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[[File:Ralph Caspers.jpg|thumb|vertical|Ralph Caspers at the premiere of ''Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt'' in Cologne (2016)]] |
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Ralph Caspers (born [[18 January]] [[1972]] in [[Pasir Panjang]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]]) is a [[German]] [[television presenter]], [[author]], [[screenwriter]], and [[actor]]. <br> |
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== Biography == |
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Ralph Caspers was born in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, where his parents had emigrated before his birth to help the relief organization [[Orangutan Foundation International]] (OFI) raise [[orangutans]] in [[Tanjung Puting National Park]]. |
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<ref name=":0">{{cite web |access-date=2023-11-05 |title=Ralph Caspers - Munzinger Biographie |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Ralph+Caspers/0/28266.html}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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When his mother got pregnant again, they moved back to Germany in 1975. |
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After his parents divorced in 1977, he and his sister first lived with their father, and later with their mother. When Caspers was 15 years old, his father died. Caspers grew up in [[Berlin-Spandau]], [[Caracas]] ([[Venezuela]]), on the [[Amazon]], in [[Ehrenfeld]], and in the [[Rhein-Sieg-Kreis]]. After graduating from the Antoniuskolleg in [[Neunkirchen-Seelscheid]] in 1991, Caspers, who originally wanted to become a designer, worked in pathology, in an advertising agency, as well as in various TV production companies. |
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| birth_place = [[Pasir Panjang]], Borneo, Indonesia |
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He did his community service in Bonn-Tannenbusch, where he worked in individual care for severely disabled children. From 1997 to 2002, he studied at the [[Academy of Media Arts Cologne]]. |
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Caspers is married to film editor Nina Caspers, with whom he lives in Cologne. |
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<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-13 |title=Profil - BFS |url=https://bfs-filmeditor.de/profil/nina-caspers/}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2021-03-14 |date=2018-06-04 |title=7 Fragen an … Ralph Caspers |url=https://berlinmitkind.de/familienleben/portrait-interview/7-fragen-an-ralph-caspers/ |website=Berlin mit Kind}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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In a video for the television program Quarks, it was revealed that Caspers suffers from [[face blindness]] and, as a result, was afraid that he would not recognize his newborn child. |
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<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2022-12-11 |date=2022-12-06 |title=Gesichtsblindheit: Ja, das gibt es wirklich! Quarks: Dimension Ralph |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc5Tzcm-cxg}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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Caspers has been one of the German ambassadors of the [[United Nations Decade on Biodiversity]] since November 2011. |
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<ref>{{Webarchiv |language=de |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116075603/http://www.un-dekade-biologische-vielfalt.de/1945.html |text=Liste der Botschafter |wayback=20140116075603}} auf den Seiten der UN-Dekade Biologische Vielfalt.</ref> |
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Furthermore, he supports the U18 election project as an ambassador. The U18 project aims to introduce children and adolescents to the topics of [[politics]], [[elections]] and [[democracy]] by allowing them to symbolically cast their vote before state or federal elections. |
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<ref>{{Webarchiv |language=de |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218070609/http://www.u18.org/grussworte-u18-botschafter/ralph-caspers-tv-moderator/ |text=U18-Botschafter Ralph Caspers über das U18-Projekt. |wayback=20151218070609}} In: ''u18.org,'' Retreived 2013-07-25 am 25.</ref> |
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Caspers is also a brand ambassador for [[Klexikon]], which is an online encyclopedia for children. At the 2022 [[Re:publica|re:publica]], a conference that deals with the Web 2.0, he stated that he “appreciates Klexikon as a Wikipedia for Kids, because some articles there are really complex.” |
