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Date of Birth
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22-July-1948
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Place of Birth
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Emden
(Germany, Lower Saxony)
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Nationality
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Germany
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Also know as
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Otto Walkes, Otto, Waalkes, Otto
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Profession
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Actor, Comedian, Musician, Film director, Voice Actor, Screenwriter, Television Director, Film Producer
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Otto Gerhard Waalkes is a German comedian and actor. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and movies. His perhaps most famous trademark are the 'Ottifanten', elephant-like comic characters of his own design. They featured on the cover of his first album release.
He shares a close friendship with tennis player Steffi Graf, who also makes an appearance in the movie Otto – Der Außerfriesische. He has one child with his first wife Manuela Ebelt, and was later married to actress Eva Hassmann until November 2011, who co-starred with him in Otto – Der Katastrophenfilm.
He also works as a voice actor, providing, among others, the German voices of Mushu in Disney's Mulan movies and Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise.
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