{{Infobox person | name = Mathias Richling | image = File:AV0A6827 Mathias Richling.jpg | caption = Mathias Richling in 2017 | birth_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = German actor, author, comedian and Kabarett artist | years_active = | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = http://www.mathias-richling.de/ }} thumb|Mathias Richling in 2009 '''Mathias Richling''' (born 24 March 1953 in Waiblingen) is a German actor, author, comedian and Kabarett artist.

Richling studied literature, music and theatre. From 1989 to 1996 he had a program called ''Jetzt schlägt's Richling'' on the German TV channel ARD. Since 1999 he produced the program ''Zwerch trifft Fell'' on the German TV channel Südwestrundfunk. Together with Bruno Jonas he was part of the popular German cabaret show Scheibenwischer. He often presents in cabaret high-ranked German politicians.

== Works by Richling ==

* 1974 ''Köpfe u. v. a.'' * 1976 ''Riesenblödsinn?'' * 1977 ''Ich bin’s gar nicht'' * 1979 ''Zuerst mal die Zugaben'' * 1980 ''Zu uns gesagt mit Günter Verdin'' * 1981 ''Ich habe nie gesagt'' * 1982 ''Ich wiederhol’s gerade mal'' * 1983 ''Daß Fernseh bled macht?'' * 1985 ''Reden Sie! Jetzt red’ich!'' * 1987 ''Wieviel Demokratie ist es bitte?'' * 1989 ''Was ich noch vergessen wollte...'' * 1990 ''Jetzt schlägt’s Richling'' * 1996 ''Ich muß noch was beRICHLINGen'' * 1999 ''RICHLING- Das @ntWort'' * 2004 ''Richling WAAS?!'' * 2006 ''E=m·Richling²'' * 2010 ''Der Richling-Code''

== Awards ==

* 1978: Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, City Mainz * 1987: Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis * 1988: Österreichischer Kleinkunstpreis * 2000: Schweizer Kabarettpreis (Cornichon) * 2007: Bayerischer Kabarettpreis

== Literature about Richling ==

* Doris Rosenstein: ''Fernseh(schwäbisches) Kabarett [: Mathias Richling]''. in: Suevica 7 (1993). Stuttgart 1994 [1995], Pages 153-192 {{ISBN|3-88099-311-4}}

== External links == * [http://www.mathias-richling.de Official website (in German)] * [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=109842731 Literature by and over Mathias Richling] in catalog of German National Library

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