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<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-05-07 |date=2022-06-09 |title=Ralph Caspers in einem Twitter-Video als Klexikon-Botschafter |url=https://twitter.com/Klexikon/status/1534839899190439936}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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'''Ralph Caspers''' (born 18 January 1972 as ''Herzglitzer Ralphonus Elvis Maria Caspers''<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-03-31 |publisher=[[Kölner Journalistenschule]] |quote=Moderator Ralph Caspers (voller Name „Herzglitzer Ralphonus Elvis Maria Caspers“) hält […] |title=Ausbildung an der Kölner Journalistenschule |url=https://www.koelnerjournalistenschule.de/ausbildung}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>) is a German television presenter, author, screenwriter and actor. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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After completing his civilian service in pathology and working in a slaughterhouse and a marketing agency, he completed several internships in TV production. Later Caspers participated in the [[Sat.1]] production "Geh aufs Ganze!", where he created the games for the show. During that time Caspers' talent was discovered by [[Super_RTL|Super RTL]] and with "Muuh – Das Tiermagazin" he was given his first own show in 1995. |
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In 1999 Caspers began his television presenting career by presenting [[Die Sendung mit der Maus|''Die Sendung mit der Maus'']].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.checkeins.de/sendungen/wissen-macht-ah/moderatoren/ralph-caspers-100.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214205953/http://www.checkeins.de/sendungen/wissen-macht-ah/moderatoren/ralph-caspers-100.html | archive-date=2015-12-14 | title=Kinderfilme, Kinderserien und Märchen | ARD Mediathek }}</ref> He presented the television show [[Wissen macht Ah!|''Wissen macht Ah!'']] from 2001 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/nach-mehr-als-20-jahren-ralph-caspers-hoert-bei-wissen-macht-ah-auf|title=Nach mehr als 20 Jahren: Ralph Caspers hört bei "Wissen macht Ah!" auf|website=TV Wunschliste}}</ref> |
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<ref name="check1">{{cite web |access-date=2010-03-26 |archive-date=2015-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214205953/http://www.checkeins.de/sendungen/wissen-macht-ah/moderatoren/ralph-caspers-100.html |publisher=DasErste.de |title=Wissen macht Ah!: Ralph Caspers – Moderator, Drehbuchautor, Klugscheißer |url=http://www.checkeins.de/sendungen/wissen-macht-ah/moderatoren/ralph-caspers-100.html}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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Caspers started to work for the [[Westdeutscher_Rundfunk|WDR]] (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) in 1996 and hosted the "Maus Club" alongside Shary Reeves and Tina Halverscheid until 2000. From 1997 to 2002 Caspers studied at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln ([[Academy_of_Media_Arts_Cologne|KMH]]). His diploma thesis dealt with the development of a television series and aired under the name “Late Morgen” on 16. Februar 2003 at [[Das_Erste|Das Erste]]. “Late Morgen” was the first and only late-night show for kids that aired in the morning. |
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In 1999, Caspers started hosting the popular and educational children’s tv show ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' (“The show with the mouse”) and in September of that year also took part in its production in rotation with [[Armin Maiwald]] and [[Christoph Biemann]]. On the occasions of the show’s birthday, Caspers has often gone abroad. Locations include [[Japan]] ([[Tokio]]) in 2005, [[Turkey]] ([[Ankara]]) in 2008, [[India]] ([[New Delhi]]) in 2009, [[South Africa]] ([[Pretoria]]/[[Tshwane]]) in 2010, [[Brazil]] ([[Brasília]]) in 2012, [[Greece]] ([[Athena]]) in 2023, [[Iceland]] ([[Reykjavík]]) in 2014, [[Poland]] ([[Warsaw]]) in 2016, the [[UK]] ([[London]]) in 2017, France ([[Paris]]) in 2019, and [[Denmark]] ([[Copenhagen]]) in 2020. He also visited the [[Aardman Studios]] in [[Bristol]] ([[England]]), where the tv-series of ''[[Shaun the Sheep]]'' is produced, that is also part of the show Die Sendung mit der Maus. While going on these journeys, Caspers kept diary about his experiences, which is still available on the show’s website (https://www.wdrmaus.de/extras/ralphs_tagebuecher.php5). |
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From 1999 to 2002, Caspers run his own talk show for kids on the children’s channel [[KiKA]] called ''QuasselCaspers''. From 2001 to 2022, he moderated the popular children’s science magazine ''[[Wissen macht Ah!]]'' and sometimes scripted it as well. |
