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Brother of Fritz Wepper.

German dubbing voice of Mel Gibson, Dudley Moore and Ryan O'Neal.

His son Elmar was born in 1979.

Became widely popular as one half of Germany's "most popular TV couple" together with Uschi Glas in 1980s. Their characters were married on three shows: Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977), Unsere schönsten Jahre (1983) and Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989).

Studied drama and germanistics.

Resides in Planegg near Munich.

After being a popular TV actor for decades, his performance in Kirschblüten - Hanami (2008) impressed audience and critics at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival.

His father has been missing since serving in Russia during World War II (1944).

He received in 2008 the Bavarian Film Award (Best actor) and the German Film Award (Best Actor).

Elmar Wepper was officially appointed ambassador for the German José Carreras Leukemia Foundation.

Elmar Wepper was involved in the advisory board of the Tabaluga Children's Foundation for children in need.

From 2019, Wepper and his fellow actress Michaela May were patrons of the non-profit organization Retla e. V., which is active in helping seniors. There he was involved in the "Telephone Angel" campaign against the loneliness of older people during the Corona crisis.

He received in 2019 the Bavarian Film Award (together with his brother Fritz for life achievement).

After his Abitur ( can be compared to A levels, the Matura or the International Baccalaureate Diploma), he studied German language and literature and theatre studies.

Wepper made his film debut in 2008 with Cherry Blossoms by Doris Dörrie.