Heinrich Schmieder

Heinrich Schmieder (14 February 1970 – 21 July 2010) was a German actor.

Life Heinrich Schmieder was the son of Albanian-Banatdeutsch immigrants. From 1991 to 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 Downfall. He joined the German Film Academy in 2005.

Schmieder was found dead on 21 July 2010, at the age of 40, by his teammate, in a hotel in Livigno, Italy, while participating in the Bike Transalp. He left behind a wife and two children. The cause of his death is unknown.

Filmography (selection) 1992-2006: Tatort (TV series, five episodes) – Kommissar Tobias von Sachsen / Ralf Schaufler / Kalle Seidel 1992: Wir Enkelkinder – Mephisto 1995-1996: Against the Wind (TV series) – Boje 1997: Babes' Petrol – Young Man 1997: Ein Held – Polizist 2 1998: – Klaus Eckleben – jung 2000: Anniversaries – Thorsten 2001: The Tunnel – Theo Lohmann 2001: Dead Man – Richard 2002: Like Rabbits – Hubert 2002: Extreme Ops – Goran 2003: Man Bites Fashion – Tom 2004: – Günter 2004: Downfall – Rochus Misch 2004: The Fall – Dino 2005: – Lehrer 2005-2008: A Case for BARZ (TV series) 2006: Warchild – Tony 2006: Suspect (TV series, episode:A New Life) – Walter Krohn 2007: Prague Embassy – Frank Ziesche 2008: The Suspicion (Short Film) – Udo 2008: So – Lohman 2008: – Pfarrer 2009: Hitler in Court – Hans Ehard 2009: Flight into the Night – The Accident at Überlingen – Bernd Wegmann 2010: Metropolitan Area (TV series, one episode) – Gerd Banzer

Awards Nominated German Television Award