Michael Herbig

Michael Herbig (April 29, 1968 in Munich) is a German film director, actor and author. He is also known by the name Bully as a comedian.

His career began in 1992 with regular appearances on radio (over 800 times), leading onward to appearances on various TV shows. He gained wider fame with his both writing/acting/directing role on the comedy show “Bullyparade”. The show featured him as the host, Rick Kavanian, Christian Tramitz, and his wife as a dancer and occasional actress in the skits. The show featured many different themes, including stereotypical gay archetypes in a Star Trek parody, a homage to westerns, and of Austrian Sissi. On the show, he let the audience vote which theme to use for each of his movies based upon characters from the show. The first of which, Der Schuh des Manitu (The Shoe of the Manitou), in 2001, was seen by over 11.7 million people, one of the most successful German films to date. The second, (T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1, (2004) was also a commercial success, cementing his career.