Herman Finkers


Hermenegildus Felix Victor Maria "Herman" Finkers is a Dutch comedian, who is well known in the Netherlands for his friendly, dry-witted humour and his ambiguous style of storytelling. His humour is never at the expense of others, except his brother Wilfried Finkers, who is frequently the target of jokes. Wilfried Finkers co-wrote material and occasionally appeared in his brother's shows.

Biography

Herman Finkers was born in Almelo in 1954 and raised in a Catholic family. Herman's career as a cabaret performer began after his study when he made his stuttering his trademark. His first program was called Op Zwart Zangzaad. In 1979 Herman won multiple prizes at the Delftse Cameretten festival.
He temporarily stopped performing in 2000 due to a lack of inspiration and motivation. Soon afterwards he was diagnosed with B-cell [chronic lymphocytic leukemia|a form of leukaemia]. He was given an estimate of 10 to 15 years of life left.
On August 5, 2006, a fuchsia was named after him.
In 2007 he started playing in theaters again, with a show called Na de Pauze. On December 31, 2015, he gave the traditional New Year's Eve performance on Dutch television, which was viewed by three million people.
In 2020, he played the lead role in the film The Marriage Escape. The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets and the film also won the Platinum Film award after having sold 400,000 tickets. In September 2021, Finkers received the Zilveren Krulstaart award for best screenplay of a 2020 Dutch film.
Finkers is a Catholic.

Tweants

Finkers has a strong love for the Tweants dialect. He has translated a number of his shows into Tweants Low Saxon, which is his mother tongue. He also wrote and directed two short animation films, which were completely in Tweants: Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie and his comic interpretation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. After his retirement from theater, Finkers played a role in the first soap series in Tweants: Van Jonge Leu en Oale Groond.
For his efforts to promote the Tweants dialect he received the Johanna van Buuren prize.

Theater performances

  • De terugkeer van Joop Huizinga
  • De Diana Ros Show
  • EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven
  • Het Meisje van de Slijterij
  • De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op
  • Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig
  • Geen spatader veranderd
  • Kalm aan en rap een beetje
  • Na de pauze
  • ''Oudejaarsconference 2015''

    Discography

  • Van zijn LP
  • EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven
  • Het meisje van de slijterij
  • Als gezonde jongen zijnde
  • De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op
  • Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig
  • Geen spatader veranderd
  • Zijn minst beroerde liedjes
  • Liever dan geluk
  • Koo Wit De Floo In Almelo
  • ''Vot Met Den Pröttel''

    DVDs

  • EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven
  • Het meisje van de slijterij
  • De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op
  • Carnaval der Dieren / Sint Joris Mis
  • Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie / Macbeth
  • Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig
  • Geen spatader veranderd
  • Kalm aan en rap een beetje
  • Een engelhart in Rome
  • Tot nu toe
  • Na de pauze
  • Liever dan geluk
  • Alle dvd's
  • ''De oudejaarsconference 2015''