Rick Horatio Kavanian, born January 26, 1971, in Munich as the son of Armenian immigrants, studied political science, American studies, and psychology in Munich and Augsburg from 1990 to 1995. In 1990, he also started his collaboration with Michael "Bully" Herbig and worked together with Herbig as an author and host for the Munich-based radio comedy show "Langemann und die Morgencrew".

In 1995, Kavanian attended actor"s training for one year at New York’s Actor"s Studio, before he continued his collaboration with Herbig in 1996. Together, they wrote and hosted the weekly radio program "Bully"s Late Night Show" (1997). Furthermore, Kavanian worked for the TV comedy "Easy Bully" (1997) on Pro7 that was written and directed by Herbig.

In 1997, they also started their TV comedy show "Bully Parade" on Pro7 that saw Kavanian as author and as an actor in numerous roles. The large success of this show that ran until 2002 and mainly consisted of pieces revolving around bizarre, constantly recurring characters was Herbig"s and also Kavanian"s final breakthrough. From 2004 to 2006, both appeared in the comedy show "Bully & Rick" before the show was cancelled after only two seasons.

With "Der Schuh des Manitu" ("Manitou"s Shoe"), the comedy team Kavanian and Herbig finally entered the movie screen in 2001 – and celebrated an overwhelming box office hit: The carefully developed "Winnetou" parody attracted 12 million viewers to the cinemas and won numerous awards. Kavanian again served as a co-author and actor in Herbig"s next film, the successful science fiction comedy "(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1" (2004).

Besides his appearances in films like "KeinOhrHasen" ("Rabbit Without Ears"), Kavanian regularly works as a dubbing voice and, for instance, lends his voice to Hollywood comedian Mike Myers. He also took over dubbing voices in several animation movies, including "Happy Feet" or "Madagascar".

In late 2008, Kavanian starred in a leading role as a goofy wanna-be knight in Til Schweiger"s comic adventure film "1 ½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde" ("1 ½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde"). In 2009, Kavanian will be seen in a leading role as a professional hit man in the romantic comedy "Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling", also starring Nora Tschirner.