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
- Confessions of Felix Krull as De Venosta's Father
- It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny as Principal
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
- Zu schön um wahr zu sein as Wuttke
- A Family of Three as Bürgermeister
- Finn und der Weg zum Himmel as Bonifaz Maier
2011
- So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag as Self
- Lauras Stern und die Traummonster as Vater(voice)
- Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical as Milchmann
- Das große Comeback as Swens
- Familie macht glücklich as Frank Zenka
2010
- Eines Tages... as Frieder Ahrlenz
- Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht as Humphrey Smith
- Aschenputtel as Fürst Alfons
2009
- Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian as Lauras Vater (voice)
2008
- Evet, I Do! as Lüder
- Das Glück am Horizont as Lothar
- Mütter Väter Kinder as Wolfgang Thesen
- Armer schwarzer Kater as Herr Kolitzky
2007
- Der Sonntags-Stammtisch as Self
- Oben ohne as Udo Maulhart
- Vollidiot as Man at IKEA #1
- Kinder, Kinder as Andreas Eumann
- Leaps and Bounds
2006
- Das NRW Duell as Self
- Die ProSieben Märchenstunde as Vater Richmuth
- Ladyland as Wolfgang Link
- Charlie 2 as Blixt
- Willkommen in Lüsgraf as Rüdiger
- TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine as Georg
- Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen as Herr Königstein
- Laura's Star Xmas Special as Vater (voice)
2005
- Der Staatsanwalt as Dr. Stefan Schiller
- Urmel aus dem Eis as Habakuk Tibatong
- Brautpaar auf Probe as Edmund Krüger
- Suche Mann für meine Frau as Pater Alois
2004
- Inga Lindström as Mika
- Laura's Star as Papa (voice)
- Unter Brüdern as Paul Schrader
- Liebe in der Warteschleife as Postbote
2003
- ZIBB as Self
- SOKO Köln as Jürgen Sturm
- West.art am Sonntag as Self
- Pfarrer Braun as Sigmund von Darendorf
- 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
- Like Rabbits as Günther Bienentreu
- Wie verliebt man seinen Vater? as Prof. Hans Hansen
2001
- Hart aber fair as Self
- Der Ermittler as Stefan Möller
- Sophie - Sissis kleine Schwester as Düfflipp
- Ehemänner und andere Lügner as Armin Wüpper
- Denninger - Der Mallorcakrimi as Stefan Drösser
- Einmal Prinz zu sein as Martin
- The Slurb as Department Manager
- Pinky und der Millionenmops as Dr. Webster
2000
- Der Pfundskerl as Volmer
- Marlene as Pianist
- Alle Kinder brauchen Liebe as Jürgen Hertwig
- Bear on the Run as lovec
- Zimmer mit Frühstück as Wolf
- ...and It Is Only the Beginning as Rudolf
- Seitensprung ins Glück as Dr. Rüdiger Baer
1999
- maybrit illner as Self
- Volle Kanne 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
- Salto Kommunale as Hempelmann
- Fieber: Ärzte für das Leben as Florian Demel
- Mordkommission
- Der Campus as Falscher Arzt
- Solo for Clarinet as Pathologe
1997
- Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- Die Camper as Dieter Denkelmann
- Das Amt as Bernhard Klüver
- Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen as Paul Gehrke
- Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt as Dr. Guntram
- Katrin ist die Beste as Martin
- The Harmonists as Erich A. Collin
- Harald as Harald
- Diamanten küßt man nicht
- Seitensprung in den Tod as Bernd
1996
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Ludwig Tietze
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- Schlosshotel Orth as Manfred Häussinger
- Mit einem Bein im Grab as Klaus
- Die Drei
- 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
- Und tschüss! as Bankdirektor Pape
- A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft as Kommissar Lausitz
- Zoff und Zärtlichkeit
- Man in Search of Woman as Herbert
- Der Leihmann as Sommer-Höllenstein
1994
- Inspector Rex as Dr. Wimmer
- Die Wache as Erster Straßenbahnmeister
- 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
- Polski Crash as Dieter Brötz
- Das Phantom as Werner
1993
- Wildbach as Jörg Schefe
- Immer wieder Sonntag
- Dance of Death
- Die Skrupellosen - Hörigkeit des Herzens as Titus Huber
1992
- Riverboat as Self
- Freunde fürs Leben as Horst Münch
- Mit List und Krücke as Carlo Steinbach
- Felix und zweimal Kuckuck as Werner Dorngiebel
- 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
- Forever Young as Martin
- Leo und Charlotte
1990
- Eine Wahnsinnsehe as Strubel
1989
- Peter Strohm as Direktionsassistent
- Der Leibwächter
- Tiger, Löwe, Panther
1988
- The Cat as Otten
- Year of the Turtle
1987
- The Country Doctor as Volker Schachtelmann
1984
- Weißblaue Geschichten
- Der Fahnder as Hans Heinz
- 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