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Otto Gerhard Waalkes is a German actor, comedian, film director, and caricaturist. Born in Emden in 1948, he is educated at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He resides in Blankenese and speaks German and English. His religious affiliation is with the Baptists.
Waalkes has received the Grimme-Preis, Echo Music Prize, Goldene Kamera, and Romy awards. He is a copyright representative for GEMA. His notable works include the films *Otto, der Katastrofenfilm*, *Otto, der Heimatfilm*, and *Otto - Der Film*. He also authored *7 Zwerge* and *Das Taschenbuch Der Elephanten*.
Musically, he plays the voice, guitar, and electronic keyboard. His work is associated with comedy, kabarett, and German entertainment. He has one child and participates in tennis and padel.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Otto, der Katastrofenfilm
- Otto, der Heimatfilm
- Otto - Der Film. Das vollständige Drehbuch der Autoren
- 7 Zwerge
- Das Taschenbuch Der Elephanten
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Film & TV
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
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1948
Discography
- Otto1973
- Otto (Die Zweite)1974
- Oh, Otto1975
- Das Wort zum Montag1977
- Ottocolor1978
- Der ostfriesische Götterbote1979
- Otto versaut Hamburg1981
- Otto’s Sammelsurium1982
- Hilfe Otto kommt!1983
- Otto1984
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 91,569
- Total plays
- 1,270,363
Tags
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
Official website
Ottifant - Die offizielle Homepage von Otto Waalkes Ottifanten – Ottifant.de
Ottifant - Hier sind Otto Waalkes Ottifanten zu Hause – und sie kommen auch gern zu dir! Entdecke viele kuriose Produkte und Fan-Artikel.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerhard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Emden
- Occupation
- showman
- Educated at
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Instrument
- electronic keyboard
- Sport
- padel
- Official website
- www.otto-waalkes.com
- Image
- Otto Waalkes 1093 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Blankenese
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- Commons category
- Otto Waalkes
- date of birth
- 1948-07-22
- birth name
- Otto Gerhard Waalkes
- name in native language
- Otto Waalkes
- Commons gallery
- Otto Waalkes
- social media followers
- 285000
- copyright representative
- GEMA
- official shop URL
- www.ottokunst.de
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Gallery (2)
Available in 19 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Italiano
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Czech
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Hungarian
- Latin
- Malagasy
- Nederlands
- Romanian
- Svenska
- Western Frisian
- فارسی
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