- Brother of Fritz Wepper.
- 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.
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