Harald Schmidt

Actor

August 18, 1957 (68 years)

Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany [now Germany]

Biography

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…

Filmography

4.3

Abendschau

Self

The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

4.7

DAS!

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

5.2

Leute heute

Self

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7.2

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self - Host

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.

5.4

Wetten, dass..?

Self

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

9.0

Bambi

Self - Laudation

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

5.0

Das Traumschiff

Oskar de Navetta

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

6.6

SOKO Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Lukas Gotthardt

The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.

6.0

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

Self

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4.3

Beckmann

Self

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

4.7

Nachtcafé

Self

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6.0

Kulturplatz

Self

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7.0

Boulevard Bio

Self

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N/A

Ringlstetter

Self

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4.7

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Self - Host

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N/A

Zur Person

Self

A German television format in which Günter Gaus interviewed prominent members of German society, particularly politicians. More than 200 interviews were conducted over the course of 40 years.

9.0

Nuhr im Ersten

Self

political cabaret

8.5

Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause

Self

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8.0

Alles Nichts Oder?!

Self

A "children's birthday party" for adults. Each show featured a celebrity guest who had to take part in crazy, silly and often deliberately "moronic" games. Both presenters had to compete against the respective guest in various games.

8.0

Schmidteinander

Moderator

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