Dieter Herbert Nuhr (born 29 October 1960) is a German kabarett artist, comedian, author and television presenter.

In his work, he gives a critical glance to social behaviour in society and media, often satirising relationships and families.

A saying of Nuhr is frequently quoted in forums and newsgroups due to its provocative nature (and use of the semi-offensive word Fresse): "Wenn man keine Ahnung hat: Einfach mal Fresse halten", which roughly translates to, "If you haven't got a clue: Shut your puss for once."

Their first official appearance on stage was part of their program called "Haben Sie sich ihre Schranknummer gemerkt?

He has since gained notoriety for his numerous television appearances on Die Harald Schmidt Show, Genial daneben, Schillerstraße, Quatsch Comedy Club (Channel Pro7) and 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (lit.

In an interview with the newspaper Westdeutsche Zeitung in 2006, Nuhr was asked how he had developed his unique style: "I started my solo career because the manager of a theater in Mönchengladbach had talked me into it.

[14] Together with Ralph Casper he presented the quiz show "Null gewinnt" in the early evening time slot of ARD from July to March 2013.

To this TV format he contributed the television show "Nuhr am Leben" which was recorded in the St. Elisabeth church in Berlin Mitte and broadcast on ARD on 19 November 2012.

His broadcast "Nuhr im Glück" was recorded in the orangery of the tropical Botanical Garden, Potsdam and was aired on 22 November 2013.

[19] Dieter Nuhr is one of the few German cabaret artists who deals with the topic of radical sides of Islam in his programmes and books.

[20] In October 2014, a suspected Salafist[21] pressed charges against Nuhr because he was allegedly insulting creeds and religious communities.

[22] Erhat Toka (board member of the former Muslimisch Demokratischen Union – MDU, now Bündnis für Innovation und Gerechtigkeit (BIG))[23] initiated the process and denoted Nuhr to be a hatemonger who agitates against Islam and invoked people to boycott Nuhr's event in Osnabrück.

The Islamic scholar Bülent Ucar of the University of Osnabrück argued that Nuhr uses generalizations, feeds prejudice and brings himself up to tendentious interpretations of the Koran.

The emeritus professor of theology Reinhold Mokrosch who is also speaker of the Round Table of the Religions could understand the criticism of Nuhr since he felt that it encouraged Islamophobia.

[24] Aiman Mazyek, chairman of the non-representative Central Council of Muslims in Germany was also upset about Nuhr's utterances but advised to keep calm.

[28] The cabaret artist warned of not publicly criticizing Islam just because of fearing the possible reactions and to not leave the protest only to the right-wingers.

The Tagesspiegel cited Nuhr's entry from his Facebook site: "Been accused as "hate preacher" by Islamists because I quoted the Quran correctly.

[31] In 2020, Nuhr signed the "Appeal for Free Debate Spaces" („Appell für freie Debattenräume“) together with right-wing conservatives Peter Hahne, Vera Lengsfeld and others.