Heinrich Schmieder
Heinrich Schmieder (14 February 1970 in Schwäbisch Hall - 21 July 2010 in Livigno, Italy) was a German actor.
Life
Heinrich Schmieder was the son of Albanian-banatdeutsch immigrants. From 1991-1994 he studied acting at the private Zinner Studio in Munich.
From 1999 to 2001, Schmieder had the role of the Commissioner Tobias von Sachsen in the TV series Tatort broadcast by Radio Bremen. He appeared alongside Heino Ferch and Sebastian Koch in the internationally successful 2001 TV movie The Tunnel in the role of Theo Lohmann. In 2003 he was nominated for a German Television Award for best actor. In 2004 he was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel in the role of Rochus Misch in the Oscar-nominated film Der Untergang. He joined the German Film Academy in 2005.
Schmieder died on 21 July 2010, at the age of 40, in a hotel in Livigno, Italy, while participating in the Bike Transalp. He left behind a wife and two children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1992-2006: Tatort (TV series, five episodes)
- 1995-1996: Against the Wind (TV series)
- 1998: The Bubi Scholz Story
- 2000: Anniversaries
- 2001: The Tunnel
- 2001: Dead Man
- 2002: Like the Rabbit
- 2002: Extreme Ops
- 2003: Man Bites Fashion
- 2004: Hunger for Life
- 2004: The Fall
- 2004: Der Untergang
- 2005: Margarete Steiff
- 2005-2008: A Case for BARZ (TV series)
- 2006: Warchild
- 2006: Suspect (TV series, episode:A New Life)
- 2007: Prague Embassy
- 2008: So
- 2008: The Suspicion (Short Film)
- 2008: The Story of Brandner Kaspar
- 2009: Flight into the Night - The Accident at Überlingen
- 2009: Hitler in Court
- 2010: Metropolitan Area (TV series, one episode)
Awards
- Nominated German Television Award
External links
- Heinrich Schmieder's official website
- Heinrich Schmieder at the Internet Movie Database
- Variety obituary
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