Jochen Busse

After graduating from high school, Busse took private lessons in acting in Munich. In 1960 he was discovered at Friedrich Hollaender's student cabaret "Die Knallfrösche" for a cabaret revue in Berlin. In the following years, Busse primarily gained acting and cabaret experience at the Frankfurt cabaret "Die Striche", at the "Rationaltheater" in Munich and at the Düsseldorf "Kom(m)ödchen". Busse also played theater and appeared in Arthur Miller's "The Death of a Salesman" alongside Horst Tappert, in Budjuhn/Rose's "The Twelve Jurors" and in Carl Zuckmayer's "The Merry Vineyard". At the end of the 1960s, engagements for film and television were added to stage work. In 1969, Busse played, among other things, "The Young Tigers of Hong Kong" and in the Wolfgang Becker production "Ellenbogenspiele". He first gained popularity in 1970 in the role of the murderous drilling engineer in "11:20" with Joachim Fuchsberger and Gila von Weitershausen.

In 1972, Busse appeared with Charles Regnier in 20 episodes of the ZDF series "Mord Commission", where he was also able to show his comedic talents in the role of the clever criminal assistant "Siebenlist". In 1978, Busse fooled around in the "Media Clinic" for television. His last serious role was in the 1984 film "The Wannsee Conference". From this time on he worked as an author for the WDR "Montagsmagazin" and for the NDR children's series "Spencer". He also starred in his own ARD sketch series "Nur für Busse". From 1981 to 1991, Busse was a member of the "Munich Laughing and Shooting Society" ensemble. Busse and Richard Rogler wrote the script together for the six-part entertainment series "Mr. Rogler and Mr. Busse", which premiered at the SFB in 1992. In 1994, Busse starred alongside Karsten Speck and others in the ARD sitcom "Three Men in Bed". From February 1996, Busse hosted the successful comedy show "7 Days - 7 Heads" on RTL, which celebrated its 150th broadcast in April 2001.

The show's team was awarded the "Golden Lion" in the "Best Comedy Show" category in 1998 and won a "Bambi" in the same year. Busse became a well-known and popular comedy star. In 2000, Busse made his debut as a director: He staged Heinrich von Kleist's play "The Broken Pitcher" at the Schiller Theater in Wuppertal. In the same year, Jochen Busse was awarded the "German Comedy Prize" for his life's work. In 2001, Busse starred in the six-part comedy series "Once a Prince". In August 2002, the political comedy "The Backbenchers" began, in which the comedian also took part. Busse played a leading role in the successful RTL comedy series "Das Amt", which aired its sixth season in 2002. A seventh season was made in 2003. After many successful years, "7 Days - 7 Heads" was broadcast for the last time on December 30, 2005. Just a few months later, in April 2006, Busse took over the moderation of the Sat1 comedy talk show "Der Heiße Brei".

In 2007, Busse hosted the show "Laughing is Fun" on NDR. From the end of 2007 he toured Germany with Henning Venske and the program "Legend meets Urgestein". The following joint stage program was entitled "Inventur" and premiered on September 22, 2009. In 2014, Busse appeared with "How do I come up with this now?" for the first time solo. In 2016 he published the book "Speaking of sandwiches".