Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 02, 1957
Place of Birth
Essen, Germany
Credits
162 titles
Heinrich Schafmeister
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
Filmography
It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny
Principal
Confessions of Felix Krull
De Venosta's Father
Live nach Neun
Self - Host
Rosamunde Pilcher: Rundum glücklich
Richard Parsley
Bettys Diagnose
Gerald Jung
Real Buddy
Kaiserschmarrn
Director
Antilopen
Ralf "Ralle" Schmitz
Abseitsfalle
Betriebsrat Borchert
Hotel Metamorphosis
Hotelier
Rosamunde Pilcher: Eine Frage der Ehre
Lord Harry Pendoran
Finn und der Weg zum Himmel
Bonifaz Maier
Heiter bis tödlich - Fuchs und Gans
Dr. Sauerbier
Zu schön um wahr zu sein
Wuttke
Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara
Walter Stichling
A Family of Three
Bürgermeister
Das große Comeback
Swens
Lauras Stern und die Traummonster
Vater(voice)
Familie macht glücklich
Frank Zenka
Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical
Milchmann
So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag
Self
Aschenputtel
Fürst Alfons
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht
Humphrey Smith
Eines Tages...
Frieder Ahrlenz
Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian
Lauras Vater (voice)
Evet, I Do!
Lüder
Das Glück am Horizont
Lothar
Mütter Väter Kinder
Wolfgang Thesen
Armer schwarzer Kater
Herr Kolitzky
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self
Oben ohne
Udo Maulhart
Kinder, Kinder
Andreas Eumann
Vollidiot
Man at IKEA #1
Leaps and Bounds
Laura's Star Xmas Special
Vater (voice)
TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine
Georg
Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen
Herr Königstein
Willkommen in Lüsgraf
Rüdiger
Das NRW Duell
Self
Charlie 2
Blixt
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
Vater Richmuth
Ladyland
Wolfgang Link
Urmel aus dem Eis
Habakuk Tibatong
Suche Mann für meine Frau
Pater Alois
Brautpaar auf Probe
Edmund Krüger
Der Staatsanwalt
Dr. Stefan Schiller
Liebe in der Warteschleife
Postbote
Laura's Star
Papa (voice)
Unter Brüdern
Paul Schrader
Inga Lindström
Mika