Career
After school Bach worked in theatres in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York City, Utrecht and Vienna. In 1992 Bach was part of the theatre group in Cologne at the Schauspielhaus and appeared on the German television channel RTL on the Dirk Bach Show. In 2002, Bach starred in Der kleine Mönch on German television channel ZDF. Bach worked in Sesamstraße, the German version of Sesame Street, as the character Pepe.
He often performed with Hella von Sinnen on different television productions.
From 2004 on Bach and Sonja Zietlow presented the German edition of the show I"m a Celebrity, Get Maine Out of Here! on channel RTL. In 2005 Bach played the character Urmel in Urmel aus dem Eis (engl: Impy"s Island). Since 2006 Bach has hosted the German game show Frei Schnauze on channel RTL. Other work Bach died on 1 October 2012 in Berlin at the age of 51.