Otto Waalkes

Otto Waalkes

Born: July 22, 1948
in Emden, Germany
Otto Gerhard Waalkes is a German comedian, musician, actor, director, voice actor, and web video producer. He is best known for his appearance as Otto in the Otto film series, and for voicing Sid in the German dub of the Ice Age films.

Movies for Otto Waalkes...

Ottos Märchenshow
Title: Ottos Märchenshow
Character: Self
Released: December 17, 2022
Type: Movie
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Otto Fröhliche - Advent, Advents mit Otto und Friends
Title: Otto Fröhliche - Advent, Advents mit Otto und Friends
Character: Various
Released: December 4, 2021
Type: Movie
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Help, I Shrunk My Friends
Title: Help, I Shrunk My Friends
Character: Otto Leonhard
Released: September 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Melanie is a new pupil at the Otto Leonhard High School, and Felix takes a real shine to this newbie, much to the annoyance of Ella and Felix’s gang. They believe that Melanie is responsible for a number of small thefts that have been happening at the school since she arrived. Events take a drastic turn when the class goes on a school trip. When Felix’s friends almost mess up his date with Melanie, he shrinks them spontaneously to a tenth of their size. Just for a short time, he thinks to himself. But once Melanie has left, the magic ball to restoring his friends to their proper size has also disappeared. Is Melanie behind the thefts after all? In the process, Felix not only has to shrink himself, he also must confess his love to Melanie and admit his mistakes to his friends.
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Catweazle
Title: Catweazle
Character: Catweazle
Released: July 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Otto Waalkes plays a magician who strayed into the present from the 11th century and who absolutely wants to return to his time.
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Title: LOL: Last One Laughing
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2021
Type: TV
Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?
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Otto Waalkes rockt WERNER
Title: Otto Waalkes rockt WERNER
Character: Himself
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
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Otto - Die Doku
Title: Otto - Die Doku
Character: himself
Released: July 23, 2018
Type: Movie
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Geheimakte Otto Waalkes - Harry Hirsch auf Spurensuche
Title: Geheimakte Otto Waalkes - Harry Hirsch auf Spurensuche
Character: Harry Hirsch
Released: July 22, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: Late Night Berlin
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 2018
Type: TV
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Help, I Shrunk My Parents
Title: Help, I Shrunk My Parents
Character: Otto Leonhard
Released: January 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Felix's school is haunted again, only this time it's not the benevolent spirit of school founder Otto Leonhard and the nuisance he caused, but the hated and long-since dead Director Hulda Stingbeard. A coincidence causes the former shrunken and skeletonized school principle to rise again. When she manages to return to real life she almost defeats Otto Leonhard, manages to shrink Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein and Felix' parents, and takes over the school. It takes Felix, Ella and their gang to set the levers in motion to save the school and bring Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein and his parents back to their original size again.
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Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live
Title: Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live
Released: December 2, 2016
Type: Movie
After eight years Udo Lindenberg started his comeback in early 2016 with the new album "Stärker als die Zeit". After the release of his new album the panic rocker No. 1 went on a big tour, where he - among other locations - also stopped in Leipzig. The live recording “Stärker als die Zeit - Live” documents this gigantic show. The recording from Leipzig is a colorful mix of Udo classics and hits from his new album, including "Cello", "Wozu sind Kriege da", "Der Greis ist heiß", "Ich mach mein Ding" and "Durch die schweren Zeiten". At least as impressive as the tracklist is the list of guest singers who were at Udo's side during the various appearances. Participants include Clueso, Helge Schneider, Till Brönner and Stefanie Heinzmann, Gentleman, Daniel Wirtz and Ole Feddersen, Axel Prahl, Otto Waalkes, Johannes Oerding, Jan Delay, Stefan Raab, Klaus Doldinger, Adel Tawil, Max Herre, Bülent Ceylan and many more.
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Otto live - Holdrio Again
Title: Otto live - Holdrio Again
Character: himself
Released: November 18, 2016
Type: Movie
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Otto - Geboren um zu blödeln
Title: Otto - Geboren um zu blödeln
Character: himself
Released: December 30, 2015
Type: Movie
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Help, I Shrunk My Teacher
Title: Help, I Shrunk My Teacher
Character: Geist des Schulgründers Otto Leonhard
Released: December 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Already having a hard time adjusting at his new school, things take a turn for the bizarre for eleven year old Felix when he accidentally shrinks his strict principal to only fifteen centimetres in height!
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Potato Salad: Don't Ask!
Title: Potato Salad: Don't Ask!
Character: Notrufbeantworter
Released: July 23, 2015
Type: Movie
When a deadly zombie virus infects a school in Germany it remains on the student Leo to save the world.
