Otto Waalkes

Otto Waalkes
Born	Otto Gerhard Waalkes July 22, 1948 (1948-07-22) (age 63) Emden
Occupation	comedian, actor
Website
www.otto-waalkes.com

Otto Waalkes live (2005)

Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born July 22, 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 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 Katastrophenfilm.

Discography

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		DE	AT	CH	EU
1973	Otto	1	-	-	-
1974	Otto (Die Zweite)	-	-	-	-
1975	Oh, Otto		-	-	-
1976	Das 4. Programm	1	2	-	-
1977	Das Wort zum Montag	-	5	-	-
1978	Ottocolor	-	4	-	-
1980	Der Ostfriesische Götterbote	-	11	-	-
1981	Otto versaut Hamburg	-	4	-	-
1983	Hilfe Otto kommt!	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	-
2006	"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)
• Otto – Der Katastrophenfilm ('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)
• Otto's Eleven (2010)

See also

• German television comedy

References

1. ^ von Gehlen, Dirk (8 November 2006). Who is Otto Waalkes?. guardian.co.uk The Guardian News and Media Limited.
2. ^ "Ehe-Aus bei Otto Waalkes und Eva Hassmann" (in German). Die Welt. 6 November 2011. http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/prominente/article13701824/Ehe-Aus-bei-Otto-Waalkes-und-Eva-Hassmann.html. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 

External links

• (German) Official website
• Otto Waalkes at the Internet Movie Database
• (German) Website dedicated to Otto's Ottiphants

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Name	Waalkes, Otto
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Date of birth	July 22, 1948
Place of birth	Emden
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