German comedian, singer, actor, author and voice actor Hape Kerleing was born
Hans-Peter Wilhelm Kerkeling in Recklinghausen on December 9, 1964. He grew up
in Recklinghausen as the second son of a florist and a carpenter and spent much
of his childhood in his maternal grandmother's corner store. At the age of
eight, his mother, who suffered from severe depression, took her own life and
from then on he grew up with his grandparents, father and brother. While still
at grammar school, he released the record Hawaii together with Achim Hagemann
and others as the band Gesundfutter. At...