Oliver Welke
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 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 comedy television show heute show on German 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