# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-waalkes
# Generated: 2026-09-01T14:10:27.686Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-waalkes"
name: "Otto Waalkes"
slug: "otto-waalkes"
description: "Otto Gerhard Waalkes, or mononymously 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. They featured on the cover of his first album release."
tagline: "German comedian (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto_Waalkes_1093_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1948-07-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           75.6
  momentum:             2.97952055881886
  historical:           19.00497733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  75
  category: 45
totalFollowers: 291000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OttoWaalkes"
    handle:    "OttoWaalkes"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ottoause/"
    handle:    "ottoause"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.otto-waalkes.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/OTTOausE"
    handle:    "OTTOausE"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905102/"
    handle:    "nm0905102"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1T6DQ853AlyL47W8a2jC0f"
    handle:    "1T6DQ853AlyL47W8a2jC0f"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_tPfv2Rd0IHjunu11m8HDg"
    handle:    "@ottowaalkes"
    followers: 291000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "أوتو والكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اوتو والكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "اتو والکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Валькес, Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Waalkes"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d26c4d8-5a0e-4656-94a3-3943af8d7e10"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59485"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46029"
    title: "Otto Waalkes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump