Andreas M. Schmidt (23 November 1963 – 28 September 2017) was a German screen actor and theatre director. During his thirty-year career, he appeared in over 130 film and television productions.

Biography

Born in Heggen,

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, Schmidt grew up in the

Märkisches Viertel Märkisches Viertel (, ''MV'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf in Berlin. Its name refers to the March of Brandenburg (german: Mark Brandenburg). Overview It consists of a large housing estate of a ...

West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under m ...

. He was a singer and guitarist in the

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Lillies große Liebe in the 1980s. His first acting role was in the 1987 film '. Schmidt received three nominations at the

Deutscher Filmpreis The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...

, winning once in 2009. Notable film appearances by Schmidt include ''

Sommer vorm Balkon ''Summer in Berlin'' (german: Sommer vorm Balkon) is a 2005 German tragicomic film directed by Andreas Dresen. Reception The film won the Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award) for Dresen as "Best Director", the Silver Hugo Award for Inka ...

'' (2005), '' The Counterfeiters'' (2007), ''

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'' (2008) and '' Henri 4'' (2010). He also had roles in television programs such as ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'', ''

Der Kriminalist ' is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann Sherry Hormann (born 20 April 1960) is a German-American film director. Hormann is best known for ...

'' and ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

''. In addition, he directed

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

. Schmidt lived in

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...

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with his family. He died of cancer on 28 September 2017, at the age of 53. He was survived by his American wife, Jennifer, and their son (born 2008).

Selected filmography

*' (1987) - Möhre (uncredited) *' (1988) - Humphrey *''Stille Betrüger'' (1989) - Georg *'' The Rose Garden'' (1989) - Vladimir *''Der doppelte Nötzli'' (1990) *'' Life Is All You Get'' (1997) .... Mieter mit Schrank *''Plus-minus null'' (1998) .... Alex *''

Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (''Kai Rabe vs. the Vatican Killers'') is a 1998 German comedy film directed by Thomas Jahn. Plot Director Rufus Lindner is making a movie called "The Vatican Killers", a satirical film about the Pope's underground agents. The hero of the fi ...

'' (1998) .... F / X Mann *''Gangster'' (1999) .... Erbse *''

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'' (2000) .... Ricardo *''Conamara'' (2000) .... Axel *''Planet Alex'' (2001) .... Harald *' (2001) .... Erich *''

Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man ''Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man'' is a 2001 German comedy film released in 2001 in the US and other countries as '' Advertising Rules! '' Directed by Lars Kraume, the cast includes Alexander Scheer, Götz George, and Chulpan Khamatova. Plot ...

'' (2001) .... Alfi *''99euro-films'' (2001) .... (segment "Ein Mann boxt sich durch") *''Julies Geist'' (2001) .... Hans *''Pigs Will Fly'' (2002) .... Laxe *''Auszeit'' (2002) .... Donald *''

Eierdiebe ''Eierdiebe'' (''The Family Jewels'' in United States) is a 2003 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. The film deals with testicular cancer Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of ...

'' (2003) .... Polizeibeamter Zwei *'' Alltag'' (2003) .... Waffenschieber *''Yugotrip'' (2004) .... Pförtner 2 *' (2004) .... Imbissbesitzer Hans *' (2004) .... Winnie Marzewski *''

Guys and Balls ''Guys and Balls'' ( German: ''Männer wie wir'', literally ''Men like us'', UK title: Balls) is a 2004 sports comedy/ romance film by German American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play a ...

'' (2004) .... Jürgen *''Folge der Feder!'' (2004) .... Police Officer 1 *''

Summer in Berlin ''Summer in Berlin'' (german: Sommer vorm Balkon) is a 2005 German tragicomic film directed by Andreas Dresen. Reception The film won the Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award) for Dresen as "Best Director", the Silver Hugo Award for Ink ...

'' (2005) .... Ronald *' (2005) .... Toni Neer *' (2006) .... Rudi *''Gefangene'' (2006) .... Vasile *'' The Counterfeiters'' (2007) .... Zilinski *''Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig'' (2007) .... Spacko *' (2008) .... Gurki *''

'' (2008) .... Siggi *'' Henri 4'' (2010) .... Guillaume du Bartas *''Eines Tages...'' (2010) .... Stefan Ranft *' (2011) .... Iggy *' (2011) .... Andi Komorowski *''

Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The wiktionary:erudite, erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a ...

'' (2011) .... Valentin's Friend *' (2012) .... Sklaventreiber Bill *' (2012) .... Schoen *''

Wetlands A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free ( anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...

'' (2013) .... Freund der Eltern *' (2013) .... Uwe *''Sputnik'' (2013) .... Herr Karl *' (2014) .... Prof. Werner *''Ente gut!'' (2016) .... Frank Weiss *' (2017) .... Belial *''

The Invisibles ''The Invisibles'' is a comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics from 1994 to 2000. It was created and scripted by Scottish writer Grant Morrison, and drawn by various artists throughout its publication. The series loosel ...

'' (2017) .... Hans Winkler (final film role)

References

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* 1963 births 2017 deaths Deaths from cancer in Germany German male film actors German male television actors German theatre directors Male actors from Berlin People from Olpe (district) People from Reinickendorf {{Germany-film-actor-stub