Dirk Bach

Dirk Bach
Dirk Bach in 2009
Born	(1961-04-23)23 April 1961 Cologne, Germany
Died	1 October 2012(2012-10-01) (aged 51) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Comedy actor

Dirk Bach (23 April 1961 – 1 October 2012) was a German television comedy actor, best known as co-host of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!

After school Bach worked in theatres in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York City, Utrecht and Vienna. In 1992 Bach was part of the theatre group in Cologne at the Schauspielhaus and appeared on the German television channel RTL on the Dirk Bach Show. Bach performed in Lukas (1996–2001) on the German television channel ZDF, for which he received the Telestar award (1996), the German Comedy Award (1999) and the Goldene Kamera (2001).

In 2002, Bach starred in Der kleine Mönch on German television channel ZDF. Bach worked in Sesamstraße, the German version of Sesame Street, as the character Pepe. He often performed with Hella von Sinnen on different television productions. From 2004 on Bach and Sonja Zietlow presented the German edition of the show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! on channel RTL. In 2005 Bach played the character Urmel in Urmel aus dem Eis (engl.: Impy's Island). Since 2006 Bach has hosted the German game show Frei Schnauze on channel RTL.

Bach was a German LGBT-activist, a vegetarian and was member of the LSVD. Bach also helped Amnesty International and the organization PETA. He lived together with his partner Thomas in Cologne.