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.
as Principal
as De Venosta's Father
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Richard Parsley
as Gerald Jung(1 ep)
as Pale Faced Guard
as Director
as Ralf "Ralle" Schmitz
as Betriebsrat Borchert
as Hotelier
as Lord Harry Pendoran
as Bonifaz Maier
as Dr. Sauerbier(1 ep)
as Wuttke
as Walter Stichling(5 eps)
as BĂĽrgermeister
as Swens
as Vater(voice)
as Frank Zenka
as Self(1 ep)
as FĂĽrst Alfons
as Humphrey Smith
as Frieder Ahrlenz
as Lauras Vater (voice)
as LĂĽder
as Lothar
as Wolfgang Thesen
as Herr Kolitzky
as Self(1 ep)
as Udo Maulhart(1 ep)
as Andreas Eumann(9 eps)
as Man at IKEA #1
as Vater (voice)
as Herr Königstein
as RĂĽdiger
as Self(1 ep)
as Blixt
as Vater Richmuth(1 ep)
as Wolfgang Link(1 ep)
as Habakuk Tibatong
as Pater Alois
as Edmund KrĂĽger
as Dr. Stefan Schiller(123 eps)
as Postbote
as Papa (voice)
as Paul Schrader(9 eps)
as Mika(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as JĂĽrgen Sturm(1 ep)
as Kurt Blom(1 ep)
as Albert Greeve(1 ep)
as Eberhard(1 ep)
as Hermann Helmholtz
as Sprudel
as Sigmund von Darendorf(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Dr. Carlo Mittenzwey(39 eps)
as Dr. Bernhardt(1 ep)
as GĂĽnther Bienentreu
as Stadtrat
as Gisbert von Ackersberg(1 ep)
as Erich Hausleitner(1 ep)
as Dr. Roland Brunner(1 ep)
as Prof. Hans Hansen
as Department Manager
as Dr. Webster
as DĂĽfflipp(2 eps)
as Stefan Möller(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Armin WĂĽpper
as Martin(6 eps)
as Stefan Drösser(1 ep)
as JĂĽrgen Hertwig
as Dr. RĂĽdiger Baer
as Rudolf
as Volmer(1 ep)
as lovec
as Pianist
as Wolf
as Self(2 eps)
as Self(8 eps)
as Bernhard
as Verteidiger
as Pfarrer Norbert Bliesheim(1 ep)
as Florian Demel(1 ep)
as Matthias Reimers(1 ep)
as Pathologe
as Falscher Arzt
as Hempelmann(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Erich A. Collin
as Paul Gehrke(1 ep)
as Dr. Guntram(1 ep)
as Martin(30 eps)
as Bernd
as Self(2 eps)
as Dieter Denkelmann(13 eps)
as Harald
as Bernhard KlĂĽver(1 ep)
as Manfred Häussinger(1 ep)
as von Oelsen
as Klaus(19 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Ludwig Tietze(1 ep)
as Jack
as LKW Fahrer(1 ep)
as Sommer-Höllenstein
as Bankdirektor Pape(1 ep)
as Dr. Konrad Ihsen(1 ep)
as Mani(2 eps)
as Herbert
as Lausitz(1 ep)
as JĂĽrgen Porschenk(1 ep)
as Dr. Wimmer(1 ep)
as Klaus Dieter
as Karl Kossler(13 eps)
as Gerd Falck
as Martin Wund(1 ep)
as Werner
as Wolfgang Meyer(1 ep)
as Dieter Brötz
as Erster StraĂźenbahnmeister(1 ep)
as Hufnagel(1 ep)
as Konrad Storch(1 ep)
as Titus Huber
as Jörg Schefe(1 ep)
as Horst MĂĽnch(1 ep)
as Mercedes
as Werner Dorngiebel(13 eps)
as Carlo Steinbach(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Martin
as Self(1 ep)
as Strubel
as Direktionsassistent(1 ep)
as Otten
as Volker Schachtelmann(1 ep)
as Hans Heinz(1 ep)
as Guthen(1 ep)
as Chris
as Dr. Eberhard Scheibing(85 eps)
as Thomas Baum(1 ep)
as Justus Erbrecht(1 ep)
as Johnny Benedetti / Klaus-Dieter Schreckenbach(1 ep)
as Dentzel(1 ep)
as Paul Gartz(1 ep)
as Sigmar Holtzberg(1 ep)
as Kurt Roosen(1 ep)
as Tetzlaff(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Kurt Reitmeier(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Dr. Kaiser(1 ep)
as Pohl(1 ep)