Oliver Welke
Encyclopedia
Oliver Welke is a German
television presenter, actor
, comedian
and television journalist.
. In 1993 he finished his university studies. Welke works on German television. Since May 2009 Welke is part of comedy team heuteshow on German broadcaster ZDF
. Welke is married and has two sons.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
television presenter, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and television journalist.
Life
Welke studied journalism at University of MünsterUniversity of Münster
The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
. In 1993 he finished his university studies. Welke works on German television. Since May 2009 Welke is part of comedy team heuteshow on German broadcaster ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
. Welke is married and has two sons.
Books
- Der Wixxer (together with Bastian PastewkaBastian PastewkaBastian Pastewka is a German actor and comedian.He first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show Die Wochenshow , essentially a mock news program...
and Oliver KalkofeOliver KalkofeOliver Kalkofe is a German satirist, columnist, book author and actor.- Career :Kalkofe grew up in Langenhagen-Engelbostel near Hanover and in Peine...
), 2007, Vgs, ISBN 978-3-8025-1744-0 - heute-show: Das Buch (together with Morten Kühne), 2011, Rowohlt Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8713-4699-6
Awards
- 2001: Deutscher FernsehpreisDeutscher FernsehpreisThe Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...
- 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