Dirk Bach


Dirk Bach was a German actor, comedian and television presenter, best known as the co-host of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
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Career

Bach was born in Cologne. After school, he worked in theatres in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York, Utrecht, and Vienna. In 1992, Bach was a member of the theatre group in Cologne at the Schauspielhaus and appeared on the German television channel RTL on the Dirk Bach Show.'''' He performed in Lukas on the German TV channel ZDF, for which he received the Telestar award, the German Comedy Award, and the Goldene Kamera.
In 2002, Bach starred in Der kleine Mönch on ZDF. He worked in Sesamstraße, the German version of Sesame Street, as the character Pepe. He often performed with Hella von Sinnen on different television productions. Starting 2004, Bach and Sonja Zietlow presented the German edition of the show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. In 2005, he played the character Urmel in Urmel aus dem Eis, In 2006, Bach was host of the German game show Frei Schnauze on RTL. In 2010, he appeared as Pastor Hinze on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe, in which he performed the first church wedding between two men ever dramatized on German television with characters Oliver Sabel and Christian Mann.

Other work

Bach was an LGBT activist and member of the LSVD organisation. He was part of the campaign to bring the 2010 Gay Games to Cologne. He also helped Amnesty International and the organization PETA.

Personal life and death

Bach lived together with his partner Thomas in Cologne.
Bach died on 1 October 2012 in Berlin at the age of 51 from presumed heart failure.
After his death, the city of Cologne decided to commemorate Bach by naming a public square after him. In mid-2025 the area formerly known as the “kleiner Offenbachplatz” in front of the Schauspielhaus Köln at Offenbachplatz was officially renamed Dirk-Bach-Platz, reflecting his contribution as a theatre performer and entertainer, and marking his connection to the city’s cultural life.

Television

  • 1983: '
  • 1984: '
  • 1986: Kir Royal
  • 1988: Krieg der Töne
  • 1989: Year of the Turtle
  • 1993: '
  • 1994: Die Weltings vom Hauptbahnhof – Scheidung auf Kölsch
  • 1994: Drei zum Verlieben
  • 1995: '
  • 1995: Marys verrücktes Krankenhaus
  • 1996: Lukas
  • 1997: Rendezvous des Todes
  • 1998: '
  • 1998: Varell & Decker
  • 1999: Zum Sterben schön
  • 2001: Das Rätsel des blutroten Rubins
  • 2001: Der Mann, den sie nicht lieben durfte
  • 2002: Der kleine Mönch
  • 2003: Karlchens Parade
  • 2003: Crazy Race 2 – Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel
  • 2003: '
  • 2005: '
  • 2005: Urmel aus dem Eis
  • 2006: '
  • 2006: Crazy Race 3 – Sie knacken jedes Schloss
  • 2007: Die ProSieben Märchenstunde – Des Kaisers neue Kleider
  • 2009: Einfach Bach
  • 2010: ''Teufel Gott und Kaiser – Nibelungenfestspiele Worms''