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Samuel Koch (born 28 September 1987) is a German actor and former stunt performer. In 2010, during the filming of '' Wetten, dass..?'', he was involved in an incident that resulted in his quadriplegia.
Since then, he has received recognition for his performances in the soap opera '' Storm of Love'' (2014) and the drama film '' Head Full of Honey'' (2014). He was a third assistant director on the war film ''
"Unfall bei Wetten, dass: Ein Sturz, ein Schock und viele Fragen"
ZDF Heute.de magazin. (4 December 2010) Retrieved 4 December 2010 Koch survived after emergency surgery, but as of 2011 he is permanently paralyzed from the neck down. The episode was suspended and then taken off air about 20 minutes later, for the first time in the program's history. In the following episode, host Thomas Gottschalk announced his resignation, leaving after the last installment of the 2011 season.
*'' Wetten, dass..?'' (2010) as himself
*'' Storm of Love'' (2014) as Tim Adler (24 episodes)
*'' Head Full of Honey'' (2014) as Fahrkartenverkäufer
*''
4 Days in May
''4 days in May'' (''Vier Tage im Mai'') is a war drama film directed by Achim von Borries and starring Paul Wenzel and Aleksei Guskov. It is a German-Russian-Ukrainian co-production. The film was released on August 9, 2011, at the Locarno F ...
'', in which he had a small role. He competed on '' The Masked Singer Germany'' in 2021.
''Wetten, dass...?'' and spinal cord injury
On 4 December 2010, Koch was seriously injured during a segment of the entertainment show '' Wetten, dass..?'' He took on a challenge to jump over five moving cars of gradually increasing size using spring-loaded boots. He successfully jumped the first and the third cars (the second one was aborted), but he failed to clear the fourth car, driven by his own father. Koch's head hit the windshield and he landed on the studio floor, fracturing two cervical vertebrae and damaging his spinal cord.Peer Schader"Unfall bei Wetten, dass: Ein Sturz, ein Schock und viele Fragen"
ZDF Heute.de magazin. (4 December 2010) Retrieved 4 December 2010 Koch survived after emergency surgery, but as of 2011 he is permanently paralyzed from the neck down. The episode was suspended and then taken off air about 20 minutes later, for the first time in the program's history. In the following episode, host Thomas Gottschalk announced his resignation, leaving after the last installment of the 2011 season.
Selected filmography
*'' Wetten, dass..?'' (2010) as himself
*'' Storm of Love'' (2014) as Tim Adler (24 episodes)
*'' Head Full of Honey'' (2014) as Fahrkartenverkäufer
*''4 Days in May
''4 days in May'' (''Vier Tage im Mai'') is a war drama film directed by Achim von Borries and starring Paul Wenzel and Aleksei Guskov. It is a German-Russian-Ukrainian co-production. The film was released on August 9, 2011, at the Locarno F ...
'' (2018) as soldier and third assistant director
*''Draußen in meinem Kopf'' (2018) as Sven
*'' The Masked Singer Germany'' (2021) as himself
*''Sachertorte'' (2022; upcoming) as Matze
See also
*List of people with quadriplegia
Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is paralysis caused by illness or injury that results in the partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso; paraplegia is similar but does not affect the arms. The loss is usually sensory and mo ...
* List of filming accidents in the 2010s
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Samuel Living people 1987 births German film actors German television actors German male soap opera actors German stunt performers German people with disabilities Actors with disabilities People with tetraplegia Wheelchair users