Hape Kerkeling

Acting

Born: 1964-12-09
From: Recklinghausen, Germany
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.5

Biography

Hans-Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (* 9. December 1964 in Recklinghausen) is a German comedian, author, television presenter, actor, director, singer, radio play speaker, audiobook and voice actor. Hape Kerkeling became a popular television and stage comedian from the mid-1980s. In 1985, at the age of 20, he received his first regular television program Kangaroo. This was followed by other comedy formats such as Total Normal or Darüber lacht die Welt as well as the moderation of major television shows such as the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest or the awarding of the Golden Camera. Kerkeling directed several cinema and television films as an author, director and actor. His art figures such as Hannilein, Horst Schlämmer, Siegfried Schwäbli, Uschi Blum and Evje van Dampen also became known to a wide audience. As a voice actor, he lent his voice to the panda Po in several films in the series Kung Fu Panda and the snowman Olaf from the Frozen films. As a book author, Kerkeling published one of the best-selling German non-fiction books in 2006 with Ich bin dann mal weg.

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Awards & Nominations14 won · 0 nominated

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Romy

2024
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Rheinlandtaler

2019
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Bavarian TV Awards

Total Normal

2018
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Tie Man of the Year

2011
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Media Award for Linguistic Standards

2010
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Order of Karl Valentin

2009
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Bavarian TV Awards

2008
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Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia

2007
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Osgar

2007
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Bavarian TV Awards

Q1210768

2004
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Bavarian TV Awards

Total Normal

1991
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Romy

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Steiger Award

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Grimme-Preis

Acting59 titles

Directing4 titles

Writing8 titles

Production1 title