Hape Kerkeling
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Markus Lanz
Self
2008
ZIBB
Self
2003
Series
Abendschau
Self
2000
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Series
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Series
maybrit illner
Self
1999
Series
Großstadtrevier
Hein Merry
1986
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
self
1994
Series
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Das Traumschiff
Clemens Kohl
1981
Series
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996
3 nach 9
Self
1974
Series
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994
Series
Inas Nacht
Self
2007
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Sternstunden
Self
1994
Series
Beckmann
Self
1999
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Aeschbacher
Self
2001
Grimme Award
Self
1964
Tietjen und Bommes
Horst Schlämmer
1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
Romy Award
Self
1990
Series
Let's Dance
Self - Host
2006
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Goldene Kamera
Self - Presenter
1984
Goldene Kamera
Self - Moderator
1984
Series
Dalli Dalli
Self
1971
Stöckl
Self
2013
Series
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991
Blauer Panther
Self
1989
aspekte
Self
1965
Series
Spiel ohne Grenzen
Self
1965
Series
Heut' abend
Self
1980
Series
LOL: Last One Laughing
Horst Schlämmer - Host
2021
Series
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Series
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
1980
German Television Award
Self - Host
1999
German Television Award
Self
1999
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Self
2004
Höchstpersönlich
self
1994
Series
Alles Nichts Oder?!
Self
1988
Series
Stars in the Ring
Self
1959
Maischberger
Self
2019
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Showgeschichten
Self
1986
Menschen
Self
1982
Menschen
Self - Host
1982
ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Film
Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
Horst Schlämmer
2026
Series
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self
1998
Kuli & Co.
Self
1999
Was liest du?
Self
2003
German Comedy Award
Self
1997
Interaktiv
himself
1996
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self
1998
Goldene Henne
Self
1995
Our Best
Self
2003
Musikgeschichten
Self
2014
Film
The Holy Grill
Heribert Bräsemann
2026
Bestbesetzung
Self
2019
Lesen! Mit Elke Heidenreich
Self
2003
Die Lotto-Show
Self
1998
Telestar
Self
1983
Die Besten im Westen
self
2005
Bei Bio
Self
1983
Series
Total Normal
Self
1989
Hape trifft!
Self - Host
2005
Vorwärts
Showmaster
1990
Die 80er Jahre Show
Self
2002
Film
70 Years of the ESC – More than Music
Self - Interviewee
2026
Der Meisterfälscher
Self
2014
Comedy Allstars – Meilensteine des Humors
Self
2024
Series
Hape und die 7 Zwergstaaten
Self
2021
Series
Unterwegs in der Weltgeschichte
Moderator
2011
Film
Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!
Horst Schlämmer / Uschi Blum / Gisela / Angela Merkel / Ronald Profalla / Ulla Schmidt
2009
Pfoten vom Tisch
Series
Club Las Piranjas
Edwin Öttel
2023
Prominenten Playback Show
Self
1994
Film
Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe
Devil
2021
Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70
Self
2004
Film
Club Las Piranjas
Edwin
1995
Film
Loriot 100
Self
2023
Series
Gisbert
Gisbert
1999
Series
Cheese
Moderator
1994
Film
A man, a fjord!
Horst Schlämmer
2009
Darüber lacht die Welt
Self - Host
1999
Film
Mein Name ist Otto
Self
2024
Film
Kein Pardon
Peter Schlönzke
1993
Hallo Taxi
2008
Film
Samba in Mettmann
Olaf Kischewski
2004
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Self
2014
Film
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Self
2024
Film
Tobias Totz und sein Löwe
Paul Pommes
1999
Film
Hier kommt Kurt!
Self
2022
Film
Willi und die Windzors
Willi Bettenberg
1996
Film
Hape Kerkeling liest - Ich bin dann mal weg
2008
Film
Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!
Himself / Various
2014
Film
Absolut Hape – Die Rollen seines Lebens
Self
2023
Film
Die Helene Fischer Show 2024
Self
2024
Film
Hape Kerkeling - Wieder auf Tour Live
Self
2007
Tour d'Eurovision
Self
2005
Hapes halbe Stunde
Self
2001
Film
Die Oma ist tot
Lothar Brömmer
1997
Horst Schlämmer: Weisse Bescheid?
Horst Schlämmer
2007
Film
Hape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt"
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Ein Abend mit Hape Kerkeling
Self - Host
2021
Film
Best of Hape Kerkeling
Self (archive footage)
2007