Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1948-07-22
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Otto, der Katastrofenfilm
- Otto, der Heimatfilm
- Otto - Der Film. Das vollständige Drehbuch der Autoren
- 7 Zwerge
- Das Taschenbuch Der Elephanten
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Emden, Germany
Otto Waalkes, born in Emden in 1948, ranks among the most successful German comedians of all time. He first gained widespread recognition in the mid-1970s through his comedy albums and his own television show. By the mid-1980s—culminating with the release of his first feature film, *Otto – Der Film*—he had risen to the status of an absolute superstar. With a box-office tally of over 14 million…
Known for
- Hallervorden - Didi gegen den Rest der Welt — Self2025
- Seiler und Speer: A schware Partie 25 — Otto Waalkes2025
- Mein Name ist Otto — Self2024
- Udo Lindenberg & Das Panikorchester - 50 Jahre Rock'n'Roll in der bunten Republik — Self2023
- Ottos Märchenshow — Self2022
- Otto Fröhliche - Advent, Advents mit Otto und Friends — Various2021
- Catweazle — Catweazle2021
- Help, I Shrunk My Friends — Otto Leonhard2021
- LOL: Last One Laughing — Self2021
- Help, I Shrunk My Parents — Otto Leonhard2018
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 91,569
- Total plays
- 1,270,363
Tags
comedygermanfundeutschkabarett
Otto Waalkes (born July 22, 1948 in Emden, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German comedian and actor. His perhaps most famous trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. He shares a close friendship with tennis player Steffi Graf, who also makes an appearance in the movie Otto - Der Außerfriesische. He has one child with his first wife Manou. In 2000 he married award-winning filmmaker and actress Eva Hassmann. They seperated in Novem
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,355x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,326x
- Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,058x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,734x
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Key dates
- Born
- 22 July 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Emden
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Instrument
- electronic keyboard