German television presenter, actor, comedian, voice actor and sports journalist

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

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 Filmography
• 3 CDs
• 4 Books
• 5 Awards
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Life

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.

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

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
• 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“
• 2014: Deutscher Fernsehpreis as presenter of the „FIFA WM 2014“, for the best sports telecast
• 2014: Bambi in the category Comedy for the „heute-show“
• 2014: Hans-Oelschläger-Preis for the »heute show«

References

External links

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