Oliver Kalkofe
(born 12 September 1965 in Hanover) is a German satirist, columnist, book author and actor.
|
OLIVER KALKOFE TICKETS
|
Career
Kalkofe grew up in
Langenhagen-Engelbostel near
Hanover and in
Peine. After passing the
Abitur in 1984 Kalkofe finished his training as a foreign language correspondent clerk and interpreter in English and French before enrolling at the
University of Münster to major in
media and communication studies.
In 1990 he joined the
Frühstyxradio
, a comedy show on commercial radio station
ffn. Broadcast on Sunday mornings, the shows had a theme and were presented by fictional hosts, with episodes of various ongoing series and stand-alone sketches more or less dealing with that theme. Kalkofe developed and voiced a variety of characters and series for the show.
He gained popularity on a national level with the TV show
Kalkofes Mattscheibe
on German pay TV network
Premiere, which he had adapted for television in 1994 from his
Frühstyxradio
series of the same name. In it he shows clips from German tv and comments on them or parodies them. In 1996 he was awarded the
Adolf-Grimme-Preis for the show.
His biggest success are the movies
Der Wixxer
and
Neues vom Wixxer
, a parody of the German
Edgar Wallace screen adaptations from the 1960s. The movies were based on a
Frühstyxradio
series called
Der Wixer
(an obscene variation of the Edgar Wallace movie title
Der Hexer
), written by him and
Oliver Welke
. They also wrote the scripts together with comedian
Bastian Pastewka. Kalkofe starred in both movies as Chief Inspector Even Longer.
Filmography
Only select major roles.
- Der Wixxer
(2004, also writer-producer)
- Die ProSieben Märchenstunde: Rumpelstilzchen - Auf Wache im Märchenwald
(TV; 2006)
- Neues vom Wixxer
(2007, also writer-producer)
- Der Goldene Nazivampir von Absam 2 - Das Geheimnis von Schloß Kottlitz
(2007)
- Urmel voll in Fahrt
(2008, voice)
He also provided voices for the German
dubbed versions of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Movie
, or
Blue Sky's
Robots
and
Pixar's
Cars
, among others.
Bibliography
- Onkel Hottes Märchenstunde
(2001, illustrated by Michael Hellmich, ISBN 383033026X)
- Der Wixxer
(2007, with Bastian Pastewka and Oliver Welke, ISBN 9783802517440)
- Neues vom Wixxer
(2007, with Bastian Pastewka and Oliver Welke, ISBN 9783802517457)
- Geschafft! Wir sind blöd! : Kalkofes letzte Worte
(2008, ISBN 9783830331698)