Oliver Pocher
| Oliver Pocher | |
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Oliver Pocher in 2010.
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| Born |
18 February 1978 Hanover, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Genres | Stand-up comedy, Observational comedy |
| Spouse | Alessandra Meyer-Wölden (m. 2010–14) |
| Children | 3 (one daughter, two sons) |
| Notable works and roles |
Rent a Pocher (2003-2006) Schmidt & Pocher (2007-2009) Die Oliver Pocher Show (2009-2011) |
| Website | Official Website |
Oliver Pocher (born 18 February 1978) is a German actor, stand-up comedian and television host.
Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher; he was born and grew up in Hanover, West Germany. His parents are Jehovah's Witnesses and he too was raised as one. In 2007, Pocher stated that, unlike his parents, he had no contact with the organization anymore as he claimed "not to have agreed with their rules“.
Reports that Pocher had attended a Waldorf school were denied by his management. Pocher successfully completed his training as an insurance broker at Signal Iduna Bauspar AG.
During the time of his apprenticeship he had some part-time jobs at various radio stations and as a DJ in clubs and during family celebrations. He also appeared in the comedian group Holla-Bolla and as an entertainer at Birte Karalus, a German chat show. After his apprenticeship he worked for the Swiss life insurance "Schweizerlebensversicherung und Rental AG" (today: SwissLife) and the "HDI Lebensversicherung AG" (HDI life insurance).
Pocher's first television appearance was on 28 October 1998 at the afternoon chat show of Bärbel Schäfer. Pocher was given 5 minutes to make the audience laugh.
On 29 September 1999 he presented the show Chart Surfer Trash Top 100, Was geht ab, Planet Viva and finally 2002 his own show Alles Pocher, ... oder was?.
Between January 2003 to 14 April 2006 he presents the show Rent a Pocher on ProSieben.
In 2006 he recorded the single "Schwarz und Weiss," a song dedicated to the 2006 world cup. A music video was made, featuring Oliver as several pressbox speakers, as well as him performing the song in front of fans dressed in Team Germany attire.
From October 2007 to April 2009, Pocher joined established late night host Harald Schmidt's show on the Das Erste television channel, with the show being called Schmidt und Pocher.
In 2008 his third single "Bringt ihn heim“ (engl.: bring him home) was released. It is a song for the European Football Championship of 2008. The original version is Baschi's number one hit (Switzerland) “Bring en hei“ He acted as a co-trainer of the European Team during the DEL All Star Game in 2009.
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