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

Biography

Welke was born in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

and studied journalism at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...

, 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 Oliver Lars Fred Kalkofe (born 12 September 1965) is a German satirist, columnist, book author, actor, voice actor, writer and audiobook narrator. Life and career Kalkofe was born in Hanover. He grew up in Engelbostel and Peine. After passing t ...

, 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 ''

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'', 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 ''

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''. Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such as

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Filmography

* 2004: '' Der WiXXer'' * 2006–2009: ''

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'' (TV series) * 2007: ''Neues vom WiXXer'' * 2012: ''Götter wie Wir'' (TV series)

CDs

* ''Kalk & Welk'' (together with

), 2000, Frühstyxradio (

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) * ''Kalk & Welk: Zwei Engel der Barmherzigkeit'' (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (Rough Trade Records)

Books

* ''Der Wixxer'' (together with Bastian Pastewka and

), 2007, Vgs, * ''heute-show: Das Buch'' (together with Morten Kühne), 2011, Rowohlt Verlag, * ''Frank Bsirske macht Urlaub auf Krk – Deutsche Helden privat'' (together with Dietmar Wischmeyer), 2013,

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Awards

* 2001:

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, t ...

(German Television Award) * 2004:

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as part of team ''

7 Tage, 7 Köpfe 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (''Sieben Tage, sieben Köpfe'', lit. ''Seven days, seven heads'') is a German comedy television program of the television station RTL Television and featured a humorous retrospective of the past week. The show was hosted by Joch ...

'' * 2007: German Comedy Award as part of team ''Frei Schnauze XXL'' * 2009: German Comedy Award as part of team '' heute-show'' * 2010:

Grimme Award The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, t ...

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 The Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award is a German award for excellence in journalism. It was first awarded in 1995. The award is named for the German journalist Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Hanns Joachim "Hajo" Friedrichs (15 March 1927 – 28 March 1 ...

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 Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spe ...

as presenter of the ''heute-show'' * 2014:

as presenter of the FIFA WM 2014, for the best sports telecast'' * 2014:

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in the category Comedy for the ''heute-show'' * 2014: Hans-Oelschläger-Preis for the ''heute-show''

References

External links

Official website

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