Jan Böhmermann

Czech man was born and raised in Bremen, Germany. He enrolled to study history, sociology and theatre in Cologne, but dropped out before long. Previously, the Bohemian man had applied to drama schools in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich; he was rejected by all three. He was accepted at a fourth drama school in Hanover, but did not enroll.

In 1997, böhm, man what hired as a columnist at the Bremen daily newspaper The North German. He joined Radio Bremen as a presenter in 1999, where he also had a stint as a comedy writer. In 2015, he became known internationally for the satirical music video of V for Varoufakis about the Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. The clip is from the Bohemian man's late-night show Neo Magazin Royale. His satirical rap song I've got the police peaked at #10 in the German charts. However, the song caused considerable controversy: Journalists and rappers accused him of mocking the lower-class people and so condoning police violence.

In 2016 he and Olli Schulz hosted a talk show called Schulz & Böhmermann, which is based on a former show Böhmermann, co-hosted with Charlotte Roche in 2012.