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Das Zeitkarussell
Title: Das Zeitkarussell
Character: Wilhelm Tell
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: Der Meisterfälscher
Character: Self
Released: December 6, 2014
Type: TV
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The 7th Dwarf
Title: The 7th Dwarf
Character: Bubi (voice)
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Seven clumsy dwarfs try to undo the spell they unwillingly unleashed and save the fairy tales world with the help of a tired dragon and a butterfly. The evil witch Dellamorta cursed princess Rose when she was a baby. Before she turns 18, Rose will get stung in the finger by a sharp object and she and the whole castle will fall into a hundred year long sleep unless her true love would kiss her. The night before her birthday she sends her bf Jack to the 7 dwarfs, who live behind the 7 mountains to hide until after Rose has turned 18. Unfortunately he gets lost and captured by Dellamorta's dragon Burner. So at the party, Rose gets stung in the finger, and everyone falls into deep sleep. Everyone but the 7 dwarfs of course who will go on a journey to save Jack so he can save Rose.
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Pur & Friends: Live auf Schalke 2014
Title: Pur & Friends: Live auf Schalke 2014
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2014
Type: Movie
Pur Live auf Schalke
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Otto's Traum
Title: Otto's Traum
Character: Otto
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
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Die Helene Fischer Show 2013
Title: Die Helene Fischer Show 2013
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 2013
Type: Movie
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Heino – Made in Germany
Title: Heino – Made in Germany
Character: Self
Released: December 14, 2013
Type: Movie
A documentary about the career of German folk singer Heino, from his beginnings in the late 60s to his current success with an album of rock and pop covers. Among the interviewees are notable long-time fans of Heino, but also detractors of his music.
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Best of Otto
Title: Best of Otto
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2011
Type: TV
Klein gegen Groß – Das unglaubliche Duell is a family game show that has been broadcast on the first channel since 2011, on ORF 1 since March 2017 and on SRF 1 since November 2020. The format is produced by i&u TV. Kai Pflaume acts as host and moderator.
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Otto's Eleven
Title: Otto's Eleven
Character: Otto
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Otto is a man from a little German island, where he lives together with his friends. He gets his treasure, an expensive painting, stolen by a casino owner and his female assistent, so Otto starts travelling to the main land with his friends. Will he get it back?
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Title: Granaten wie wir
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 2009
Type: TV
Granaten wie wir (Grenades Like Us) is a comedy show moderated by Max Giermann, which made its debut on German television on ProSieben on September 15, 2009. Six episodes were seen in autumn 2009, the remaining six episodes that had already been produced were broadcast from September 21, 2010. However, these have been shortened from 60 to 30 minutes.
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Otto live! Das Original
Title: Otto live! Das Original
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: Movie
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Udo Lindenberg - Stark wie zwei
Title: Udo Lindenberg - Stark wie zwei
Character: himself
Released: October 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Comeback of the 62-year-old veteran of rock music. With Helge Schneider, Jan Delay, Silbermond, Otto Waalkes. Recording from October 23, 2008 from the Hamburg Color Line Arena.
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Title: Bully sucht die starken Männer!
Released: April 15, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Ein Abend für..
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Inas Nacht
Character: Self
Released: June 9, 2007
Type: TV
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7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Title: 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Character: Bubi
Released: October 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Snow White asks the seven dwarfs for help, because if they don't manage to find out the name of a little boy (Rumpelstiltskin) within two days, her newborn child will be taken away from her. The journey takes the dwarves to a depressive, rhyming Pinocchio and the omniscient wizard Helge, among others, and all the way to the world of humans.
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Die Traumschiff-Gala zum 80. Geburtstag von Peter Alexander
Title: Die Traumschiff-Gala zum 80. Geburtstag von Peter Alexander
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Frag doch mal die Maus
Character: Self
Released: April 8, 2006
Type: TV
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Siegfried
Title: Siegfried
Character: Grille (voice)
Released: July 28, 2005
Type: Movie
The tale of Siegfried, a fearless dragon slayer who wins the heart of Celtic beauty Kriemhild.
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Otto - Die ersten 15 Jahre und mehr! (Goldedition)
Title: Otto - Die ersten 15 Jahre und mehr! (Goldedition)
Released: March 11, 2005
Type: Movie
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Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel
Title: Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel
Character: Scientist
Released: November 21, 2004
Type: Movie
In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east - out of love. The teenager has fallen hopelessly in love with an East Berliner. Jenny’s parents are foaming from wrath and offer a reward: One-hundred thousand, later even a million, deutschmarks for whoever brings them their daughter back. The prospect of so much money gets east and west into quite a disarray – and in the end, the Wall really falls.
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Seven Dwarfs
Title: Seven Dwarfs
Character: Bubi
Released: October 28, 2004
Type: Movie
The Seven Dwarves live deep within a female-free-zone of the Enchanted Forest, but they cannot resist the innocent charms of Snow White when she enters their world. So when the evil queen abducts her, it is up to the dwarves to save her life.