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Between 2003 and 2004 his reportage-magazine ''Neufundland'' (“Newfoundland”) was broadcasted additionally on special occasions. In this magazine he moderated from behind a wheel of a golden limousine from the 1970’s. There are 5 episodes in total with each 30 minutes. Also, he is one of the experts in the children’s quiz show ''[[:de:Frag doch mal die Maus| Frag doch mal die Maus]]'' (“Just ask the mouse”), which is connected to the show ''Die Sendung mit der Maus''. |
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In the course of the campaign ''WDR Kinderwelt'' (“children’s world of the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]]”) for children’s media education, Caspers produced the visitor film ''Die wunderbare Welt des WDR – eine Reise durch Fernsehen, Radio und Internet'' (“the wonderful world of the WDR – a journey through tv, radio and internet”). |
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This film (about 18 minutes long) was broadcasted on the 12.12.2009 on the WDR and since the 16.12.2009 it is shown to visitors of the “WDR Kinderstudios” in Köln. Since 2010, Caspers moderates the WDR tv-show ''[[:de:Quarks (Fernsehsendung)|Quarks]]'' substitutional; from 2019 to 2021 taking turns with [[Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim]] and after that with [[:de:Florence Randrianarisoa|Florence Randrianarisoa]]. Since Novembre 2022, Caspers is the face of the [[YouTube]]-channel „Quarks Dimension Ralph“. |
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Caspers' first book "Wissen macht Ah!" was published in September 2004. Since 2011, he presented the show ''Du bist kein Werwolf - Über Leben in der Pubertät'' (You are not a Werewolf - Living through puberty) together with [[Christine Henning]] on the German Tv-Channel KiKA. He worked with [[Dieter Nuhr]] on the quiz show ''[[Null gewinnt]]'' (Zero wins) between July 2012 and early 2013. Caspers had an acting role in the 2016 children's film ''[[Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt (Film)|Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt]]''. |
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In late July 2022, it was announced that Ralph Caspers would be leaving the show ''Wissen macht Ah!'' after more than 21 years. Since September 2022, [[Tarkan Bagci]] and [[Clarissa Corrêa da Silva]] present the show. |
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<ref name="fragwasleichteres">{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-07 |author=imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG |date=2024-04-08 |language=de |title=Frag mich was Leichteres! |url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/frag-mich-was-leichteres}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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[[File:Re-publica 22 - Tag 2 (52134051115) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Ralph Caspers at the Re:publica 2022]] |
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Since April 2024, he has been part of the expert trio, alongside [[Marwa Eldessouky]] and [[Jens Riewa]], on the quiz show ''Frag mich was Leichteres!''. |
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== Trivia == |
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===Herzglitzer Ralphonus Elvis Maria Caspers=== |
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In an episode of ''Wissen macht Ah!'', Ralph Caspers claimed that his name was ''Herzglitzer Ralphonus Elvis Maria Caspers''. |
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<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-04-25 |publisher=DasErste.de |title=Wissen macht Ah!: Herzglitzer |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/wissen-macht-ah/herzglitzer/das-erste/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLWE3MDQ2YWM1LTYwNzgtNGQwOC05NWMzLWE1MTQyOTVlYjA3OA?isChildContent=}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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There is no independent proof and all evidence is based solely on his statement. |
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===Date of Birth=== |
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He claims that he does not know the exact date of his birth, <ref name="check1"/> citing that he only received a birth certificate in Germany. On February 21,2010, while airing on the show ''[[Zimmer frei!]]'', he called this statement "nonsense". |
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===Date of Death: August 25, 2023=== |
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According to statements made on the WDR-2-Show ''Paternoster'' Capsers tried to see how easy it would be to fake his own death. He contacted the ''[[Kölner Stadtanzeiger]]'' to create an obituary for himself and added a date of death to his Wikipedia page. |
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== Presenting Career == |
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* since 1999: [[Die Sendung mit der Maus]], [[Das Erste]] (produced by [[WDR Fernsehen|WDR]]) |
