Joachim "Joko" Winterscheidt (born 13 January 1979) is a German television host, producer and actor. He became known as part of the duo ''Joko & Klaas'' alongside

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (born 22 September 1983 in Oldenburg) is a German television host, producer, actor and singer. He is best known as part of the duo Joko & Klaas, alongside Joko Winterscheidt. Biography Heufer-Umlauf is a trained hairdresse ...

in TV programs like ''Circus HalliGalli''. Winterscheidt grew up in Waldniel."Bei jedem Sieg raste ich aus"

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, in German Since 2005, he is a presenter at

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. Since 2010, he is an employee of TV productions company

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, along with Heufer-Umlauf. Having previously lived in Berlin, he and his family moved to Munich in 2015.

Works

Filmography

Television

* 23. Juli 2007: ''Schmeckt nicht, gibt's nicht'' along with

Tim Mälzer Tim Mälzer (born 22 January 1971 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German television chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and television presenter. Biography Mälzer was born in 1971 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, the son of a salesman ...

* ''

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'' * 2006–2008: ''HotSports'' (

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) * ''Jokos Roadtrip'' (MTV) * 2008–2010: ''The Dome'' * 2009–2011: ''MTV Home'' along with

* 2010–2012: ''Ahnungslos'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2011: Echo 2011 moderation with Ina Müller * 2011: ''TVLab'' (

ZDFneo ZDFneo is a German free-to-air television channel, programmed for an audience aged 25 to 49 to counter the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel ZDFdokukanal on 1 Novemb ...

) * 2011–2012: ''17 Meter'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2011–2013: ''neoParadise'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2011: ''Joko & Klaas – Die Rechnung geht auf uns'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2011–2012: ''1 Live'' Beeck und Winterscheidt ''–'' Die tägliche Nachmittagsschau auf 1Live * Silvester 2011/2012: ''Willkommen 2012 – Silvester live vom Brandenburger Tor'' along with

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and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * since 2012: ''

Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die Welt Joko gegen Klaas – Das Duell um die Welt (English: Joko vs. Klaas – The Battle around the World) is a German reality series, broadcast on the German television network ProSieben on prime time. It is a show that pins its two stars against on ...

'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (

ProSieben ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...

) * Silvester 2012/2013: ''Willkommen 2013 – Silvester live vom Brandenburger Tor'' along with Mirjam Weichselbraun and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2013–2017: ''Circus HalliGalli'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (ProSieben) * since 2014: ''

Mein bester Feind ''My Best Enemy'' (german: Mein bester Feind) is a 2011 Austrian / Luxembourgian comedy film directed by Wolfgang Murnberger. Cast * Moritz Bleibtreu as Victor Kaufmann * Georg Friedrich as Rudi Smekal * Ursula Strauss as Lena * Marthe Keller a ...

'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (ProSieben) * 2015: ''20 Jahre Akte: Das große Spezial mit Joko und Klaas'' along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf and Ulrich Meyer ( Sat.1) * since 2015: ''Teamwork – Spiel mit deinem Star '' * 2016: ''

Die beste Show der Welt ''Die beste Show der Welt'' ("The best show of the world") is a German television show which was first broadcast on 30 April 2016 on ProSieben. In the program, presenters Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf present three independent show c ...

'' (ProSieben) along with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2017: ''Beginner gegen Gewinner'' ("Beginner vs. Winner") (ProSieben) * 2018: ''Win Your Song'' (ProSieben) * since 2018: ''Das Ding des Jahres'' (ProSieben) * since 2018: ''Weihnachten mit Joko und Klaas'' (ProSieben) with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * since 2019: ''Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben'' (ProSieben) with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2019: ''Taff'' (ProSieben) mit Klaas Heufer-Umlauf * 2019: ''

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'' – Antigua

Films

* 2013:

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* 2015:

Der Nanny ''The Manny'' (German: ''Der Nanny'') is a 2015 German comedy film directed and co-written by Matthias Schweighöfer, starring himself as a greedy and super-busy real-estate developer, and Milan Peschel as a victim of his development who accident ...

* 2015:

Look Who's Back ''Look Who's Back'' (german: Er ist wieder da, ; ) is a bestselling German satirical novel about Adolf Hitler by Timur Vermes, published in 2012 by . The novel was adapted into a German movie of the same name, which was released in 2015. Pl ...

(cameo) * 2017: Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

Voice actor

* 2012:

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* 2012: Die Piraten! – Ein Haufen merkwürdiger Typen (stop motion film) * 2017:

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(Balthazar Bratt, German voice-over)

Discography

Singles

* 2014: U-Bahn-Ficker (along with

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and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf)

Awards

1 Live Krone * 2014: ''Sonderpreis'' (with

) Brillenträger des Jahres * 2015

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* 2013: ''Beste Comedyshow'' für ''Circus HalliGalli'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf)

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, t ...

* 2012: ''Besondere Leistung Unterhaltung'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf) * 2014: ''Bester Show-Moderator'' (Publikumspreis, with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf) *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: ''Beste Unterhaltung Primetime'' for ''

'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf) * 2017: ''Beste Unterhaltung Primetime'' for ''

'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf) ECHO * 2014: ''Partner des Jahres'' for ''Circus HalliGalli'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf) Goldene Henne * 2019: ''Entertainment'' for ''Alle Wege führen nach Ruhm'' (with

Paul Ripke Paul Ripke (born February 10, 1981) is a German fashion and sports photographer and music video director prolific for his photographs and videos of athletes, celebrities, models, and other cultural figures. Early life Ripke was born in Heidelberg ...

)

Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.#Gosling-Gate'' (with Circus HalliGalli) * 2020: ''Unterhaltung'' für ''Joko & Klaas LIVE – 15 Minuten'' (Staffel 1, with Thomas Martiens, Thomas Schmitt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf) Radio Regenbogen Award * 2017: ''Medienmänner 2016'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf)

Rose d’Or The Rose d'Or ('Golden Rose') is an international awards festival in entertainment broadcasting and programming. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) first acquired the Rose d’Or in 1961, when it was created by Swiss Television in the lakes ...

* 2014: ''Entertainment'' für ''Circus HalliGalli'' (with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf)

References

External links

Joko Winterscheidt
at www.prosieben.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterscheidt, Joko German male comedians German television presenters German television personalities German game show hosts 1979 births Living people People from Mönchengladbach ProSieben people