
Hape Kerkeling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1964
- Birthplace
- Recklinghausen, Germany
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
- Alles wegen Paul
Alles wegen Paul TBA
Producer
- Gebt mir noch etwas Zeit
Gebt mir noch etwas Zeit 2027
Novel
- Pfoten vom Tisch
Pfoten vom Tisch 2027
Actor, Novel

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music 2026
as Self - Interviewee

Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück 2026
as Horst Schlämmer

The Holy Grill 2026
as Heribert Bräsemann

Mein Name ist Otto 2024
as Self

Die Helene Fischer Show 2024 2024
as Self

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal 2024
as Self

Absolut Hape – Die Rollen seines Lebens 2023
as Self

Loriot 100 2023
as Self

Hier kommt Kurt! 2022
as Self

Ein Abend mit Hape Kerkeling 2021
as Self - Host

Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe 2021
as Devil

All About Me 2018
Novel

I'm Off Then 2015
Book, Co-Producer

Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow! 2014
as Himself / Various, Director
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Somewhere Over The Rainbow 2014
as Self

Hape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt" 2013
as Self (archive footage)

Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere! 2009
as Horst Schlämmer / Uschi Blum / Gisela / Angela Merkel / Ronald Profalla / Ulla Schmidt, Idea, Screenplay

A man, a fjord! 2009
as Horst Schlämmer

Hape Kerkeling liest - Ich bin dann mal weg 2008
Actor

Hape Kerkeling - Wieder auf Tour Live 2007
as Self
- Horst Schlämmer: Weisse Bescheid?
Horst Schlämmer: Weisse Bescheid? 2007
as Horst Schlämmer

Best of Hape Kerkeling 2007
as Self (archive footage)
- Tour d'Eurovision
Tour d'Eurovision 2005
as Self
- Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70
Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70 2004
as Self

Samba in Mettmann 2004
as Olaf Kischewski, Screenplay

Tobias Totz und sein Löwe 1999
as Paul Pommes

Die Oma ist tot 1997
as Lothar Brömmer

Willi und die Windzors 1996
as Willi Bettenberg, Director, Screenplay

Club Las Piranjas 1995
as Edwin, Writer

Kein Pardon 1993
as Peter Schlönzke, Director, Screenplay
- Vorwärts
Vorwärts 1990
as Showmaster
Credits from TMDB.