Heinrich Schafmeister
Known for Acting · 162 credits
- Born
- 1957-03-02 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Essen, Germany
Biography
Heinrich Schafmeister is a German actor and presenter. He is the second of three children born to the former President of the State Social Court of Schleswig-Holstein. He attended primary school from 1963 to 1967, followed by the Albert-Einstein-Realschule in Essen until 1973. Subsequently, he completed his *Abitur* (university-entrance diploma) at the St.-Pius-Gymnasium in Coesfeld and went on to study German Studies and Music. He dropped out of his university studies in 1980 to transfer to the Folkwang University of the Arts. There, he was classmates with Armin Rohde and Hansa Czypionka. After graduating, he performed in theater productions in Aachen for six years. He made his cinematic debut in 1984 in the film *Treffer*, directed by Dominik Graf. Schafmeister also frequently appears in television series—for instance, as Didi Denkelmann in *Die Camper*, as Manfred Höch in *Wilsberg*, or as Karl Wolkenfuß in *Wie erziehe ich meine Eltern?*. Schafmeister gained wider public recognition through the film *Comedian Harmonists*, in which he portrayed the singer Erich A. Collin. Schafmeister serves voluntarily as the Treasurer of the *Bundesverband Schauspiel* (BFFS)—the professional union for actors. As a board member, he is also responsible for social and collective bargaining policy. In this capacity, he played a key role in late 2013 in concluding the first collective bargaining agreement for actors in the German film and television industry—an agreement that, among other provisions, established a minimum starting wage for newcomers to the profession. He lives in Cologne and is married to Jutta Schafmeister, an actors' agent. Together with Leonard Lansink, Schafmeister performs in theater productions. During the 2014 European elections, he publicly supported the SPD and its lead candidate, Martin Schulz. From July 23 to December 2018, he co-hosted the program *Live nach Neun* alongside Alina Stiegler.
Known For
TV Shows (83)
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
In aller Freundschaft
1998
as Matthias Reimers
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Pohl
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
as Gisbert von Ackersberg / Erich Hausleitner / Dr. Roland Brunner
A Case For Two
1981
as Dentzel / Paul Gartz / Sigmar Holtzberg / Tetzlaff / Kurt Roosen
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Ludwig Tietze
Riverboat
1992
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
SOKO Köln
2003
as Jürgen Sturm / Kurt Blom / Albert Greeve
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
SOKO München
1978
as Kurt Reitmeier
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Dr. Kaiser
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
maybrit illner
1999
as Self
Bettys Diagnose
2015
as Gerald Jung
The Country Doctor
1987
as Volker Schachtelmann
Der Fahnder
1984
as Hans Heinz / Guthen
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
as Dr. Stefan Schiller
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Thomas Baum / Justus Erbrecht / Johnny Benedetti / Klaus-Dieter Schreckenbach
Die Wache
1994
as Erster Straßenbahnmeister
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Wolfgang Meyer
Hart aber fair
2001
as Self
So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag
2011
as Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Inspector Rex
1994
as Dr. Wimmer
West.art am Sonntag
2003
as Self
Inga Lindström
2004
as Mika
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Das NRW Duell
2006
as Self
SK Kölsch
1999
as Pfarrer Norbert Bliesheim
Das Amt
1997
as Bernhard Klüver
Wilsberg
1995
as Mani
Schlosshotel Orth
1996
as Manfred Häussinger
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995
as LKW Fahrer
Peter Strohm
1989
as Direktionsassistent
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Martin Wund
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007
as Self
Die Camper
1997
as Dieter Denkelmann
Büro, Büro
1983
as Dr. Eberhard Scheibing
Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
1997
as Paul Gehrke
Live nach Neun
2018
as Self - Host
Der Ermittler
2001
as Stefan Möller
Balko
1995
as Dr. Konrad Ihsen
Edel & Starck
2002
Wildbach
1993
as Jörg Schefe
Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin
1994
as Jürgen Porschenk
Freunde fürs Leben
1992
as Horst Münch
Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara
2012
as Walter Stichling
Pfarrer Braun
2003
as Sigmund von Darendorf
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
2006
as Vater Richmuth
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Kommissar Lausitz
Immer wieder Sonntag
1993
Salto Kommunale
1998
as Hempelmann
Mit einem Bein im Grab
1996
as Klaus
Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
1994
as Hufnagel / Konrad Storch
Movies (79)
Forever Young
1991
as Martin
Vollidiot
2007
as Man at IKEA #1
Confessions of Felix Krull
2021
as De Venosta's Father
Der Leibwächter
1989
Real Buddy
2014
Zimmer mit Frühstück
2000
as Wolf
Ehemänner und andere Lügner
2001
as Armin Wüpper
Rosamunde Pilcher: Rundum glücklich
2015
as Richard Parsley
Dance of Death
1993
Eine Wahnsinnsehe
1990
as Strubel
Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen
2006
as Herr Königstein
Urmel aus dem Eis
2005
as Habakuk Tibatong
Mütter Väter Kinder
2008
as Wolfgang Thesen
Laura's Star
2004
as Papa (voice)
In der Mitte eines Lebens
2003
as Sprudel
Alle Kinder brauchen Liebe
2000
as Jürgen Hertwig
Eines Tages...
