Dieter Hallervorden


Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden is a German comedian, actor, singer and cabaret artist.

Biography

Dieter Hallervorden's mother was a physician's assistant and his father a graduate engineer employed by German aircraft maker Junkers. His siblings are called Renate and Margot. Dieter Hallervorden has two children from his marriage to Rotraud Schindler, a daughter from another relationship, and a son from his current wife Elena Blume.
Dieter Hallervorden Jr. appeared in the movies Darf ich Sie zur Mutter machen and The Wedding Trip and was a cast member on the comedy show Nonstop Nonsens. Nathalie Hallervorden co-starred in the TV series Die Nervensäge and had a brief appearance together with her parents in Nonstop Nonsens. Hallervorden's first wife, Rotraud Schindler, co-starred in several TV shows and some movies. Johannes Hallervorden plays the part of Melchior von und zu Panke, the ghost from the TV series Binny and the Ghost.
Hallervorden starred as a bumbling, Clouseau-like detective in the German television show Die Didi-Show. The show was dubbed into English, retitled Didi's Comedy Show, and shown in various countries. Hallervorden also released a number of music singles, often parodies of popular songs, among them Du, die Wanne ist voll, a very successful parody cover of You're the One That I Want.
An Afrikaans-subtitled version of the comedy sketch-show, Nonstop Nonsens, starring Hallervorden, was broadcast in South Africa in the early 1980s under the title Grapjas Didi. Also a Spanish-dubbed version was also distributed for Latin America under the name Las Locuras de Didí.
In recent years, Hallervorden was popular with the leading roles in the comedy-drama films Back on Track and Head Full of Honey. He provided the voice for Vlad in the German dub of Hotel Transylvania 2.
Since 1988, Dieter Hallervorden has lived in Trégastel in the castle :fr:Château de Costaérès|Château de Costaérès.

Filmography

TV shows

Awards