Joachim Fuchsberger Biography

Fast Facts

• Was honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Became the first German ambassador for UNICEF in 1984
• Got his start in the entertainment industry as en emcee, poet, and moderator for the news magazine Wochenschau in the 1950s
• Started out as an industrial worker and miner in Recklinghausen, Germany, where he got his nickname "Blacky․"
• Best known for films like "The Dead Eyes of London" and "08/15" and as the host of the talk show "Heut abend․"
• Toured with the German stage play "Der Priestermacher" in 2001
• On his 80th birthday, he began referring to himself as a "TV dinosaur․"
• Was the announcer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1972 Munich Olympics