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* 2001–2022: [[Wissen macht Ah!]], Das Erste and [[KiKA]] (produced by WDR) |
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* since 2010: [[Quarks (Medienmarke)#Fernsehsendung|Quarks]], WDR |
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* since 2010: [[Frag doch mal die Maus]] (Maus-Experte), Das Erste |
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* since 2015: Lokalzeit extra, WDR (Commentary) |
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* since 2022: Quarks Dimension Ralph; a Quarks channel on YouTube<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-08-01 |title=Quarks Dimension Ralph - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@DimensionRalph/about}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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==Awards== |
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* [[Prix Jeunesse International]] 2002 for „Können Schweine schwimmen?“ from ''Sendung mit der Maus''.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-02-24 |language=de |title=PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL 2002 / Deutschland ist die Nummer 1 inder Nationenwertung |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7560/327813}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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* [[Emil (Kinderfernsehpreis)]] 2008 for presenting several shows |
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* For the [[Goldener Spatz]], Ralph Caspers and [[Alina Freund]] were awarded best presenters in 2009 <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-02-24 |language=de |title=WDR Kinderfernsehen großer Gewinner: Goldener Spatz für Ralph Caspers, Die Sendung mit der Maus und Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten |url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-05/14043324-wdr-kinderfernsehen-grosser-gewinner-goldener-spatz-fuer-ralph-caspers-die-sendung-mit-der-maus-und-die-sendung-mit-dem-elefanten-007.htm}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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* [[Erich-Kästner-Fernsehpreis]] 2010 for the South Africa-Special in ''Sendung mit der Maus''.<ref>{{Webarchiv |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204203241/http://www.hff-potsdam.de/de/aktivitaeten-events/babelsberger-medienpreise/preistraeger-2010.html |text=''Preisträger.'' 2010}} In: ''hff-potsdam.de''.</ref> |
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* Silver Screen Award in Los Angeles. |
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* Kinderfernsehpreis of the [[Robert-Geisendörfer-Preis]]es 2011 together with Katja Engelhardt the South Africa-Special in ''Sendung mit der Maus'' |
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* [[Grimme-Preis 2012]] for ''Du bist kein Werwolf'' |
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* Emil (Kinderfernsehpreis) 2012 for ''Du bist kein Werwolf'' |
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* [[Brillenträger des Jahres]] 2017 |
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* [[Bundesverdienstkreuz | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] for his commitment to education in 2019<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2019-12-04 |author=Glenn Riedmeier |date=2019-12-04 |publisher=[[Imfernsehen]] |title=Bundesverdienstorden für Ralph Caspers und „Die Maus“ |url=https://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/bundesverdienstorden-fuer-ralph-caspers-und-die-maus |website=wunschliste.de}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-02-24 |language=de |title=Ordensverleihung zum Tag des Ehrenamts „Engagement bildet“ |url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Bilder/DE/Termine/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2019/12/191204-OV-Ehrenamt-2-Verleihung-Caspers.html |website=bundespraesident.de}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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* Journalistenpreis 2023 of the [[Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung | German Mathematical Society]] for the Video „Kann die Natur Mathe?“<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-11-24 |language=de-DE |title=Kann die Natur Mathe? {{!}} Quarks: Dimension Ralph |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDYcHnf5qqQ}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> (with Jens Hahne and Ingo Knopf)<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-11-24 |title=Die diesjährigen Medienpreise der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung gehen an... |url=https://www.mathematik.de/presse/4967-die-diesj%C3%A4hrigen-medienpreise-der-deutschen-mathematiker-vereinigung-gehen-an}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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Ralph Caspers (born 18 January 1972 in Pasir Panjang, Borneo, Indonesia) is a German television presenter, author, screenwriter, and actor.
