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| Birth name | Lucas Edward Britton Mockridge |
| Born | (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (age 36) Bonn,West Germany |
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| Parent(s) | Bill Mockridge Margie Kinsky |
| Relative(s) | Jeremy Mockridge |
| Website | luke-mockridge |
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Lucas Edward Britton Mockridge (born 21 March 1989) is Germany-based comedian who holds Canadian and Italian citizenship.[1]
Mockridge is son of the Canadian actor and comedianBill Mockridge and the Italian actress and comedian Margie Kinsky.[2] He was raised inEndenich and has two older and three younger brothers. His siblings are all involved in the show business, as directors, musicians, singers, actors and models.[3] One of his brothers is actor Jeremy Mockridge. Luke Mockridge lives inCologne.[4] His godfather wasDirk Bach.[4]
Upon completing his school finals ("Abitur"), Mockridge undertook a university programme in media and communications science in Canada, England and Germany, from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in 2012.[4] During his studies in Canada, Mockridge made an appearance in theHigh School Musical Stage Programme asChad.[5]
Since 2012, Mockridge has been touring through Germany with the solo showI'm Lucky, I'm Luke!. In German national television, he has made regular appearances atNightWash,Quatsch Comedy Club,TV total,RTL Comedy Grand Prix, andFun(k)haus. Mockridge is the host of1LIVE Hörsaal-Comedy and works as writer ofSwitch reloaded.[5][3] In September 2013, he launched his own comedy show onKiKa andZDF calledOccupy School.[6]
Mockridge took over the role as presenter of the TV showNightWash forWDR Fernsehen on 26 September 2013.[7][8] Prior to this time, he had been employed byNightWash as intern and author.[3] Moreover, Mockridge moderated before an audience of 7,000 people on 14 October 2013 the1LIVE Comedynacht XXL in the sold-outLanxess Arena in Cologne. During 2013, he also appeared for a period of time non-regularly at theYouTube channelPonk.
In 2014, Mockridge launched the YouTube channelSnoozzze, together with German Youtubers Julian "Julez" Weißbach and Joyce Ilg. In January 2014, he travelled to New York City withStefan Raab and his showTV total onProSieben and shot continuously for six days live for theSuper Bowl XLVIII.
In 2016, it was announced that Mockridge would be a host on theNetflix reality showUltimate Beastmaster.[9]
Following accusations of sexualized violence, Mockridge said that he would retire in September 2021 for an indefinite period of time. Although he resigned in December of that year, in anInstagram video inspired by the movieLove Actually he announced that his "Welcome to Luckyland" tour would continue the following year.[10]
In 2013, Mockridge was awarded the sardonic title Pascha des Monats (Pasha of the Month) byEMMA magazine for so-calledHerrenwitze (sexist jokes) he made during a stand-up performance.[11] His alleged comments about an ex-girlfriend were stated as the reason for the prize. However, organizers of the programme in which the incident occurred claimed that his jokes were taken out of context.[3] In 2013, Mockridge was awarded theGerman Comedy Award asBest Newcomer.
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