Bernhard Hoëcker ([ˈhoːʔɛkɐ]; born Bernhard Hoecker-von Mühlenfels; 20 March 1970) is a German comedian, actor and television presenter. He is best known for the spoof show Switch, as well as being a permanent member of the previous Genial guessing team (2003–2011) Genial Daneben.
Biography
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Hoëcker grew up in Frankfurt.[2] At the age of 10, he moved to Bonn with his family. He finished his Abitur (equivalent of the US high school diploma) at the Clara-Schumann-Gymnasium. Between 1993 and 1996, Hoëcker studied economics[2] up to intermediate diploma level (German: Vordiplom) at the University of Bonn and quit his studies thereafter.
Hoëcker works on German broadcasters as comedian and actor.
Hoëcker is married to Eva von Mühlenfels, has two daughters[3] and lives with his family in Bonn.[4] However, as Hoëcker pointed out in the program Missverstehen Sie mich richtig (Translated:) "Do you misunderstand me correctly", this statement is not correct. He did, however, not specify which part of the statement was not correct.[5]
In his free time, he does geocaching, among other things.[6]