Olli Dittrich

Olli Dittrich (born 20 November 1956 in Offenbach am Main) is a German actor, comedian, television personality and musician.

Dittrich completed a three year-education as a theatre painter in the State Opera House/Hamburg (1975-1978). At the same time he started his professional career as a musician (piano, guitar, drums), composer and writer of song lyrics. He became famous in Germany for his work as an actor, author and comedian in the German television comedy-programme RTL Samstag Nacht. Dittrich appeared in Motion Pictures, TV-Series, but he also performs live on stage. He sang and played in the band Die Doofen with Wigald Boning, which sold over 1,5 Mio copies with only two albums. Dittrich was also the Co-Writer and Co-Producer of this No.1-Act. In 1995 they started playing as one of the supporting acts with Jon Bon Jovi on his stadium tour through Germany. As a musician he plays in the band Texas Lightning, who also had a No1-Hit ("No No Never") and Top5-Album. The Band represented Germany at the "Eurovision Song Contest" in 2006. After working on the programme RTL Samstag Nacht for five years, Dittrich appeared in many television programmes, shows or films, such as Blind Date (German TV series), Frühstücksfernsehen and Dittsche (just a small selection) and received many awards and nominations. Nowadays, Dittrich is regarded in Germany as being one of the most versatile actors, specialized in creating fictional characters.

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