Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1964-12-09 (Age: 62)
Place of Birth
Recklinghausen, Germany
Hape Kerkeling
Biography
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.
Filmography (29)
70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
2026
Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
2026
The Holy Grill
2026
Mein Name ist Otto
2024
Die Helene Fischer Show 2024
2024
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
2024
Absolut Hape – Die Rollen seines Lebens
2023
Loriot 100
2023
Hier kommt Kurt!
2022
Ein Abend mit Hape Kerkeling
2021
Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe
2021
Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!
2014Somewhere Over The Rainbow
2014
Hape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt"
2013
