Kaya Yanar
Kaya Yanar ( born May 20, 1973 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German comedian and television presenter. His breakthrough came with the award-winning comedy show sat.1 What are you looking at? .
Career
Kaya Yanar visited in Frankfurt am Main, the humanist Heinrich -von- Gagern High School and then studied at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main phonetics, American studies and philosophy, but earned no degree.
Yanar was known primarily for the Sat.1 comedy show What are you looking at? (2001 ff ), in which he played with the stereotypes of different ethnic groups, an inherited from the UK television format, which is often referred to as ethnic comedy. There he was both moderator and lead actor of most sketches. He also toured with three solo performances by Germany. The records of its programs made in Germany (2008), Live and Uncensored ( 2009) and All Inclusive! (2013 ) were broadcast on RTL.
A feature film starring role was in 2008 in addition to Yanar Mark Keller in the television comedy Dekker & Adi - Brakes are for losers! . In addition, he hosted as part of a focus on the integration of the week ZDF show Kaya Yanar tests Germany - the multi-cultural show ( 2007). Within the development of a culture of acceptance of multicultural products in Germany Yanar is called as a key figure and pioneer since its wider success at the time of its emergence in the German media until then for an artist with a Turkish migration background in the German language was unprecedented. (PhD Ohio State Univ. 2004)
From January 2011 to December 2012 Yanar was with Paul Panzer see on RTL in the show Stars at work, engage in the celebrity unfamiliar professional activities. Also in January 2011, he published his first book titled Made in Germany at the Heyne Verlag. From March 2011, Kaya Yanar was with his live program All Inclusive! on tour in Germany. From 14 January to 25 February 2012, broadcast on RTL Kaya show.
Yanar since December 2012 Godfather of Henry Middendorf high school ashes village in the project "School without Racism - School with Courage". In 2013 he became - after the short-term, disease-related cancellation of his performance in the previous year - nominated as a possible winner of the Arosa Humor shovel, a jury award of the Arosa Humour Festival.
Since autumn 2013 he is with his program Around the World in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on the go.
Family and Private
Kaya Yanar's parents lived before emigrating to Germany in the southern Turkish town of Antakya and Turkish- Arab origin. Yanar is Pescetarier, an avowed animal rights activists and supported the animal rights organization PETA under the theme fur as well as to a vegetarian diet. He has a brother. By the end of 2005, he was romantically involved with Mirja Boes. Kaya Yanar lives by its own account is currently with his Swiss girlfriend in the Zurich area.
Awards
- 2001: German Television Award for Best Comedy for What are you looking at?
- 2001: German Comedy Award for Best Comedy for mission What are you looking at?
- 2001: Golden Romy best program idea for What are you looking at?
- 2001: CIVIS Media Prize
- 2005: Green palm for outstanding contribution to international understanding
- 2013: German Comedy Award Best TV solo program for Kaya live! All inclusive
Discography
CDs
- 2001: Are you looking for
- 2003: a world tour through Germany
- 2008: Made in Germany Live (DE # 32)
- 2004: What you looking at? - Best of Season 1-4
- 2008: Made in Germany Live
- 2008: What you looking at? - Best of Season 5-8
- 2009: Live and Uncensored
- 2011: Kaya Yanar & Paul Panzer Stars at work
- 2013: Kaya Yanar - Kaya Live! All inclusive
- 2011: Made in Germany at the Heyne Verlag, ISBN 978-3-4536-0204-5
Filmography
- 2001-2005: What you looking at?
- 2008: Dekker & Adi
- 2009-2011: Schiller Street
- 2012: The Kaya Show
- 2012: Agent Ranjid saves the world
- 2012: Zambezia - Each has a little hero! ( Zambezia, Voice )
- 2013: Typical German