Biography
Ralph Caspers was born in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, where his parents had emigrated before his birth to help the relief organization Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) raise orangutans in Tanjung Puting National Park. [1] When his mother got pregnant again, they moved back to Germany in 1975. [1] After his parents divorced in 1977, he and his sister first lived with their father, and later with their mother. When Caspers was 15 years old, his father died. Caspers grew up in Berlin-Spandau, Caracas (Venezuela), on the Amazon, in Ehrenfeld, and in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. After graduating from the Antoniuskolleg in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid in 1991, Caspers, who originally wanted to become a designer, worked in pathology, in an advertising agency, as well as in various TV production companies. [1] He did his community service in Bonn-Tannenbusch, where he worked in individual care for severely disabled children. From 1997 to 2002, he studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. [1]
Caspers is married to film editor Nina Caspers, with whom he lives in Cologne. [2] He is the father of two sons and a daughter. [3] In a video for the television program Quarks, it was revealed that Caspers suffers from face blindness and, as a result, was afraid that he would not recognize his newborn child. [4]
Caspers has been one of the German ambassadors of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity since November 2011. [5] Furthermore, he supports the U18 election project as an ambassador. The U18 project aims to introduce children and adolescents to the topics of politics, elections and democracy by allowing them to symbolically cast their vote before state or federal elections. [6]
Caspers is also a brand ambassador for Klexikon, which is an online encyclopedia for children. At the 2022 re:publica, a conference that deals with the Web 2.0, he stated that he “appreciates Klexikon as a Wikipedia for Kids, because some articles there are really complex.” [7]
Career
After completing his civilian service in pathology and working in a slaughterhouse and a marketing agency, he completed several internships in TV production. Later Caspers participated in the Sat.1 production "Geh aufs Ganze!", where he created the games for the show. During that time Caspers' talent was discovered by Super RTL and with "Muuh – Das Tiermagazin" he was given his first own show in 1995. [8]
Caspers started to work for the WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) in 1996 and hosted the "Maus Club" alongside Shary Reeves and Tina Halverscheid until 2000. From 1997 to 2002 Caspers studied at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KMH). His diploma thesis dealt with the development of a television series and aired under the name “Late Morgen” on 16. Februar 2003 at Das Erste. “Late Morgen” was the first and only late-night show for kids that aired in the morning.
In 1999, Caspers started hosting the popular and educational children’s tv show Die Sendung mit der Maus (“The show with the mouse”) and in September of that year also took part in its production in rotation with Armin Maiwald and Christoph Biemann. On the occasions of the show’s birthday, Caspers has often gone abroad. Locations include Japan (Tokio) in 2005, Turkey (Ankara) in 2008, India (New Delhi) in 2009, South Africa (Pretoria/Tshwane) in 2010, Brazil (Brasília) in 2012, Greece (Athena) in 2023, Iceland (Reykjavík) in 2014, Poland (Warsaw) in 2016, the UK (London) in 2017, France (Paris) in 2019, and Denmark (Copenhagen) in 2020. He also visited the Aardman Studios in Bristol (England), where the tv-series of Shaun the Sheep is produced, that is also part of the show Die Sendung mit der Maus. While going on these journeys, Caspers kept diary about his experiences, which is still available on the show’s website (https://www.wdrmaus.de/extras/ralphs_tagebuecher.php5).
From 1999 to 2002, Caspers run his own talk show for kids on the children’s channel KiKA called QuasselCaspers. From 2001 to 2022, he moderated the popular children’s science magazine Wissen macht Ah! and sometimes scripted it as well. [8] Between 2003 and 2004 his reportage-magazine Neufundland (“Newfoundland”) was broadcasted additionally on special occasions. In this magazine he moderated from behind a wheel of a golden limousine from the 1970’s. There are 5 episodes in total with each 30 minutes. Also, he is one of the experts in the children’s quiz show Frag doch mal die Maus (“Just ask the mouse”), which is connected to the show Die Sendung mit der Maus.
In the course of the campaign WDR Kinderwelt (“children’s world of the WDR”) for children’s media education, Caspers produced the visitor film Die wunderbare Welt des WDR – eine Reise durch Fernsehen, Radio und Internet (“the wonderful world of the WDR – a journey through tv, radio and internet”).
