Oliver Welke
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| Born | 19 April 1966 |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian, voice actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | oliverwelke |
Oliver Welke(born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor.
Biography
[edit]Welke was born inBielefeldand studied journalism at theUniversity 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 withOliver Kalkofe,whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices forMystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie(as Crow T. Robot) and the British comedy showLittle Britain,and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parodyDer WiXXer.Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satiricalheute-showon German public broadcasterZDF,which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation ofThe Daily Show.[1]
Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such asTerre 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 withOliver 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 withBastian PastewkaandOliver Kalkofe), 2007, Vgs,ISBN978-3-8025-1744-0
- heute-show: Das Buch(together with Morten Kühne), 2011, Rowohlt Verlag,ISBN978-3-87134-699-6
- Frank Bsirske macht Urlaub auf Krk – Deutsche Helden privat(together with Dietmar Wischmeyer), 2013,Rowohlt Verlag,ISBN978-3871347528
Awards
[edit]- 2001:Deutscher Fernsehpreis(German Television Award)
- 2004:German Comedy Awardas part of team7 Tage, 7 Köpfe
- 2007: German Comedy Award as part of teamFrei Schnauze XXL
- 2009: German Comedy Award as part of teamheute-show
- 2010:Grimme Awardas part of teamheute-show
- 2010: German Comedy Award as part of teamheute-show
- 2010:Deutscher Fernsehpreisin the category Best Comedy as part of teamheute-show
- 2011: German Comedy Award as part of teamheute-show(best comedy show)
- 2012:Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Awardfor television journalism for him and his team ofheute-show
- 2012: German Comedy Award as part of teamheute-show(best comedy show)
- 2013:Bayerischer Fernsehpreisas presenter of theheute-show[2]
- 2014:Deutscher Fernsehpreisas presenter of the FIFA WM 2014, for the best sports telecast[3]
- 2014:Bambiin the category Comedy for theheute-show
- 2014: Hans-Oelschläger-Preis for theheute-show[4]
References
[edit]- ^HeuteShow:Oliver Welke
- ^Bayerische Staatskanzlei:"Ministerpräsident Seehofer verleiht Bayerischen Fernsehpreis 2013".Archived fromthe originalon 22 February 2014.Retrieved22 May2013.
- ^"Preisträger".Deutscher-fernsehpreis.de(in German).Retrieved3 October2014.
- ^"Auszeichnung der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache"(in German). 5 February 2014.Retrieved1 July2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Sueddeutsche: Oliver Welke im Gespräch: SchwarzGelb war bislang gut für uns
- Oliver Welkein the German Dubbing Card Index
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- German television presenters
- German male voice actors
- German male comedians
- German sports broadcasters
- German sports journalists
- German male journalists
- Actors from Bielefeld
- University of Münster alumni
- German male writers
- ZDF people
- Mass media people from Bielefeld
- Comedians from North Rhine-Westphalia
- Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia