Otto Waalkes
Born: July 22, 1948
Age: 76
Birthplace: Emden
Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948 in Emden, Germany) is a Frisian 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.
He shares a close friendship with tennis player Steffi Graf, who also makes an appearance (as herself) in the movie Otto - Der Außerfriesische. He has one child ("Benjamin Karl Otto Grigori Waalkes") with his first wife Manuela Ebelt, and was later married to actress Eva Hassmann until November 2011, who co-starred with him in Otto - Der Katastrofenfilm.
He also works as a voice actor, providing, among others, the German voices of Mushu in Disney's Mulan movies and Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise.
Discography
Year | Title | Chart Positions | |||
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1973 | Otto | 1 | - | - | - |
1974 | Otto (Die Zweite) | 1 | - | - | - |
1975 | Oh, Otto | 2 | 3 | - | - |
1976 | Das 4. Programm | 1 | 2 | - | - |
1977 | Das Wort zum Montag | 4 | 5 | - | - |
1978 | Ottocolor | 7 | 4 | - | - |
1980 | Der Ostfriesische Götterbote | 2 | 11 | - | - |
1981 | Otto versaut Hamburg | 7 | 4 | - | - |
1983 | Hilfe Otto kommt! | 4 | 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 | - |
"Zwergensong" | 12 | - | - | 33* |
Filmography
- Otto - Der Film (Otto - The Film) (1985)
- Otto - Der neue Film (de) (Otto - The New Film) (1987)
- Otto - Der Außerfriesische (de) (Otto - The Outer-Frisian) (1989)
- Otto - Der Liebesfilm (de) (Otto - The Romance film) (1992)
- St. Pauli Nacht (de) (St. Pauli Night) by Sönke Wortmann (1999) (Cameo)
- Otto - Der Katastrofenfilm (de) (Otto - The Disaster film) (2000)
- 7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (7 Dwarfs - Men Alone in the Wood) (2004)
- 7 Zwerge - Der Wald ist nicht genug (7 Dwarfs - The Wood Is Not Enough) (2006)
- Otto’s Eleven (de) (2010)
- The 7th Dwarf (Der 7bte Zwerg) (2014)
- Kartoffelsalat - Nicht fragen! (2015)