Carsten van Ryssen is a freelance journalist, satirist, presenter and performer. Ironic and quick-witted - his interviews and TV contributions, including for "heute show", are legendary. But Carsten is also known for profound and enigmatic interview. Carsten van Ryssen grew up in Soest. Shortly after reunification he worked as a news writer for the ARD programme "Punkt5". As a young "TIP" editor, he joined the ARD magazine "Polylux" as a satirical ramp sow. At the same time, van Ryssen can be seen in "Verstehen sie Spaß" (ARD), "Beckmanns Olympia Nacht" (ARD), "Strassenstars" (HR) and the two-part NDR documentary "Mythen des Nordens". Until 2009 he hosted "Carstens Welt" for the car magazine "D-Motor" (D-Max). He also did commercials for "SIXT", "Apollo Optik" and "Daimler AG/Smart". And the online appearance as "Achim Hellmann" for Telekom. Alongside Oliver Welke, he is a regular on the "heute show" and has won numerous awards for his work. Alongside Carolin Kebekus in their show "PussyTerror TV" (WDR/ DAS ERSTE), Carsten shines as the press spokesman for football god "Mario Großreus"! In 2019 he was part of Chris Tall's team in his show "Darf er das?" (RTL) and since October 2019 he has been a regular sidekick of Ingmar Stadelmann in his live show "Abendshow" on rbb.