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Hape Kerkeling

Hape Kerkeling

Birthday: 1964-12-09 | Place of Birth: Recklinghausen, Germany

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Extrawurst

as    Heribert Bräsemann

2026
Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück

as    Horst Schlämmer

2024
2024
2024
Mein Name ist Otto

as    Self

2023
Club Las Piranjas

as    Edwin Öttel

2023
Loriot 100

as    Self

2021
2014
Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!

as    Himself / Various

2014
2013
2011
Unterwegs in der Weltgeschichte

as    Moderator

2009
A man, a fjord!

as    Horst Schlämmer

2009
Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!

as    Horst Schlämmer / Uschi Blum / Gisela / Angela Merkel / Ronald Profalla / Ulla Schmidt

2007
Best of Hape Kerkeling

as    Self (archive footage)

2004
Samba in Mettmann

as    Olaf Kischewski

1999
Gisbert

as    Gisbert

1999
Darüber lacht die Welt

as    Moderator/Host

1999
Tobias Totz und sein Löwe

as    Paul Pommes

1997
Die Oma ist tot

as    Lothar Brömmer

1996
Willi und die Windzors

as    Willi Bettenberg

1995
Club Las Piranjas

as    Edwin

1993
Kein Pardon

as    Peter Schlönzke

1989
Total Normal

as    Self

1984
Kerkelings Kinderstunde

as    alle