Oliver Welke | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian, voice actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Website | oliverwelke |
Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor.
Welke was born in Bielefeld and studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993. He then worked in a number of fields and eventually became a rather well-known sport journalist and presenter. Together with Oliver Kalkofe, whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (as Crow T. Robot) and the British comedy show Little Britain, and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parody Der WiXXer. Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satirical heute-show on German public broadcaster ZDF, which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation of The Daily Show.[1]
Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such as Terre des hommes.