Elmar Brandt
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Elmar Brandt (born 20 September 1971 in Düsseldorf) is a German impressionist, most well-known for his imitations of politicians.
His most famous series is The Gerd Show, in which actual events are lampooned using an imitation of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The Gerd Show was broadcast between 1999 and 2005 as a short daily comedy on various radio programmes. Other politicians and celebrities Brandt has imitated include current Minister-President of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber, Rainer Calmund, the late President Johannes Rau, Dieter Bohlen, Marcel Reich-Ranicki and ex-Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.
[edit] Awards
- 1998 - Axel-Springer-Preis
[edit] External links
- This article is based on a translation of the corresponding German-language Wikipedia article, retrieved on July 6, 2006.
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