He gained recognition for his role in the German comedy television series RTL Samstag Nacht (1993–1998).
His father Vasko Nontschew was a musician who had emigrated to East Germany from Bulgaria and his mother was a journalist.
[1] On 28 July 1989, he first appeared on stage as a beatboxer and breakdancer with his group "Downtown Lyrics" in Radebeul near Dresden.
In 1993, he was approached by Hugo Egon Balder, who was then looking for comedians for his new comedy television series RTL Samstag Nacht.
[2] From 2005, he was a frequent guest in the improvisational comedy show Frei Schnauze [de] and in 2012, he partnered up with Sophia Thomalla as well as fellow comedian Oliver Beerhenke [de] for a reboot of the Sat.1 show Die Dreisten Drei.