2010
as Frieder Ahrlenz
Tiger, Löwe, Panther
1989
Das Glück am Horizont
2008
as Lothar
Man in Search of Woman
1995
as Herbert
Maybe... Maybe Not
1994
as Klaus Dieter
The Harmonists
1997
as Erich A. Collin
Hotel Metamorphosis
2013
as Hotelier
Charlie 2
2006
as Blixt
It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny
2021
as Principal
A Girl Called Rosemarie
1996
as von Oelsen
TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine
2006
as Georg
Go Trabi Go 2: Those Were the Days of the Wild East
1992
as Fricke
Laura's Star Xmas Special
2006
as Vater (voice)
Kaiserschmarrn
2013
as Director
Evet, I Do!
2008
as Lüder
Aschenputtel
2010
as Fürst Alfons
Bear on the Run
2000
as lovec
Leaps and Bounds
2007
Das große Comeback
2011
as Swens
If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer
2002
as Stadtrat
The Slurb
2001
as Department Manager
Like Rabbits
2002
as Günther Bienentreu
Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical
2011
as Milchmann
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht
2010
as Humphrey Smith
Bis zum Horizont und weiter
1999
as Verteidiger
Marlene
2000
as Pianist
...and It Is Only the Beginning
2000
as Rudolf
The Invincibles
1994
as Gerd Falck
Solo for Clarinet
1998
as Pathologe
Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian
2009
as Lauras Vater (voice)
Der Campus
1998
as Falscher Arzt
The Cat
1988
as Otten
A Family of Three
2012
as Bürgermeister
Rosamunde Pilcher: Eine Frage der Ehre
2013
as Lord Harry Pendoran
Zu schön um wahr zu sein
2012
as Wuttke
Willkommen in Lüsgraf
2006
as Rüdiger
Harald
1997
as Harald
Pinky und der Millionenmops
2001
as Dr. Webster
Lauras Stern und die Traummonster
2011
as Vater(voice)
Little Sharks
1992
as Mercedes
Polski Crash
1994
as Dieter Brötz
Armer schwarzer Kater
2008
as Herr Kolitzky
At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently
1999
as Bernhard
Seitensprung in den Tod
1997
as Bernd
Auch Erben will gelernt sein
2003
as Hermann Helmholtz
My Daughter Belongs to Me
1992
Das Phantom
1994
as Werner
Treffer
1984
as Chris
Der Leihmann
1995
as Sommer-Höllenstein
Die Skrupellosen - Hörigkeit des Herzens
1993
as Titus Huber
Year of the Turtle
1988
Diamanten küßt man nicht
1997
Leo und Charlotte
1991
Finn und der Weg zum Himmel
2012
as Bonifaz Maier
Wie verliebt man seinen Vater?
2002
as Prof. Hans Hansen
Antilopen
2013
as Ralf "Ralle" Schmitz
Seitensprung ins Glück
2000
as Dr. Rüdiger Baer
Suche Mann für meine Frau
2005
as Pater Alois
Liebe in der Warteschleife
2004
as Postbote
Abseitsfalle
2013
as Betriebsrat Borchert
Familie macht glücklich
2011
as Frank Zenka
Brautpaar auf Probe
2005
as Edmund Krüger
Nadine, nackt im Bistro
1996
as Jack
About Heinrich Schafmeister
Heinrich Schafmeister is a German actor and presenter. He is the second of three children born to the former President of the State Social Court of Schleswig-Holstein. He attended primary school from 1963 to 1967, followed by the Albert-Einstein-Realschule in Essen until 1973. Subsequently, he completed his *Abitur* (university-entrance diploma) at the St.-Pius-Gymnasium in Coesfeld and went on to study German Studies and Music. He dropped out of his university studies in 1980 to transfer to the Folkwang University of the Arts. There, he was c… With 162 credits spanning from 1970 to 2021, Heinrich Schafmeister has appeared in 79 films and 83 TV shows.
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Most Popular Heinrich Schafmeister Movies
- Forever Young (1991) — as Martin
- Vollidiot (2007) — as Man at IKEA #1
- Confessions of Felix Krull (2021) — as De Venosta's Father
- Der Leibwächter (1989)
- Real Buddy (2014)
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