A considerable part of this refers back to his early performances, where he mainly used texts of the Otto Waalkes played roles that became famous on their own, for example the reporterBesides his stage performances, Waalkes has appeared several times on camera as an actor or off camera as a director. Waalkes is counted among the entertainers that have influenced the general use of language. Parodies, for instance in form of popular songs that he revises and presents with his guitar, are typical stylistic elements.
He also works as a voice actor, providing, among others, the German voices of Otto Waalkes was born as the second son of Karl Waalkes, a master painter, and his wife Adele (Otto Waalkes kept performing smaller gigs with his guitar in clubs of Hamburg to finance his studies.
In the same year, he performed his first big concert with his band The Rustlers in Hamburg, which he recorded live at his own charge. Additionally, he often imbeds satire, political innuendos and critique of time and society into his humorous performances.
The clubs where he performed became gradually bigger – suddenly they were not merely named In 1972, Waalkes met his later manager Hans Otto Mertens. Otto Gerhard Waalkes (Emden (Ostfriesland), 22 juli 1948) is een Duitse cabaretier en acteur.. Bekendheid verwierf hij in Duitsland in de jaren zeventig en jaren tachtig met zijn shows, boeken en films. He cracked some jokes alongside to his songs and apologized whenever he accidentally dropped the microphone due to his nervousness. Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948) is an East Frisian comedian and actor. His perhaps most famous trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. He also founded the label Waalkes was married with Manuela “Manu” (born Ebelt) from 1987 to 1999. In 1987, his son Benjamin Karl Otto Gregory was born.The couple officially split in early November 2011 Otto Waalkes lives in Hamburg-Blankenese and is officially registered as a constituent of Hamburg.Waalkes’ humor consists of puns and word plays as well as the use of silly and funny language, noises and body language. His movies are parodies of current events within the scope of culture and public life and are characterized by situation comedy and caricatured individuals. Otto Waalkes - Dirigiert Dschinghis Khan 1983 Ausschnitt aus der TV-Show 'Ralph Siegel - Lieder sind die besten Freunde' He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and movies. Over time, his apologies became more popular than his music, so his comedic stage show started to evolve.