
Acting
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

The Holy Grill
Film · 2026

Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
Film · 2026

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
Film · 2026

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Film · 2024

Mein Name ist Otto
Film · 2024

Die Helene Fischer Show 2024
Film · 2024

Loriot 100
Film · 2023

Absolut Hape – Die Rollen seines Lebens
Film · 2023

Club Las Piranjas
Series · 2023

Hier kommt Kurt!
Film · 2022

Ein Abend mit Hape Kerkeling
Film · 2021

Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe
Film · 2021

Hape und die 7 Zwergstaaten
Series · 2021

LOL: Last One Laughing
Series · 2021

Hape Kerkeling - Keine Geburtstagsshow!
Film · 2014

MDR um 4
Series · 2014

Hape Kerkeling: Das Beste aus "Darüber lacht die Welt"
Film · 2013

Unterwegs in der Weltgeschichte
Series · 2011

Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!
Film · 2009

A man, a fjord!
Film · 2009

Hape Kerkeling liest - Ich bin dann mal weg
Film · 2008

Markus Lanz
Series · 2008

Hape Kerkeling - Wieder auf Tour Live
Film · 2007

Best of Hape Kerkeling
Film · 2007

Inas Nacht
Series · 2007

Let's Dance
Series · 2006

Samba in Mettmann
Film · 2004

Abendschau
Series · 2000

Tobias Totz und sein Löwe
Film · 1999

Beckmann
Series · 1999

Gisbert
Series · 1999

Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Series · 1999

Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Series · 1999

Volle Kanne
Series · 1999

maybrit illner
Series · 1999

Ein Herz für Kinder
Series · 1998

Die Oma ist tot
Film · 1997

Leute heute
Series · 1997

Willi und die Windzors
Film · 1996

Zimmer frei!
Series · 1996

Club Las Piranjas
Film · 1995

Die Harald Schmidt Show
Series · 1995

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Series · 1994

Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
Series · 1994

Cheese
Series · 1994

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
Series · 1994

Kein Pardon
Film · 1993

RTL Samstag Nacht
Series · 1993

DAS!
Series · 1991

Boulevard Bio
Series · 1991

Total Normal
Series · 1989

Alles Nichts Oder?!
Series · 1988

Großstadtrevier
Series · 1986

Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981

Das Traumschiff
Series · 1981

Heut' abend
Series · 1980

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Series · 1980

NDR Talk Show
Series · 1979

Kölner Treff
Series · 1976

Dalli Dalli
Series · 1971

Spiel ohne Grenzen
Series · 1965

Stars in der Manege
Series · 1959

Bambi
Series · 1948
