
Birthday:
07-22-1948
(76 years)
Birthplace:
Emden, Germany
Biography
Otto Gerhard Waalkes is a German comedian, musician, actor, director, voice actor, and web video producer. He is best known for his appearance as Otto in the Otto film series, and for voicing Sid in the German dub of the Ice Age films.
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7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Act like Bubi
event2006 star_border 5.5
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Snow White asks the seven dwarfs for help, because if they don't manage to find out the name of a little boy (Rumpelstiltskin) within two days, her newborn child will be taken away from her. The journey takes the dwarves to a depressive, rhyming Pinocchio and the omniscient wizard Helge, among others, and all the way to the world of humans.
Siegfried
Act like Grille (voice)
event2005 star_border 4.3
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The tale of Siegfried, a fearless dragon slayer who wins the heart of Celtic beauty Kriemhild.
St. Pauli Nacht
event1999 star_border 3.7
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Sometimes your fate lies in the hands of those you meet. Filled with promising ambitions, shattered dreams, love and revenge and in the end hope, the story reveals how tangibly interconnected our induividual fates really are. Cabby Robby drives in and around St.Pauli, Hamburg, from sunset to sunrise. He is surrounded by stories of the night. Drowning in human incidents.
Otto – The New Movie
Act like Otto
event1987 star_border 5.7
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Otto is Friesland's answer to Rambo and stands between two worlds, two women and two animals. While he's trying to cure a dog with bite inhibition and a cat with suicidal tendencies, the dream of his sleepless nights crosses his path: Gaby. Otto falls instantly in love, but Gaby thinks only of Amboss, a real guy with muscles of steel and a brain of rubber. Well, Otto on the other hand is not exactly well built and attractive. But he's determined to get the lady's attention, even if it means taking part in body-building competitions...
7 Dwarves - Men Alone in the Woods
Act like Bubi
event2004 star_border 5.6
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The Seven Dwarves live deep within a female-free-zone of the Enchanted Forest, but they cannot resist the innocent charms of Snow White when she enters their world. So when the evil queen abducts her, it is up to the dwarves to save her life.
Otto – The Alien from East Frisia
Act like Otto / Benno Gross
event1989 star_border 5.6
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Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian fatherland; but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn as a child. So it takes Otto a while to convince him while time is running low for his plans to save East-Frisia.
Otto - The Movie
Act like Otto / Otto's Father (voice) / Otto's Mother (voice) / Mr. Astrid (voice)
event1985 star_border 6.5
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East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
Otto - The Disaster Movie
Act like Otto, Baby-Otto, Otti, Großvater
event2000 star_border 5.2
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A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!
Otto - The Romance Film
Act like Karl/Otto/Amor
event1992 star_border 5.7
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Cupid, the God of love, gets the order to unite two people. On Earth, Otto fails as a street musician because his guitar breaks. While buying a new string, his hand gets stuck in the purse of Tina, who works at the Dr. Bayerle beauty farm. When she enters the subway, the purse is teared off and Otto is hit by Cupid's arrow. Now he wants to give back her purse at the doctor's conference.
Otto's Eleven
Act like Otto
event2010 star_border 5.6
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Otto is a man from a little German island, where he lives together with his friends. He gets his treasure, an expensive painting, stolen by a casino owner and his female assistent, so Otto starts travelling to the main land with his friends. Will he get it back?
Udo Lindenberg - Stark wie zwei
Act like Self
event2008
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Comeback of the 62-year-old veteran of rock music. With Helge Schneider, Jan Delay, Silbermond, Otto Waalkes. Recording from October 23, 2008 from the Hamburg Color Line Arena.
Kommando Störtebeker
Act like Bruno Bommel / Papagei
event2001 star_border 4
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Papa Paul gambled away 30,000 marks at the pig race. Too bad - because it wasn't even his money, but that of his boss. Now he'll use any means to get his hands on the dough again: The fairground or the Reeperbahn, the final match between St. Pauli and FC Bayern Munich and the filming of the new Bond - there is no place in Hamburg that is safe from Paul, and even the most popular North German island of Sylt has to take the fall in the end when it's time to go commando Störtebeker - the treasure and its consequences.
