- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 18, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany [now Germany]
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt is a German actor, comedian, television presenter, and author, best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows. The son of refugees who fled the Sudetenland (now the Czech Republic) in 1945, Schmidt spent his youth in the Swabian town of Nürtingen. Due to his strict Catholic upbringing, he became actively involved in the Roman Catholic Church, serving as a choirmaster and playing the organ. At the age of 21, Schmidt moved to Stuttgart, where he attended drama school for three years. Subsequently, he gained stage experience at the *Städtische Bühne* (Municipal Theater) in Augsburg. His first role was that of the Second Mamluk in Lessing’s *Nathan the Wise*. In 1984, Schmidt became a lyricist for the cabaret ensemble *Kom(m)ödchen* in Düsseldorf, and in 1986, he was named "Best Up-and-Coming Cabaret Artist." That same year, he toured Germany with his ow…
Filmography
movieGruschel mich! Die studiVZ-Story
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeckenbauer
2024 · Self - Interviewee
tvOne Mic Stand
2022 · Self - Coach
tvKurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
2020 · Self
Gredig direkt
2020 · Self
tvSträter
2020 · Self - Guest
tvLabaule & Erben
2018 · Creator
movieThe Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017 · Racecourse speaker
tvRinglstetter
2016 · Self
movieSchreckenstein Castle
2016 · Graf Schreckenstein
movieRosamunde Pilcher: Ein Doktor und drei Frauen
2016 · lord Hurrleton
Gysi & Schmidt
2015 · , Self
Der Meisterfälscher
2014 · Self
movieZettl
2012 · Conny Scheffer
movieStopped on Track
2011 · Himself
Schawinski
2011 · Self
Erlesen
2010 · self
movieDie Bremer Stadtmusikanten
2010 · Rooster (voice)
tvSOKO Stuttgart
2009 · Prof. Dr. Lukas Gotthardt
tvNuhr im Ersten
2009 · Self
Ein Abend für..
2008 · Self
tvSchmidt & Pocher
2007 · Self - Host, Producer
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007 · Self
movieFrei:Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl - Über das Spiel hinaus
2007 · Himself
WegGefährten
2007 · self
movieAbout the Looking for and the Finding of Love
2005 · Psychotherapeut
movie7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald
2004 · Jester Candidate
tvKulturplatz
2004 · Self
Was liest du?
2003 · Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
Lesen! Mit Elke Heidenreich
2003 · Self
Menschen der Woche
2000 · Self
movieBest of Harald Schmidt - Respektlos und Rezeptfrei
2000
tvAbendschau
2000 · Self
Münchner Runde
2000
Kuli & Co.
1999 · Self
Ottis Schlachthof
1999 · himself
German Television Award
1999 · Self
Volle Kanne
1999 · Self
tvGisbert
1999
movieDie Musterknaben 2
1999 · Himself
movieLate Show
1999 · Conrad 'Conny' Scheffer
tvBeckmann
1999 · Self
Das McSchmidt-Studio
1998 · Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
Die Samsas
1998
tvTalk 2000
1997 · Self
tvLeute heute
1997 · Self
tvDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self - Host
Lebens-Künstler
1995 · Self
tvSchmidteinander - Das Beste
1995
movieNich' mit Leo
1995 · Bishop
Prix Pantheon
1995 · himself
tvalfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994 · Self
Die Mike Krüger Show
1991 · Self
tvBoulevard Bio
1991 · Self
tvDAS!
1991 · , Self
tvSchmidteinander
1990 · Moderator
Pssst ...
1990 · Self - Host
Romy Award
1990 · Self
Blauer Panther
1989 · Self
Mitternachtsspitzen
1988 · Self
tvAlles Nichts Oder?!
1988 · Self
Klassentreffen
1987 · Self
tvNachtcafé
1987 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Telestar
1983 · Self
Menschen
1982 · Self
tvDas Traumschiff
1981 · Oskar de Navetta, Oskar Schifferle
Musikantenstadl
1981 · Self
tvWetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
tvVerstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 · Self - Host
Die Pyramide
1979 · Self
Grimme Award
1964 · Self
tvZur Person
1963 · Self
tvBambi
1948 · Self - Laudation, Self - Moderator