Otto Waalkes
Appearance
Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born July 22, 1948 in Emden, Germany) is a German 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 one of Germany's greatest female tennis players and a former worldwide tennis star 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 is now married to actress Eva Haßmann.
CD and DVDs
Year | Titel | Chart-Positionen | |||
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AT | DE | 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* |
Movies
- Otto - Der Film ('Otto - The Movie') (1985)
- Otto - Der neue Film ('Otto - The New Movie') (1987)
- Otto - Der Außerfriesische ('Otto - The Extra-Frisian') (1989)
- Otto - Der Liebesfilm ('Otto - The Love Movie') (1992)
- St. Pauli Nacht ('St. Pauli Night') by Sönke Wortmann (1999, guest appearance)
- Otto - Der Katastrophenfilm ('Otto - The Disaster Movie') (2000)
- Ice Age (2002) and Ice Age 2: Meltdown (2006) as Sid the sloth (German voice cast)
- 7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald ('7 Dwarfs - Men Alone in the Wood') (2004)
- Siegfried (2005)
- 7 Zwerge - Der Wald ist nicht genug ('7 Dwarfs - The Wood Is Not Enough') (2006)