Herman Finkers
Biography
Hermenegildus Felix Victor Maria (Herman) Finkers (Almelo, 9 December 1954) is a comedian from the Dutch region of Twente, who became famous because of his dry-witted humor and his ambiguous style of storytelling. He temporarily stopped performing in 2000 when he had been diagnosed with leukemia. On August 5, 2006 a Fuchsia was named after him. He speaks with a fairly strong Twents (low saxon) accent for comic effect and is able to speak the low saxon dialect itself fluently if his audience is able to understand this. He is also perfectly capable of non-regionally accented Dutch, however. Most recently he announced to go on with his career in theatre, now that he has "found renewed inspiration".
Theater performances
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Op Zwart Zangzaad (1979)
De terugkeer van Joop Huizinga ("Joop Huizinga's Return") 1982
De Diana Ros Show ("The Diana Ros Show") 1983
EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven ("First aid is all the world for me") 1985
Het Meisje van de Slijterij ("The liquor store girl") 1987
De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op ("The sun sets to no avail, tomorrow it has to rise again") (1990)
Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig ("Such a boy shouldn't need that") (1992)
Geen spatader veranderd ("Not changed one varicose vein") (1995) (also in Twents: "Gen spatoader aans")
Kalm aan en rap een beetje ("Take it easy, quickly") (1998) (also in Twents: "Hoanig an en rap wat")
Na de pauze ("After the break") (2007)
Discography
EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven
De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op
Carnaval der Dieren / Sint Joris Mis
Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie / MacBeth (animatiefilms)
Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig
Geen spatader veranderd
Kalm aan en rap een beetje
Een engelhart in Rome (Een diepzinnige Herman Finkers in het Vaticaan op audiëntie)
Na de pauze
Official Website
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