The 7th Dwarf
Act like Bubi (voice)
event2014 star_border 5.5
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Seven clumsy dwarfs try to undo the spell they unwillingly unleashed and save the fairy tales world with the help of a tired dragon and a butterfly. The evil witch Dellamorta cursed princess Rose when she was a baby. Before she turns 18, Rose will get stung in the finger by a sharp object and she and the whole castle will fall into a hundred year long sleep unless her true love would kiss her. The night before her birthday she sends her bf Jack to the 7 dwarfs, who live behind the 7 mountains to hide until after Rose has turned 18. Unfortunately he gets lost and captured by Dellamorta's dragon Burner. So at the party, Rose gets stung in the finger, and everyone falls into deep sleep. Everyone but the 7 dwarfs of course who will go on a journey to save Jack so he can save Rose.
Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel
Act like Scientist
event2004 star_border 2.9
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In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east - out of love. The teenager has fallen hopelessly in love with an East Berliner. Jenny’s parents are foaming from wrath and offer a reward: One-hundred thousand, later even a million, deutschmarks for whoever brings them their daughter back. The prospect of so much money gets east and west into quite a disarray – and in the end, the Wall really falls.
Potato Salad: Don't Ask!
Act like Notrufbeantworter
event2015 star_border 2.7
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When a deadly zombie virus infects a school in Germany it remains on the student Leo to save the world.
Help, I Shrunk My Teacher
Act like Spirit of the school founder Otto Leonhard
event2015 star_border 5.5
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Already having a hard time adjusting at his new school, things take a turn for the bizarre for eleven year old Felix when he accidentally shrinks his strict principal to only fifteen centimetres in height!
Hilfe, Otto kommt!
Act like Self
event1983
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Germany 1983. In these early Otto Shows we see the most famous sketches and stage programs by Otto Waalkes. Otto appears alone in various roles and plays the guitar and the harp. He can be seen as a sports reporter, gives fashion and consumer tips, gives a "Word for Sunday" and plays a "Faust" parody. In commercials he brings hair products, health cigarettes, gentle coffee and an integrated remote control.
Otto live - Holdrio Again
Act like Self
event2016 star_border 5.5
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He's back! For decades, cult comedian Otto Waalkes has delighted entire generations with his very special humor. But even after his 50th stage anniversary, the award-winning East Frisian has no intention of slowing down.
Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live
event2016 star_border 9
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After eight years Udo Lindenberg started his comeback in early 2016 with the new album "Stärker als die Zeit". After the release of his new album the panic rocker No. 1 went on a big tour, where he - among other locations - also stopped in Leipzig. The live recording “Stärker als die Zeit - Live” documents this gigantic show. The recording from Leipzig is a colorful mix of Udo classics and hits from his new album, including "Cello", "Wozu sind Kriege da", "Der Greis ist heiß", "Ich mach mein Ding" and "Durch die schweren Zeiten". At least as impressive as the tracklist is the list of guest singers who were at Udo's side during the various appearances. Participants include Clueso, Helge Schneider, Till Brönner and Stefanie Heinzmann, Gentleman, Daniel Wirtz and Ole Feddersen, Axel Prahl, Otto Waalkes, Johannes Oerding, Jan Delay, Stefan Raab, Klaus Doldinger, Adel Tawil, Max Herre, Bülent Ceylan and many more.
Help, I Shrunk My Parents
Act like Otto Leonhard
event2018 star_border 5.2
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Felix's school is haunted again, only this time it's not the benevolent spirit of school founder Otto Leonhard and the nuisance he caused, but the once hated and long-since dead Director Hulda Stingbeard. A coincidence causes the former shrunken and skeletonized school principle to rise again, leading to chaos...
Otto - Die Doku
Act like Self
event2018
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This portrait for the comedian's 70th birthday also shows the artist from his sensitive side. He talks about his failed marriages, his religious upbringing and how he actually wanted to be a serious musician, but that comedy was ultimately more popular with audiences. In addition, many companions from Otto's early youth as well as later prominent companions have their say.
