Education
Welke studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993.
comedian television presenter voice actor
Welke studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993.
He then worked in a number of fields and eventually became a rather well-known sport journalist and presenter. Together with Oliver Kalkofe, whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (as Crow T Robot) and the British comedy show Little Britain, and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parody Der WiXXer. Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satirical heute-show on German public broadcaster ZDF, which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation of The Daily Show.
Welke is married and has two sons.
He is involved in several charities such as Terre des hommes. Kalk & Welk (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (rough trade)
Kalk & Welk: Zwei Engel der Barmherzigkeit (together with Oliver Kalkofe), 2000, Frühstyxradio (rough trade).
2001: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2004: German Comedy Award as part of team 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe 2007: German Comedy Award as part of team Frei Schnauze XXL 2009: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show 2010: Grimme Award as part of team heute-show 2010: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show 2011: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show (best comedy show) 2012: Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Award for television journalism for him and his team of "heute-show" 2012: German Comedy Award as part of team heute-show (best comedy show).
