Oliver Welke
| Oliver Welke | |
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 Oliver Welke | |
| Born |
Oliver Welke April 19, 1966 Bielefeld, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Journalist, Presenter |
| Years active | 1996-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
- 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
- 2001: Deutscher Fernsehpreis
- 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
- 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)
External links
- Official website by Oliver Welke (german)
- Sueddeutsche: Oliver Welke im Gespräch: SchwarzGelb war bislang gut für uns
References
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