Otto Waalkes
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| Otto Waalkes | |
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| Born | Otto Gerhard Waalkes 22 July 1948 Emden |
| Occupation | comedian, actor |
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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 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.
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[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | |||
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| 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 | - |
| "Zwergensong" | 12 | - | - | 33* | |
[edit] 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)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ von Gehlen, Dirk (8 November 2006). Who is Otto Waalkes?. guardian.co.uk The Guardian News and Media Limited.
- ^ "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.
[edit] External links
- (German) Official website
- Otto Waalkes at the Internet Movie Database
- (German) Website dedicated to Otto's Ottiphants
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