Hape Kerkeling
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting108
movie70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
2026
Self - Interviewee
movieHorst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
2026
Horst Schlämmer
movieThe Holy Grill
2026
Heribert Bräsemann
tvClub Las Piranjas
2023
Edwin Öttel
movieEin Abend mit Hape Kerkeling
2021
Self - Host
tvLOL: Last One Laughing
2021
Horst Schlämmer - Host
movieHape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!
2014
Himself / Various
tvMDR um 4
2014
Self
movieHape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt"
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieHorst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!
2009
Horst Schlämmer / Uschi Blum / Gisela / Angela Merkel / Ronald Profalla / Ulla Schmidt
movieA man, a fjord!
2009
Horst Schlämmer
tvInas Nacht
2007
Self
movieBest of Hape Kerkeling
2007
Self (archive footage)
tvLet's Dance
2006
Self - Host
Hape trifft!
2005
Self - Host
movieSamba in Mettmann
2004
Olaf Kischewski
ZIBB
2003
Self
tvAbendschau
2000
Self
German Television Award
1999
Self - Host / Self
movieTobias Totz und sein Löwe
1999
Paul Pommes
tvGisbert
1999
Gisbert
tvBeckmann
1999
Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
Horst Schlämmer / Self
movieDie Oma ist tot
1997
Lothar Brömmer
movieWilli und die Windzors
1996
Willi Bettenberg
Interaktiv
1996
himself
tvCheese
1994
Moderator
movieKein Pardon
1993
Peter Schlönzke
tvDAS!
1991
Self
Vorwärts
1990
Showmaster
tvGroßstadtrevier
1986
Hein Merry
Goldene Kamera
1984
Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Moderator
Menschen
1982
Self / Self - Host
tvDas Traumschiff
1981
Clemens Kohl
tvBambi
1948
Self
Writing10
tvClub Las Piranjas
2023
Original Film Writer
movieHorst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!
2009
Screenplay, Idea
movieSamba in Mettmann
2004
Screenplay
movieWilli und die Windzors
1996
Screenplay
movieKein Pardon
1993
Screenplay
Directing4
Production2
movieI'm Off Then
2015
Co-Producer