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Title: Dittsche - Das wirklich wahre Leben
Character: self
Released: February 29, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Unsere Besten
Character: Self
Released: November 28, 2003
Type: TV
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Otto - Die DVD
Title: Otto - Die DVD
Released: June 27, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: 5 Millionen SKL Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Genial daneben
Released: January 11, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: NDR Kultur – Das Journal
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Die 80er Jahre Show
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2002
Type: TV
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Otto - Mein Ostfriesland und mehr
Title: Otto - Mein Ostfriesland und mehr
Released: October 1, 2001
Type: Movie
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Kommando Störtebeker
Title: Kommando Störtebeker
Character: Bruno Bommel / Papagei
Released: September 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Papa Paul gambled away 30,000 marks at the pig race. Too bad - because it wasn't even his money, but that of his boss. Now he'll use any means to get his hands on the dough again: The fairground or the Reeperbahn, the final match between St. Pauli and FC Bayern Munich and the filming of the new Bond - there is no place in Hamburg that is safe from Paul, and even the most popular North German island of Sylt has to take the fall in the end when it's time to go commando Störtebeker - the treasure and its consequences.
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Title: Ein Star und seine Stadt
Character: Self
Released: April 15, 2001
Type: TV
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Otto - The Disaster Movie
Title: Otto - The Disaster Movie
Character: Otto, Baby-Otto, Otti, Großvater
Released: March 22, 2000
Type: Movie
A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!
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St. Pauli Nacht
Title: St. Pauli Nacht
Released: September 2, 1999
Type: Movie
Sometimes your fate lies in the hands of those you meet. Filled with promising ambitions, shattered dreams, love and revenge and in the end hope, the story reveals how tangibly interconnected our induividual fates really are. Cabby Robby drives in and around St.Pauli, Hamburg, from sunset to sunrise. He is surrounded by stories of the night. Drowning in human incidents.
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Title: TV Total
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 1999
Type: TV
TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage that can be moved from one studio corner to the other. The show featured buttons with sounds and clips before Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show.
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Loriots 75. Geburtstag
Title: Loriots 75. Geburtstag
Character: self
Released: November 12, 1998
Type: Movie
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Title: Ein Herz für Kinder
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Leute heute
Character: Self
Released: July 23, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Deutscher Comedypreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Tigerenten Club
Character: self
Released: January 6, 1996
Type: TV
Tigerenten Club is a German children's television programme. The programme involves a mix of games, quizzes, cartoons and outside reports from the presenters and children, with the aim to educate and entertain. It is produced by SWR in co-operation with other regional broadcasters, and is broadcast on ARD and KiKa. The logo and the name of the programme is based upon the Tigerente or 'Tigerduck', created by German cartoonist Janosch.
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Title: Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 1995
Type: TV
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
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Title: Otto - Die Serie
Released: January 30, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Goldene Henne
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: RTL Samstag Nacht
Released: November 6, 1993
Type: TV
RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.
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Title: Ottifants
Character: Baby Bruno Bommel
Released: September 25, 1993
Type: TV
Otto's Ottifants is an animated series published in 1993, featuring the famous elephant-like characters created by german comedian Otto Walkes. Within a short period of time the humorous stories of Family Bommel and their notorious baby Bruno won the hearts of many young and old people in all the German-speaking areas in Europe.
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Otto - The Romance Film
Title: Otto - The Romance Film
Character: Karl/Otto/Amor
Released: July 30, 1992
Type: Movie
Cupid, the God of love, gets the order to unite two people. On Earth, Otto fails as a street musician because his guitar breaks. While buying a new string, his hand gets stuck in the purse of Tina, who works at the Dr. Bayerle beauty farm. When she enters the subway, the purse is teared off and Otto is hit by Cupid's arrow. Now he wants to give back her purse at the doctor's conference.
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Title: ECHO-Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: May 18, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: Musik liegt in der Luft
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: DAS!
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: TV
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Otto – The Alien from East Frisia
Title: Otto – The Alien from East Frisia
Character: Otto / Benno Gross
Released: July 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian fatherland; but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn as a child. So it takes Otto a while to convince him while time is running low for his plans to save East-Frisia.
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Title: Blauer Panther – TV & Streaming Award
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Na siehste!
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 1987
Type: TV
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Otto – The New Movie
Title: Otto – The New Movie
Character: Otto
Released: July 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Otto is Friesland's answer to Rambo and stands between two worlds, two women and two animals. While he's trying to cure a dog with bite inhibition and a cat with suicidal tendencies, the dream of his sleepless nights crosses his path: Gaby. Otto falls instantly in love, but Gaby thinks only of Amboss, a real guy with muscles of steel and a brain of rubber. Well, Otto on the other hand is not exactly well built and attractive. But he's determined to get the lady's attention, even if it means taking part in body-building competitions...
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Title: ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 1986
Type: TV
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Otto - The Movie
Title: Otto - The Movie
Character: Otto / Otto's Father (voice) / Otto's Mother (voice) / Mr. Astrid (voice)
Released: July 19, 1985
Type: Movie
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
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Hilfe, Otto kommt!
Title: Hilfe, Otto kommt!
Character: himself
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Title: Ronny’s Pop Show
Character: Ronny (voice)
Released: June 14, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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Title: Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: NDR Talk Show
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Bitte umblättern
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Der große Preis
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: The Otto-Show
Character: Otto Waalkes
Released: August 27, 1973
Type: TV
All original Otto TV shows from 1973 to 1983
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Title: Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Was bin ich?
Character: self
Released: January 2, 1955
Type: TV
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.