Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor.
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Biography
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 Records)
Kalk & Welk: Zwei Engel der Barmherzigkeit (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (Rough Trade Records)
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 (German Television Award)
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