Oliver Welke

Oliver Welke
Welke in 2018
Born (1966-04-19) 19 April 1966 (age 57)
Occupation(s)Television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian, voice actor
Years active1996–present
Websiteoliverwelke.de

Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor.

Biography

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

CDs

  • 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

  • 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 (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

  1. ^ HeuteShow:Oliver Welke
  2. ^ Bayerische Staatskanzlei: "Ministerpräsident Seehofer verleiht Bayerischen Fernsehpreis 2013". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Preisträger". Deutscher-fernsehpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Auszeichnung der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" (in German). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

External links

  • Official website
  • Sueddeutsche: Oliver Welke im Gespräch: SchwarzGelb war bislang gut für uns
  • Oliver Welke in the German Dubbing Card Index
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