Otto Waalkes
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Born | Otto Gerhard Waalkes 22 July 1948 Emden |
Occupation | comedian, actor |
Website | www |
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 | |||
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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)
- de (Otto - The New Film) (1987)
- de (Otto - The Outer-Frisian) (1989)
- de (Otto – The Romance film) (1992)
- de (St. Pauli Night) by Sönke Wortmann (1999) (Cameo)
- de (Otto - The Disaster film) (2000)
- 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood) (2004)
- 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug (7 Dwarfs – The Wood Is Not Enough) (2006)
- de (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.
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External links
- (German) Official website
- Otto Waalkes at the Internet Movie Database
- (German) Website dedicated to Otto's Ottiphants
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