Otto Waalkes rockt WERNER
Act like Self
event2018
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This scene takes place at the Werner Rennen, a vibrant motorsport and music festival in Germany. On a bustling Friday evening, thousands of fans crowd the main stage, the Kesseldrom, eagerly awaiting the legendary comedian and musician Otto Waalkes. As chants of "Otto, Otto" echo through the air, the 70-year-old cult icon takes the stage with his band, the Friesenjungs.
Pur & Friends: Live auf Schalke 2014
Act like Self
event2014
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Pur Live auf Schalke
Catweazle
Act like Catweazle
event2021 star_border 5.8
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Otto Waalkes plays a magician who strayed into the present from the 11th century and who absolutely wants to return to his time.
Heino – Made in Germany
Act like Self
event2013
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A documentary about the career of German folk singer Heino, from his beginnings in the late 60s to his current success with an album of rock and pop covers. Among the interviewees are notable long-time fans of Heino, but also detractors of his music.
Help, I Shrunk My Friends
Act like Otto Leonhard
event2021 star_border 5.1
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Melanie is a new pupil at the Otto Leonhard High School, and Felix takes a real shine to this newbie, much to the annoyance of Ella and Felix’s gang. They believe that Melanie is responsible for a number of small thefts that have been happening at the school since she arrived. Events take a drastic turn when the class goes on a school trip...
Mein Name ist Otto
Act like Self
event2024 star_border 7
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The film tells the fairytale story of a scrawny East Frisian who, despite minimal starting opportunities, has had a unique career. Otto has always trusted his gut feeling, even when he often faced challenges that threatened to jeopardize his career. My Name is Otto shows comical moments and emotional high points, but also addresses the fears of a man who to this day firmly believes that his lucky streak could one day end.
Granaten wie wir
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2009
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Granaten wie wir (Grenades Like Us) is a comedy show moderated by Max Giermann, which made its debut on German television on ProSieben on September 15, 2009. Six episodes were seen in autumn 2009, the remaining six episodes that had already been produced were broadcast from September 21, 2010. However, these have been shortened from 60 to 30 minutes.
The Otto-Show
Act like Otto Waalkes (9 ep.)
event1973 star_border 8
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All original Otto TV shows from 1973 to 1983
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Act like Self (5 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7
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The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
Ottifants
Act like Baby Bruno Bommel (13 ep.)
event1993 star_border 8.5
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Otto's Ottifants is an animated series published in 1993, featuring the famous elephant-like characters created by german comedian Otto Walkes. Within a short period of time the humorous stories of Family Bommel and their notorious baby Bruno won the hearts of many young and old people in all the German-speaking areas in Europe.
Wetten, dass..?
Act like Self (8 ep.)
event1981 star_border 5.3
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A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
Bambi Awards
Act like Self (6 ep.)
event1948 star_border 9
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The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
LOL: Last One Laughing
Act like Self (6 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.5
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Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?
TV total
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event1999 star_border 6.1
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TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show.
The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage that can be moved from one studio corner to the other. The show featured buttons with sounds and clips before Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show.
RTL Samstag Nacht
(1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 8.2
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RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6.5
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Klein gegen Groß – Das unglaubliche Duell is a family game show that has been broadcast on the first channel since 2011, on ORF 1 since March 2017 and on SRF 1 since November 2020. The format is produced by i&u TV. Kai Pflaume acts as host and moderator.
Abendschau
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 6
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The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.
Tigerenten Club
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1996
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Tigerenten Club is a German children's television programme. The programme involves a mix of games, quizzes, cartoons and outside reports from the presenters and children, with the aim to educate and entertain. It is produced by SWR in co-operation with other regional broadcasters, and is broadcast on ARD and KiKa.
The logo and the name of the programme is based upon the Tigerente or 'Tigerduck', created by German cartoonist Janosch.
Seitenblicke
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1987
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An Austrian magazine-TV show.
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