Heinrich Schafmeister

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Age

Movies

Born: March 2, 1957
From: 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.

Works

79 films

It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny

20216.2

Confessions of Felix Krull

20216.5

Ehemänner und andere Lügner

200110.0

Vollidiot

20074.6

Forever Young

19917.0

Laura's Star

20046.4

Der Leibwächter

19897.0

Eine Wahnsinnsehe

19908.0

Rosamunde Pilcher: Rundum glücklich

20153.0

Dance of Death

19939.0

The Harmonists

19976.7

Maybe... Maybe Not

19946.2

In der Mitte eines Lebens

20037.0

Aschenputtel

20106.8

Real Buddy

20145.0

The Cat

19886.4

Man in Search of Woman

19953.7

Hotel Metamorphosis

20137.0

Charlie 2

20064.9

Urmel aus dem Eis

20058.2

Eines Tages...

2010

Go Trabi Go 2: Those Were the Days of the Wild East

19924.6

Alle Kinder brauchen Liebe

20005.3

A Family of Three

20125.0

Zimmer mit Frühstück

20007.0

Bear on the Run

20004.0

The Slurb

20016.1

Marlene

20005.7

At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently

19993.3

Willkommen in Lüsgraf

20066.0

Das Glück am Horizont

20085.0

A Girl Called Rosemarie

19966.6

TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine

20065.7

Little Sharks

19927.3

Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen

20065.0

Evet, I Do!

20086.5

The Invincibles

19945.9

Der Campus

19985.8

...and It Is Only the Beginning

20005.2

If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer

20026.3

Mütter Väter Kinder

20087.0

Leaps and Bounds

20074.9

Like Rabbits

20026.3

Tiger, Löwe, Panther

19899.0

Rosamunde Pilcher: Eine Frage der Ehre

20136.7

Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht

20103.0

Das große Comeback

20114.0

Auch Erben will gelernt sein

20036.0

Solo for Clarinet

19985.7

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

20095.4

Armer schwarzer Kater

20086.0

Pinky und der Millionenmops

20017.7

Harald

19977.5

Bis zum Horizont und weiter

19998.0

Das Phantom

19946.3

Polski Crash

19943.8

Year of the Turtle

19887.5

Leo und Charlotte

19919.0

Laura's Star Xmas Special

20064.0

Die Skrupellosen - Hörigkeit des Herzens

19939.0

Lauras Stern und die Traummonster

20115.9

Diamanten küßt man nicht

19978.0

Seitensprung in den Tod

19978.0

Treffer

19846.3

Familie macht glücklich

20113.8

Antilopen

2013

My Daughter Belongs to Me

19928.0

Abseitsfalle

20135.5

Der Leihmann

19953.7

Seitensprung ins Glück

20006.0

Wie verliebt man seinen Vater?

20028.0

Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical

20116.0

Finn und der Weg zum Himmel

20126.0

Zu schön um wahr zu sein

20125.0

Liebe in der Warteschleife

20046.0

Nadine, nackt im Bistro

19968.0

Kaiserschmarrn

2013

Suche Mann für meine Frau

20055.7

Brautpaar auf Probe

20055.3