with Herbert Fischer
Kusmagk started his television career on the German sports television DSF
, today Sport 1
. He then acted in the RTL
soap opera
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
(Good Times, Bad Times) from 2001 to 2003, as Ben Bachmann, a major role. He also worked at VOX and ProSieben. Together with his at the time wife, he hosted Frühstücksfernsehen on Sat.1
from 2003 to 2005.
On 23 May 2003, he married the television host Charlotte Karlinder, three months after they had first met. In mid 2005, they separated and were divorced shortly thereafter. During his marriage with Karlinder he took a double surname, Peer Karlinder Kusmagk. Since mid 2010, he is in a relationship with Isabella "Bella" Recke, the daughter of Helmut von Finck.
In 2004, he protested, together with his ex-wife Charlotte, at a fur fair in Berlin
. The pair were charged with trespassing and vandalism due to a paint bomb attack during a press conference. In retrospect, however, they had to pay only the property damage amounting to 10,000 €.
Together with actor Rhon Diels, he opened in 2006, the French Bar / Restaurant La Raclette in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
. His restaurant was destroyed by fire in October 2010. According to the insurance reporrt, the trigger was a faulty cable. Through the support of friends and his family, he could reopen his restaurant in November 2010.
In January 2011 he competed in the reality show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
, the German version of
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. He won with a voting score of 69.77% and became the "King of the Jungle".
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and television host.
Life
After his graduation, he lived for three years in different countries and earned his living by doing odd jobs. He has lived in Africa and in Southern Europe and because of this, he speaks fluent English, Spanish, Italian and French.He completed his acting training at the Etage in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
__notoc__The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is an acting school located at 115 East 15th Street between Union Square East and Irving Place in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, as well as at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. From 1999, he also took private acting lessons at the Summer Academy Theater with Herbert Fischer
Kusmagk started his television career on the German sports television DSF
DSF
DSF can mean:* Deutsches Sportfernsehen, a German TV channel for sport* Democratic Students' Front, an independent political students' organisation of Jadavpur University* DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd, a British refractory brick manufacturer...
, today Sport 1
Sport 1
Sport 1 is a European sports channel which is currently available in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania broadcasting in different languages...
. He then acted in the RTL
RTL Television
Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
(Good Times, Bad Times) from 2001 to 2003, as Ben Bachmann, a major role. He also worked at VOX and ProSieben. Together with his at the time wife, he hosted Frühstücksfernsehen on Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
from 2003 to 2005.
On 23 May 2003, he married the television host Charlotte Karlinder, three months after they had first met. In mid 2005, they separated and were divorced shortly thereafter. During his marriage with Karlinder he took a double surname, Peer Karlinder Kusmagk. Since mid 2010, he is in a relationship with Isabella "Bella" Recke, the daughter of Helmut von Finck.
In 2004, he protested, together with his ex-wife Charlotte, at a fur fair in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. The pair were charged with trespassing and vandalism due to a paint bomb attack during a press conference. In retrospect, however, they had to pay only the property damage amounting to 10,000 €.
Together with actor Rhon Diels, he opened in 2006, the French Bar / Restaurant La Raclette in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is the second borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin borough of Friedrichshain and the former West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg...
. His restaurant was destroyed by fire in October 2010. According to the insurance reporrt, the trigger was a faulty cable. Through the support of friends and his family, he could reopen his restaurant in November 2010.
In January 2011 he competed in the reality show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! is a German television series based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...
, the German version of
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. He won with a voting score of 69.77% and became the "King of the Jungle".
Filmography
- My Brother Jack (1998)
- Unter unsUnter UnsUnter uns is a German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL on 28 November 1994. Centered around the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set in the fictional Schillerallee in Cologne. Since the show debuted the baker's family Weigel is the series core family...
(2000), Horst - Gute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
(2001–2003), Ben Bachmann - Das Büro (2003), Lars Vollmer