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Oliver Welke
Oliver Welke
Born
Oliver Welke

(1966-04-19) April 19, 1966 (age 58)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Journalist, Presenter
Years active1996-present

Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966 in Bielefeld) is a German television presenter, actor, comedian and sports journalist.

Life

Welke studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993. He then worked in a number of fields and eventually became a rather well-known sport journalist and presenter. Together with Oliver Kalkofe, whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (as Crow T. Robot) and the British comedy show Little Britain, and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parody Der WiXXer. Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satirical heute-show on German public broadcaster ZDF, which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation of The Daily Show.[1]

Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such as Terre des hommes.

Filmography

  • 2004: Der WiXXer
  • 2006 - 2009: Schillerstraße
  • 2007: Neues vom WiXXer
  • 2012: Götter wie Wir (TV series)
  • 2013: Triple WixXx (in production)

CDs

  • Kalk & Welk (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (rough trade)
  • Kalk & Welk: Zwei Engel der Barmherzigkeit (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (rough trade)

Books

Awards

References

  1. ^ HeuteShow:Oliver Welke
  2. ^ Bayerische Staatskanzlei: Ministerpräsident Seehofer verleiht Bayerischen Fernsehpreis 2013 at the Wayback Machine (archived February 22, 2014)
  3. ^ "Preisträger". deutscher-fernsehpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 2014-10-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  4. ^ "Auszeichnung der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" (in German). 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2016-07-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)