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Otto Waalkes

1948 - Today

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Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948), also known as simply Otto, is a German comedian, actor, musician, writer and comic book artist. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films. His best known trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Waalkes has received more than 257,656 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Waalkes is the 3,080th most popular actor (up from 3,418th in 2019), the 3,711th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,691st in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Otto Waalkes by language

Over the past year Otto Waalkes has had the most page views in the with 804,765 views, followed by English (50,111), and Dutch (21,471). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (422.28%), Esperanto (126.14%), and English (102.93%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Otto Waalkes ranks 3,080 out of 13,578. Before him are Milo Ventimiglia, Ronald Pickup, Misha Collins, Rachel Ticotin, Steve Kanaly, and Han Hyo-joo. After him are Jonathan Ke Quan, W. C. Fields, Nicole Courcel, Frédéric Diefenthal, Robert Z'Dar, and Carey Lowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Otto Waalkes ranks 321. Before him are Levy Mwanawasa, Shigesato Itoi, Josef Hickersberger, Joe Dallesandro, Pedro Artola, and Joel Santana. After him are David H. Levy, Ndaye Mulamba, Eddy Grant, Norbert Lammert, Ted Nugent, and Eddie Jordan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Waalkes ranks 3,711 out of 7,253. Before him are John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1566), Reinhold Begas (1831), Ernst Lehner (1912), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Virgil Solis (1514), and Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824). After him are Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685), Anni Albers (1899), Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1583), Marc Forster (1969), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), and Franz von Paula Schrank (1747).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Otto Waalkes ranks 105. Before him are Ilse Steppat (1917), Michel Auclair (1922), Sybille Schmitz (1909), Rolf Hoppe (1930), Corinna Harfouch (1954), and Gustav Knuth (1901). After him are Jean-Marc Barr (1960), Irm Hermann (1942), Holger Meins (1941), Nur Fettahoğlu (1980), Anton Diffring (1916), and Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744).

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Television and Movie Roles

Otto - The Movie
Otto / Otto's Father (voice) / Otto's Mother (voice) / Mr. Astrid (voice)
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
Jul 19o 19856.5 / 10
The 7th Dwarf
Bubi (voice)
Seven clumsy dwarfs try to undo the spell they unwillingly unleashed and save the fairy tales world with the help of a tired dragon and a butterfly. The evil witch Dellamorta cursed princess Rose when she was a baby. Before she turns 18, Rose will get stung in the finger by a sharp object and she and the whole castle will fall into a hundred year long sleep unless her true love would kiss her. The night before her birthday she sends her bf Jack to the 7 dwarfs, who live behind the 7 mountains to hide until after Rose has turned 18. Unfortunately he gets lost and captured by Dellamorta's dragon Burner. So at the party, Rose gets stung in the finger, and everyone falls into deep sleep. Everyone but the 7 dwarfs of course who will go on a journey to save Jack so he can save Rose.
Sep 24o 20145.5 / 10
Seven Dwarfs
Bubi
The Seven Dwarves live deep within a female-free-zone of the Enchanted Forest, but they cannot resist the innocent charms of Snow White when she enters their world. So when the evil queen abducts her, it is up to the dwarves to save her life.
Oct 28o 20045.6 / 10