Heinrich Schafmeister
Born: 1957-03-02 in Essen, Germany
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny as Principal
- Confessions of Felix Krull as De Venosta's Father
2018
- Live nach Neun as Self - Host
2015
- Bettys Diagnose as Gerald Jung
- Rosamunde Pilcher: Rundum glücklich as Richard Parsley
2014
2013
- Hotel Metamorphosis as Hotelier
- Rosamunde Pilcher: Eine Frage der Ehre as Lord Harry Pendoran
- Kaiserschmarrn as Director
- Abseitsfalle as Betriebsrat Borchert
- Antilopen as Ralf "Ralle" Schmitz
2012
- Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara as Walter Stichling
- Heiter bis tödlich - Fuchs und Gans as Dr. Sauerbier
- Finn und der Weg zum Himmel as Bonifaz Maier
- Zu schön um wahr zu sein as Wuttke
- A Family of Three as Bürgermeister
2011
- So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag as Self
- Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical as Milchmann
- Lauras Stern und die Traummonster as Vater(voice)
- Familie macht glücklich as Frank Zenka
- Das große Comeback as Swens
2010
- Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht as Humphrey Smith
- Eines Tages... as Frieder Ahrlenz
- Aschenputtel as Fürst Alfons
2009
- Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian as Lauras Vater (voice)
2008
- Das Glück am Horizont as Lothar
- Evet, I Do! as Lüder
- Mütter Väter Kinder as Wolfgang Thesen
- Armer schwarzer Kater as Herr Kolitzky
2007
- Der Sonntags-Stammtisch as Self
- Oben ohne as Udo Maulhart
- Kinder, Kinder as Andreas Eumann
- Vollidiot as Man at IKEA #1
- Leaps and Bounds
2006
- Das NRW Duell as Self
- Die ProSieben Märchenstunde as Vater Richmuth
- Ladyland as Wolfgang Link
- TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine as Georg
- Charlie 2 as Blixt
- Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen as Herr Königstein
- Willkommen in Lüsgraf as Rüdiger
- Laura's Star Xmas Special as Vater (voice)
2005
- Der Staatsanwalt as Dr. Stefan Schiller
- Suche Mann für meine Frau as Pater Alois
- Urmel aus dem Eis as Habakuk Tibatong
- Brautpaar auf Probe as Edmund Krüger
2004
- Inga Lindström as Mika
- Unter Brüdern as Paul Schrader
- Laura's Star as Papa (voice)
- Liebe in der Warteschleife as Postbote
2003
- ZIBB as Self
- SOKO Köln as Jürgen Sturm
- Pfarrer Braun as Sigmund von Darendorf
- West.art am Sonntag as Self
- Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht as Eberhard
- In der Mitte eines Lebens as Sprudel
- Auch Erben will gelernt sein as Hermann Helmholtz
2002
- Die Rosenheim-Cops as Gisbert von Ackersberg
- Edel & Starck
- Grains and Dog as Dr. Bernhardt
- Wie erziehe ich meine Eltern? as Dr. Carlo Mittenzwey
- If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer as Stadtrat
- Wie verliebt man seinen Vater? as Prof. Hans Hansen
- Like Rabbits as Günther Bienentreu
2001
- Hart aber fair as Self
- Der Ermittler as Stefan Möller
- Sophie - Sissis kleine Schwester as Düfflipp
- Denninger - Der Mallorcakrimi as Stefan Drösser
- Einmal Prinz zu sein as Martin
- Ehemänner und andere Lügner as Armin Wüpper
- Pinky und der Millionenmops as Dr. Webster
- The Slurb as Department Manager
2000
- Der Pfundskerl as Volmer
- Alle Kinder brauchen Liebe as Jürgen Hertwig
- ...and It Is Only the Beginning as Rudolf
- Bear on the Run as lovec
- Marlene as Pianist
- Seitensprung ins Glück as Dr. Rüdiger Baer
- Zimmer mit Frühstück as Wolf
1999
- Volle Kanne as Self
- maybrit illner as Self
- SK Kölsch as Pfarrer Norbert Bliesheim
- At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently as Bernhard
- Bis zum Horizont und weiter as Verteidiger
1998
- In aller Freundschaft as Matthias Reimers
- Alpha Forum as Self
- Mordkommission
- Salto Kommunale as Hempelmann
- Fieber: Ärzte für das Leben as Florian Demel
- Der Campus as Falscher Arzt
- Solo for Clarinet as Pathologe
1997
- Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen as Paul Gehrke
- Die Camper as Dieter Denkelmann
- Das Amt as Bernhard Klüver
- Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt as Dr. Guntram
- Katrin ist die Beste as Martin
- The Harmonists as Erich A. Collin
- Diamanten küßt man nicht
- Seitensprung in den Tod as Bernd
- Harald as Harald
1996
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Ludwig Tietze
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- Schlosshotel Orth as Manfred Häussinger
- Die Drei
- Mit einem Bein im Grab as Klaus
- A Girl Called Rosemarie as von Oelsen
- Nadine, nackt im Bistro as Jack
1995
- Wilsberg as Mani
- Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall as LKW Fahrer
- Balko as Dr. Konrad Ihsen
- A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft as Kommissar Lausitz
- Zoff und Zärtlichkeit
- Und tschüss! as Bankdirektor Pape
- Man in Search of Woman as Herbert
- Der Leihmann as Sommer-Höllenstein
1994
- Die Wache as Erster Straßenbahnmeister
- Inspector Rex as Dr. Wimmer
- Ein starkes Team as Wolfgang Meyer
- Doppelter Einsatz as Martin Wund
- Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin as Jürgen Porschenk
- Weißblaue Wintergeschichten as Hufnagel
- Briefgeheimnis as Karl Kossler
- Maybe... Maybe Not as Klaus Dieter
- The Invincibles as Gerd Falck
- Das Phantom as Werner
- Polski Crash as Dieter Brötz
1993
- Wildbach as Jörg Schefe
- Immer wieder Sonntag
- Die Skrupellosen - Hörigkeit des Herzens as Titus Huber
- Dance of Death
1992
- Riverboat as Self
- Freunde fürs Leben as Horst Münch
- Felix und zweimal Kuckuck as Werner Dorngiebel
- Mit List und Krücke as Carlo Steinbach
- Oppen und Ehrlich
- Go Trabi Go 2: Those Were the Days of the Wild East as Fricke
- Little Sharks as Mercedes
- My Daughter Belongs to Me
1991
- DAS! as Self
- Leo und Charlotte
- Forever Young as Martin
1990
- Eine Wahnsinnsehe as Strubel
1989
- Peter Strohm as Direktionsassistent
- Der Leibwächter
- Tiger, Löwe, Panther
1988
- Year of the Turtle
- The Cat as Otten
1987
- The Country Doctor as Volker Schachtelmann
1984
- Der Fahnder as Hans Heinz
- Weißblaue Geschichten
- Treffer as Chris
1983
- Büro, Büro as Dr. Eberhard Scheibing
1981
- A Case For Two as Dentzel
- Das Traumschiff as Thomas Baum
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1978
- SOKO München as Kurt Reitmeier
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1974
- 3 nach 9 as Self
1971
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Pohl