This film (about 18 minutes long) was broadcasted on the 12.12.2009 on the WDR and since the 16.12.2009 it is shown to visitors of the “WDR Kinderstudios” in Köln. Since 2010, Caspers moderates the WDR tv-show Quarks substitutional; from 2019 to 2021 taking turns with Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim and after that with Florence Randrianarisoa. Since Novembre 2022, Caspers is the face of the YouTube-channel „Quarks Dimension Ralph“. Caspers' first book "Wissen macht Ah!" was published in September 2004. Since 2011, he presented the show Du bist kein Werwolf - Über Leben in der Pubertät (You are not a Werewolf - Living through puberty) together with Christine Henning on the German Tv-Channel KiKA. He worked with Dieter Nuhr on the quiz show Null gewinnt (Zero wins) between July 2012 and early 2013. Caspers had an acting role in the 2016 children's film Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt.
In late July 2022, it was announced that Ralph Caspers would be leaving the show Wissen macht Ah! after more than 21 years. Since September 2022, Tarkan Bagci and Clarissa Corrêa da Silva present the show. [9]
Since April 2024, he has been part of the expert trio, alongside Marwa Eldessouky and Jens Riewa, on the quiz show Frag mich was Leichteres!. [9]
Trivia
Herzglitzer Ralphonus Elvis Maria Caspers
In an episode of Wissen macht Ah!, Ralph Caspers claimed that his name was Herzglitzer Ralphonus Elvis Maria Caspers. [10] There is no independent proof and all evidence is based solely on his statement.
Date of Birth
He claims that he does not know the exact date of his birth, [8] citing that he only received a birth certificate in Germany. On February 21,2010, while airing on the show Zimmer frei!, he called this statement "nonsense".
Date of Death: August 25, 2023
According to statements made on the WDR-2-Show Paternoster Capsers tried to see how easy it would be to fake his own death. He contacted the Kölner Stadtanzeiger to create an obituary for himself and added a date of death to his Wikipedia page.
Presenting Career
- since 1999: Die Sendung mit der Maus, Das Erste (produced by WDR)
- 2001–2022: Wissen macht Ah!, Das Erste and KiKA (produced by WDR)
- since 2010: Quarks, WDR
- since 2010: Frag doch mal die Maus (Maus-Experte), Das Erste
- since 2015: Lokalzeit extra, WDR (Commentary)
- since 2022: Quarks Dimension Ralph; a Quarks channel on YouTube[11]
Awards
- Prix Jeunesse International 2002 for „Können Schweine schwimmen?“ from Sendung mit der Maus.[12]
- Emil (Kinderfernsehpreis) 2008 for presenting several shows
- For the Goldener Spatz, Ralph Caspers and Alina Freund were awarded best presenters in 2009 [13]
- Erich-Kästner-Fernsehpreis 2010 for the South Africa-Special in Sendung mit der Maus.[14]
- Silver Screen Award in Los Angeles.
- Kinderfernsehpreis of the Robert-Geisendörfer-Preises 2011 together with Katja Engelhardt the South Africa-Special in Sendung mit der Maus
- Grimme-Preis 2012 for Du bist kein Werwolf
- Emil (Kinderfernsehpreis) 2012 for Du bist kein Werwolf
- Brillenträger des Jahres 2017
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his commitment to education in 2019[15][16]
- Journalistenpreis 2023 of the German Mathematical Society for the Video „Kann die Natur Mathe?“[17] (with Jens Hahne and Ingo Knopf)[18]
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- ^ Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine auf den Seiten der UN-Dekade Biologische Vielfalt.
- ^ Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine In: u18.org, Retreived 2013-07-25 am 25.
- ^ "Ralph Caspers in einem Twitter-Video als Klexikon-Botschafter". 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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- ^ "PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL 2002 / Deutschland ist die Nummer 1 inder Nationenwertung" (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "WDR Kinderfernsehen großer Gewinner: Goldener Spatz für Ralph Caspers, Die Sendung mit der Maus und Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten" (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine In: hff-potsdam.de.
- ^ Glenn Riedmeier (2019-12-04). "Bundesverdienstorden für Ralph Caspers und „Die Maus"". wunschliste.de. Imfernsehen. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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