Hape Kerkeling

Personal Info

Birthday

December 9, 1964

(61 years old)

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.

Known For

Das Traumschiff

Großstadtrevier

Tietjen und Bommes

A man, a fjord!

Kein Pardon

Tobias Totz und sein Löwe

Club Las Piranjas

Extrawurst

Filmography

2026
Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
as Horst Schlämmer
Extrawurst
as Heribert Bräsemann
2024
Mein Name ist Otto
as Self
Die Helene Fischer Show 2024
as Self
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
as Self
2023
Absolut Hape – Die Rollen seines Lebens
as Self
Loriot 100
as Self
2022
Hier kommt Kurt!
as Self
2021
Ein Abend mit Hape Kerkeling
as Self - Host
Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe
as Devil
2014
Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!
as Himself / Various
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
as Self
2013
Hape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt"
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!
as Horst Schlämmer / Uschi Blum / Gisela / Angela Merkel / Ronald Profalla / Ulla Schmidt
A man, a fjord!
as Horst Schlämmer
2007
Hape Kerkeling - Wieder auf Tour Live
as Self
Horst Schlämmer: Weisse Bescheid?
as Horst Schlämmer
Best of Hape Kerkeling
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Tour d'Eurovision
as Self
2004
Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70
as Self
Samba in Mettmann
as Olaf Kischewski
1999
Tobias Totz und sein Löwe
as Paul Pommes
1997
Die Oma ist tot
as Lothar Brömmer
1996
Willi und die Windzors
as Willi Bettenberg
1993
Kein Pardon
as Peter Schlönzke
1990
Vorwärts
as Showmaster