Acting
Jan 31, 1955
Bochum, Germany
Hans Werner Olm
Acting
Biography
Hans Werner Olm (born February 1, 1955, in Bochum) is a German cabaret artist, actor, singer, and voice actor. Hans Werner Olm began his career—following an apprenticeship as a confectioner—working as a cabaret artist in clubs across Berlin. In 1976, together with Jürgen von der Lippe, he was a founding member of the comedy and music group *Gebrüder Blattschuss*, which rose to fame with its humorous "silly songs." Subsequently, Olm established himself as a stand-up comedian and television performer, appearing in numerous comedy and entertainment programs as well as feature films, such as *Zwei Nasen tanken Super*. Olm became particularly popular in the early 2000s thanks to his RTL comedy show *OLM!*, in which he portrayed various eccentric fictional characters such as Paul Schrader and Luise Koschinsky. For this program, he received the German Comedy Award in 2004. Later, he continued to feature these characters in the ProSieben show *Olm unterwegs*. Furthermore, he has appeared in numerous television series and entertainment programs, including *Alarm für Cobra 11*, *Familie Heinz Becker*, *RTL Samstag Nacht*, *Genial daneben*, and *Dittsche*. In addition to his work as a comedian, Olm is also active as a singer and voice actor.
Feature Films (14)
Snow White asks the seven dwarfs for help, because if they don't manage to find out the name of a little boy (Rumpelstiltskin) within two days, her newborn child will be taken away from her. The journey takes the dwarves to a depressive, rhyming Pinocchio and the omniscient wizard Helge, among others, and all the way to the world of humans.
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Because her husband, crime novel author Bert, prefers to spend the evenings with milieu and girl studies in the pubs, Conny files for divorce and moves with the two children from Berlin to Munich. There, she mistakes the new teacher of her daughter with the renovating carpenter, which is quite alright with the teacher as this gives him plenty of opportunity to enjoy Conny’s company. Meanwhile, however, Bert as well has started to understand how good it is to have a cosy home. He comes to Munich in order to win Conny back.
Mama Mia - Nur keine Panik
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.
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald
Pre-Christmas fun with surprises, music and sketch comedy for the whole family by and with Otto Waalkes.
Otto Fröhliche - Advent, Advents mit Otto und Friends
Sophie and her family are visiting the city Museum of Natural Sciences where Prof. Snork is working on a new time machine... Suddenly the whole machine starts to shake and, with a bright flash of light, a tiny mammoth named Woolly and a sea turtle by the name of Gertrude materialize next to Felix! All three of them are then catapulted into a journey through time in which they face prehistoric cavemen and even meet Queen Nefertiti in ancient Egypt. However, the return home will not be easy, as Sophie and Prof. Snork work on getting the machine back to the present. Meanwhile, Felix is hosted by the Vikings, meets a whale, comes to know the peoples of the Native Americas and goes adventuring on a Pacific island. Felix and Wolly even participate in a medieval tournament before returning to the safety of Sophie's arms.
Felix: The Toy Rabbit and the Time Machine
Karl is a simple farmer who takes a plane to Ibiza to finally meet his idol, pop-singer Linda Lou. Karl has long ago fallen in love with his idol and has written her numerous love letters, But a farmer like Karl is not the kind of man she could be interested in. At the same time however, a famous millionaire, who happens to look just like Karl, is staying on the island
Sunshine Reggae on Ibiza
Four teenage friends - Frank, Spüli, Mücke, and Pommes - try to have their first contact with the opposite gender. Not so easy in the Ruhr region of the 80s. Attempts at dancing and being in a band go wrong, and their parents and teachers can't help with that, so the four teens need to get creative.
Radio Home
Tommy and Mike, again without a job and without money, are looking for a public toilet at a motor show.
Zwei Nasen tanken Super
This charming animated adventure follows a young polar bear, Lars, as he befriends Robbie, a seal. Together, these two form a friendship that proves different breeds of animals can get along perfectly well.
The Little Polar Bear
Television & Series (50)
Each 30 minute episode is dedicated to a separate issue or theme and consists mainly of related short featurettes, which explain, explore and educate how things of everyday life and even complex systems work. It spans a wide variety of topics from technology and industry to something as mundane as how the postal service works.
Löwenzahn
A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
