Otto Waalkes
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| Born |
Otto Gerhard Waalkes 22 July 1948 Emden |
| Occupation | comedian, actor |
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Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948 in Emden, Germany) is a Frisian comedian and actor. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and movies. His perhaps most famous trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. They featured on the cover of his first album release.[1]
He shares a close friendship with tennis player Steffi Graf, who also makes an appearance (as herself) in the movie Otto – Der Außerfriesische. He has one child ("Benjamin Karl Otto Grigori Waalkes") with his first wife Manuela Ebelt, and was later married to actress Eva Hassmann until November 2011,[2] who co-starred with him in Otto – Der Katastrofenfilm.
He also works as a voice actor, providing, among others, the German voices of Mushu in Disney's Mulan movies and Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise.
Discography
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | AT | CH | EU | ||
| 1973 | Otto | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1974 | Otto (Die Zweite) | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1975 | Oh, Otto | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 1976 | Das 4. Programm | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 1977 | Das Wort zum Montag | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 1978 | Ottocolor | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| 1980 | Der Ostfriesische Götterbote | 2 | 11 | - | - |
| 1981 | Otto versaut Hamburg | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| 1983 | Hilfe Otto kommt! | 4 | 1 | 8 | - |
| 1995 | Die CD - Das Allerbeste | 55 | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Das Live Album | 11 | 14 | 12 | - |
| 1998 | Einen Hab ich noch | 28 | 49 | 41 | - |
| 2001 | Ostfriesland und Mehr | 40 | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Only Otto | 28 | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Otto - Die DVD | 40 | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Otto - Die ersten 15 Jahre | 71 | - | - | - |
| 2006 | 100 Jahre Otto | - | - | 77 | - |
| "Zwergensong" | 12 | - | - | 33* | |
Filmography
- Otto – Der Film (Otto – The Film) (1985)
- Otto – Der neue Film (Otto - The New Film) (1987)
- Otto – Der Außerfriesische (Otto - The Outer-Frisian) (1989)
- Otto – Der Liebesfilm (Otto – The Romance film) (1992)
- St. Pauli Nacht (St. Pauli Night) by Sönke Wortmann (1999) (Cameo)
- Otto – Der Katastrofenfilm (Otto - The Disaster film) (2000)
- 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (7 Dwarfs – Men Alone in the Wood) (2004)
- 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug (7 Dwarfs – The Wood Is Not Enough) (2006)
- Otto’s Eleven (2010)
- The 7th Dwarf (Der 7bte Zwerg) (2014)
- Kartoffelsalat – Nicht fragen! (2015)
See also
References
- ↑ von Gehlen, Dirk (8 November 2006). Who is Otto Waalkes?. guardian.co.uk The Guardian News and Media Limited.
- ↑ "Ehe-Aus bei Otto Waalkes und Eva Hassmann". Die Welt (in German). 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
External links
- (German) Official website
- Otto Waalkes at the Internet Movie Database
- (German) Website dedicated to Otto's Ottiphants