Django Asül

Django Asül (born April 19, 1972) is a Turkish-German actor and comedian.

Standup comedy

Asül first became known for his standup comedy routines, which were later released on CD. In these routines, he alternates between different voices: a narrator-persona who speaks a standard German with a light Bavarian accent switches to a strong lower Bavarian dialect or a broken German with Turkish accent to represent different speakers in various imagined dialogues.

These alternating perspectives allow him to explore social and political themes which include but are by no means mainly focussed on the intercultural issues involved in being a Turk in Germany.

Filmography

Television

• 2009 — Hanna und die Bankräuber — Kommissar Schneider
• 2007 — Tatort — Platzwart — 1 episode
• 2005 — Brutto wie netto
• 2003 — Die Rosenheim-Cops — Peter Schlatner — 1 episode
• 2002 — Café Meineid — Achmed Sanclacy — 1 episode

CD releases

• Hämokratie, CD, Zampano (BMG), November 1999
• Autark, CD, Zampano (BMG), October 2001
• Hardliner, CD, Zampano (BMG), September 2004
• Fragil, CD, Sony BMG, 6. February 2009

Book publications

• Oh Abendland!, Lichtung-Verl., 1997

Awards

• 1996: Kabarett Kaktus
• 1997: Obernburger Mühlstein Jury- und Publikumspreis
• 1998: Ravensburger Kupferle
• 2000: Bayerischer Kabarettpreis
• 2005: Ybbser Spaßvogel
• 2007: Kulturnews