Micheal Reufsteck was born and raised as an only child in Koblenz, Germany. He had his first stage appearances with his school's theater group and made his first attempts as a radio show host at the young age of 16. Since 1996 he has been a radio show host at the public radio station SWF3 broadcasting for Germany's southwest (this station was renamed and relaunched as SWR3 after a fusion with SDR3 in 1998). In the years 1998 - 2004 he has hosted SWR3's morning show with Jochen Stoeckle. He had his first appearance on TV in 2004 in the mini documentary series _Von Null auf 42 (2004)_ (3 episodes) about 7 non-athletes becoming marathon runners and trying to finish the New York Marathon after 1 year of training. Michael was one of these glorious 7 and is still an active runner. Togehter with Stefan Niggemeier he wrote the work of reference to television series on German TV: "Das Fernsehlexikon. Alles ueber 7000 Sendungen von Ally McBeal bis zur ZDF Hitparade" (Muenchen 2005). Other appearances on TV as himself: _Leute heute (1998)_, _Tagesschau (2003)_, _Beckmann (2004)_, _ARD Buffet (2005)_. Michael is not married and does not have any children.