Michael Herbig (born 29 April 1968 in Munich) is a German comedian, film director, actor, voice actor and author. His nickname "Bully" (in German commonly associated with the VW Bully, rather than the English term) became integral part of his stage name as Michael Bully Herbig as a comedian. His career began in 1992 with regular appearances on radio (more than 800), leading to appearances on various television shows. He gained wider fame as writer, actor and director of the comedy show Bullyparade. The show featured him as the host, his good friend Rick Kavanian, Christian Tramitz and Diana Herold as a dancer and occasional actress in the skits. The show featured many different themes, including stereotypical gay archetypes in a Star Trek parody, an homage to westerns, and of the Austrian royal, Elisabeth of Bavaria, known as Sissi. On the show, he let the audience vote which theme to use for each of his movies based upon characters from the show. The first, the 2001 Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitou's Shoe) was seen by over 11.7 million people, one of the most successful German films to date. His second film, (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004) was also a commercial success, cementing his career. On January 7, 2008, Variety reported that Herbig was set to film a live-action adaptation of animated series Vicky the Viking. The film was released in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Herbig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Hui Boo And The Curse Of The Genies — Producer
• 2025Manitou's Canoe — Abahachi, Director, Producer, Screenplay
• Stefan und Bully gegen irgendson Schnulli — Self - Host, Creator
• 2022A Thousand Lines — Director
• 2022Hui Buh and the Witch's Castle — Hui Buh
• 2021Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe — Boandlkramer, Idea, Producer
• 2020Jim Button and the Wild 13 — Nepumuk (voice)
• 2018Balloon — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2018Ice Princess Lily — Bully (voice)
• 2018Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver — Nepumuk (voice)
• 2017Bullyparade: The Movie — Lutz / Brigitte Spuck / Sigi Solo / Sissi / König Ludwig / Winnetou / Kastagnette, Director, Script Editor
• 2016Four Against the Bank — Tobias
• 2015Dreamgirls — Geschäftsführer
• 2013Buddy — Buddy, Director, Writer, Producer
• Bully's Sitcom — Bully, Creator
• 2013The Incredible Burt Wonderstone — Lucius Belvedere
• Sounds of Cinema
• 2012Zettl — Max Zettl
• 2011Hotel Lux — Hans Zeisig
• 2010Life Is Too Long
• 2009Wickie the Mighty Viking — Ramon Martinez Congaz, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2008Asterix at the Olympic Games — Pasunmotdeplus
• 2008Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar — Boandlkramer
• 2007Lissi and the Wild Emperor — Lissi/Ignaz/Falthauser (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Schmidt & Pocher
• 2006Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost — Hui Buh
• 2004(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 — Brigitte Spuck / Winnetouch / H2O2 / Abahachi, Director, Author, Producer
• 2004Back to Gaya — Boo (voice)
• Bully & Rick — Creator
• Genial daneben
• 2002Ants in the Pants 2 — Chirurg
• 2002Bullyparade (Best of)
• 2001Manitou's Shoe — Abahachi / Winnetouch, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2000Erkan and Stefan — Director
• 1999Die Bademeister – Weiber, saufen, Leben retten — Paul Bennert
• Bullyparade — Bully, Creator
• 1997Easy Bully — Easy Bully / René / Horst (Stimme) / Bruno / Schaffner / Mutter, Writer, Producer
• Bullys alter Käse

Appearances as themselves (59)

• 2025Humor - Eine Reise mit Bully — Self
• Comedy Allstars – Meilensteine des Humors — Self
• LOL: Last One Laughing Germany - Halloween Special — Self - Host
• 2024Mein Name ist Otto — Self
• 2023Disney 100 - Die große Jubiläumsshow — Self
• LOL: Last One Laughing - Xmas Special — Self - Host
• Dalli Dalli – Die Weihnachtshow — Self
• LOL: Last One Laughing — Self - Host
• Das Gipfeltreffen — Self
• Bauerfeind - Die Show zur Frau — Self
• Bestbesetzung — Self
• Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben — Self
• Late Night Berlin — Self
• Was tut sich - im deutschen Film? — Himself
• Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen — Self
• It’s Showtime – Das Battle der Besten — Self
• Dunja Hayali — self
• LUKE! Die Woche und ich — Self
• 2015Otto - Geboren um zu blödeln — Self
• Circus Halligalli — Self
• 2012Der Bernd — Self
• Der Quiz-Champion — Self
• Gottschalk Live — Self
• Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell — Self
• 2009Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere! — Self
• Bully sucht die starken Männer! — Self
• 2008Bullys Outtakes — Himself
• Inas Nacht — Self
• Krömer - Die internationale Show — Self
• G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten — Self
• Dittsche - Das wirklich wahre Leben — self
• Die Schöneberger Show — Self
• Das Quiz mit Jörg Pilawa — Self
• Menschen der Woche — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• TV total — Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• German Comedy Award — Self
• Hallo Deutschland — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• Quatsch Comedy Club — Self
• Taff — self
• Tietjen und Bommes — Self
• Zimmer frei! — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• Riverboat — Self
• Boulevard Bio — Self
• DAS! — Self
• Romy Award — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Menschen — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Kölner Treff — Self
• 3 nach 9 — Self
• aspekte — Self
• German Film Award — Self - Host
• Bambi — Self