{{Short description|German TV presenter and comedian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Thomas Hermanns | image = Zimmer frei - der Abschied-2124.jpg | caption = Hermanns in 2016 | birth_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|3|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Bochum, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter, director | years_active = 1992–present | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = }} '''Thomas Hermanns''' (born 5 March 1963) is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''.
==Early life== Hermanns was born in Bochum. During his childhood, he lived in Nuremberg. After school, he studied theatre.
==Career== [[File:Esc pk.jpg|thumb|Hermanns with the girl group No Angels, 2008]] In 1992, Hermanns started the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''. The show has been on German channel ProSieben since 1996. In 2003, the show moved to the Theatre Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin.
Hermanns has written and produced different comedy shows on TV, including ''Zapped'' (1998), ''Back to Life'' (2000) and ''Paranoid'' (2004) for Michael Mittermeier, Gayle Tufts and Cora Frost. Hermanns was a director for ''Grease'' and ''Es fährt ein Zug nach Nirgendwo''. Hermanns wrote for the TV series ''Lukas'' (1997–1999), ''Meine beste Freundin'' (2000) with Mariele Millowitsch and Doris Kunstmann and for ''Sing, wenn du kannst!'' (2002) at the theatre Schmidts Tivoli in Hamburg.
Hermanns was TV moderator of ''Red Nose Day'' and ''Popclub'' on channel ProSieben. In May 2005 and 2006, Hermanns was moderator of ''Countdown Eurovision''. In December 2005, Hermanns worked with Sky du Mont and Bettina Zimmermann as moderators of the Bambi award on German channel ARD. He was also the moderator of the ''Vorentscheidung'' Eurovision Song Contest, and was spokesperson for this event from 2005 to 2008.
==Personal life==
Hermanns is openly gay and has been in a relationship with Wolfgang Macht for 14 years.<ref name="queerde" /> In September 2008, Hermanns and Macht engaged a civil union.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/gesellschaft/leute/609948/Thomas-Hermanns-heiratet-Freund.html|title = Aktuelle Nachrichten | RP ONLINE}}</ref>
== Awards == * 1997: ''German Comedy Award'', main award for ''Quatsch Comedy Club'' * 2000: ''German Comedy Award'', "Best Comedy Show" for ''Quatsch Comedy Club'' * 2006: ''Goldene Kamera'', category "Comedy" * 2006: ''LEA Live Entertainment Award'' in sector engagement for new artists for ''Quatsch Comedy Club'' * 2007: ''Kompassnadel'' by Schwules Netzwerk NRW for special work in LGBT<ref name="queerde">{{citation |url=http://www.queer.de/szene_politik_deutschland_detail.php?article_id=6774 |title=Homo-Preis für Thomas Hermanns and Rainer Jarchow |periodical=Queer.de |date=18 April 2007 |access-date=20 September 2007}} <span style="color: darkgray;">(German)</span></ref>
== Notes == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115622/http://pool.position.de/Kuenstler/Thomas_Hermanns/index.html Biography of Hermanns] * [https://german.imdb.com/name/nm0379303/ Literature on Hermanns] * [http://www.prosieben.de/show_comedy/qcc/thomas_hermanns/biografie/ Biography] on ProSieben
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