Summary
Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor.
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| Born | 19 April 1966 |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian, voice actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | oliverwelke |
Biography edit
Welke was born in Bielefeld and 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 edit
- 2004: Der Wixxer
- 2006–2009: Schillerstraße (TV series)
- 2007: Neues vom Wixxer
- 2012: Götter wie Wir (TV series)
CDs edit
- Kalk & Welk (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (Rough Trade Records)
- Kalk & Welk: Zwei Engel der Barmherzigkeit (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (Rough Trade Records)
Books edit
- Der Wixxer (together with Bastian Pastewka and Oliver Kalkofe), 2007, Vgs, ISBN 978-3-8025-1744-0
- heute-show: Das Buch (together with Morten Kühne), 2011, Rowohlt Verlag, ISBN 978-3-87134-699-6
- Frank Bsirske macht Urlaub auf Krk – Deutsche Helden privat (together with Dietmar Wischmeyer), 2013, Rowohlt Verlag, ISBN 978-3871347528
Awards edit
- 2001: Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Award)
- 2004: German Comedy Award as part of team 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe
- 2007: German Comedy Award as part of team Frei Schnauze XXL
- 2009: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show
- 2010: Grimme Award as part of team heute-show
- 2010: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show
- 2010: Deutscher Fernsehpreis in the category Best Comedy as part of team heute-show
- 2011: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show (best comedy show)
- 2012: Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award for television journalism for him and his team of heute-show
- 2012: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show (best comedy show)
- 2013: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis as presenter of the heute-show[2]
- 2014: Deutscher Fernsehpreis as presenter of the FIFA WM 2014, for the best sports telecast[3]
- 2014: Bambi in the category Comedy for the heute-show
- 2014: Hans-Oelschläger-Preis for the heute-show[4]
References edit
- ^ HeuteShow:Oliver Welke
- ^ Bayerische Staatskanzlei: "Ministerpräsident Seehofer verleiht Bayerischen Fernsehpreis 2013". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Preisträger". Deutscher-fernsehpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Auszeichnung der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" (in German). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
External links edit
- Official website
- Sueddeutsche: Oliver Welke im Gespräch: SchwarzGelb war bislang gut für uns
- Oliver Welke in the German Dubbing Card Index