Biography

Otto Kuhnle, author of the book "I, the joke" and numerous
anonymous contact advertisements began his career
classically in a ballet school.

His activity as a singing and tap-dancing telegram (bad
ews department) made him what he is today. Further
steps into the social offside were movies with Wim Wenders,
the German TV serial "Comedy Factory" and his part in the
Comedy-group Trio Blamage.

He explores the shallows of German entertainment and his
own bad taste. He dances, sings and plays several
instruments and looks impudently good despite or even
because of his old age.

Although he had some serious-meant requests of heavy-rich
widows, he decided to continue to present the public with his
"Blödsinn” ("the art to wash gold from plastic”).

Because of his legendary training of pot plants the only thing
remaining for the astonished spectator is to say “Mr. Kuhnle
is doing it with flowers"!


 
 
 
Stage (selection)

- Original member of the Comedy - group Trio Blamage.
With Trio Blamage engagements in theatres and festivals
in Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Denmark, France,
Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the USSR.

- Various appearances on German TV-shows. (e.g.
Sprungbrett, Extratour, Mensch Meier, Die zwei im Zweiten,
live aus der Alabama, Gottschalk täglich etc.)

- Host in varieté shows (e.g. Chamäleon Varieté Berlin,
Bar jeder Vernunft Berlin, Schmidt Theater Hamburg,
Tempodrom Berlin) with Gianna Nannini, Nina Hagen,
Otto Sanders, Marianne Rosenberg, Meret Becker, die Ärzte,
Die Toten Hosen, Udo Lindenberg etc.

- Late-show “Nachtaktive Säugetiere” with Josef Hader,

- “Wühlmäuse” with Dieter Hallervorden

- “Die Bunte Abend” with Roland Baisch

- Expo 2000: More than 80 appearances as "Ambassador
of German humour" from June to October 2000

- Jury-award of Berlin theatre "Wühlmäuse" 2001.

-2003 premier of a Spanish version of “30° and sunshine” in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria and in summer 2005 in Barcelona

- since summer 2005: appearances at corporate events and comedy-clubs in London, cooperation with fabulous Henning Wehn

- 8/2005 Edinburgh Festival


 
 

TV and movies (selection)

Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)
directed by Wim Wenders, 1983

Die Brüder Skladanowsky with Udo Kier, directed by Wim Wenders 1995

Comedy Factory, TV-serie 39 episodes, PRO 7, actor and author 1996-97

Fensterspiele directed by Barbara Rohm BR 1998

Sternschnuppe directed by Marina Caba-Rall ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel 2000

Tatort Magical Mystery Mord
directed by Didi Danquart 2000

Brisko Schneider Show, SAT 1 2000

Die Kuhnle Krömer Show, rbb 2003

Lachen Verboten, ndr 2004