Hape Kerkeling
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 (107 titles)
Movie70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
Self - Interviewee · 2026
5.7MovieHorst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
Horst Schlämmer · 2026
6.7MovieThe Holy Grill
Heribert Bräsemann · 2026
7.1MovieMein Name ist Otto
Self · 2024
8.0MovieDie Helene Fischer Show 2024
Self · 2024
8.8MovieHape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Self · 2024
Comedy Allstars – Meilensteine des Humors
Self · 2024
MovieAbsolut Hape – Die Rollen seines Lebens
Self · 2023
8.5MovieLoriot 100
Self · 2023
5.8ShowClub Las Piranjas
Edwin Öttel · 2023
MovieHier kommt Kurt!
Self · 2022
MovieEin Abend mit Hape Kerkeling
Self - Host · 2021
ShowHape und die 7 Zwergstaaten
Self · 2021
5.8MovieDer Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe
Devil · 2021
7.4ShowLOL: Last One Laughing
Horst Schlämmer - Host · 2021
Bestbesetzung
Self · 2019
Maischberger
Self · 2019
Der Meisterfälscher
Self · 2014
MovieHape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!
Himself / Various · 2014
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Self · 2014
Musikgeschichten
Self · 2014
5.0ShowMDR um 4
Self · 2014
MovieHape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt"
Self (archive footage) · 2013
Stöckl
Self · 2013
10.0ShowUnterwegs in der Weltgeschichte
Moderator · 2011
4.8MovieHorst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!
Horst Schlämmer / Uschi Blum / Gisela / Angela Merkel / Ronald Profalla / Ulla Schmidt · 2009
5.5MovieA man, a fjord!
Horst Schlämmer · 2009
5.0MovieHape Kerkeling liest - Ich bin dann mal weg
2008
5.5ShowMarkus Lanz
Self · 2008
Hallo Taxi
2008