Peter Schneider (actor)

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Peter Schneider
Born1975 (age 4849)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
Years active2000–present
Website peter-schneider.tv

Peter Schneider (born 1975) is a German actor and musician.

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Biography

Schneider was born in 1975 in Leipzig, in what was then East Germany. From 1985 until the late 1990s, he studied at a music school in Halle. After graduating from high school in 1994 and completing his military service, he studied music at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater from 1995 until 1998. He specialized in the clarinet and saxophone, while at the same time taking German studies and pedagogy at Leipzig University. In 1998, he switched to studying drama at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater, from which he graduated in 2002. From 2000 to 2002, Schneider was an acting student at Theater Chemnitz. [1]

Apart from his acting work, Schneider also works as theater musical director, musician, and composer. He is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie and the European Film Academy.

Since 2017, Schneider has portrayed middle-aged Helge Doppler in the Netflix series Dark. [2]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 My Brother Is a Dog driver
2005 Speer und Er Albert Speer Documentary
2008 Berlin Calling Crystal Pete
The Baader Meinhof Complex Gerhard Müller
2011 Hut in the Woods Martin
2014 Beloved Sisters Christian Gottfried Körner
2015 As We Were Dreaming drinker Thilo
Naked Among Wolves André Höfel
A Heavy Heart job agent
2023 Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything Volker

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 In aller Freundschaft
2009 Tatort Ulf Meinert1 episode
2012 Tatort Joseph Vegener/Robert Vegener1 episode
2013 Kommissarin Lucas Robert Kienle1 episode
Tatort Ulrich Kastner1 episode
2015 Tannbach Adolph Herrmann
Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach Prosecutor1 episode
Polizeiruf 110 Moritz Richter1 episode
Tatort Urs Hahn1 episode
2017 Tatort Harald Böhlert1 episode
2017–2020 Dark Helge Doppler
2020 Tatort Rainer Hildebrandt1 episode

Awards

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References

  1. "Lieber Gross Gescheitert, Als Klein Bestande" [Better Fail Than Go Small]. 371stadtmagazin.de (in German). 22 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. "How Everyone in Netflix's Dark Is Connected". tvguide.com. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.