Tom Gerhardt

After completing his Abitur Gerhardt performed his compulsory military service as an antitank gunner in the 5th Company of the 123rd AntiTank Battalion Subsequently he studied German Studies and Philosophy writing his thesis on The Philosophy of Language of Nicholas of Cusa As a freelance contributor to the Colognebased tabloid Express he also wrote reports on the citys cultural scene After embarking on a career as an entertainer he ceased his work for Express in the 1990s He rose to fame in 1988 with his program Dackel mit Sekt having been discovered by Jürgen von der Lippe He achieved great success with the films Voll normaaal and Ballermann 6 The most recent installment in the series followed in 2011 with Die Superbullen Another successful project was the comedy series Hausmeister Krause Ordnung muss sein On January 5 2011 he was named an honorary citizen of CologneKalk Gerhardt speaks Spanish and lived in Seville for one year