| Capital: | € 20 million |
| Age: | 62 |
| Born: | 18/08/1957 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | actor |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Harald Franz Schmidt is a German actor, presenter, cabaret artist and entertainer. He received notable reputation in particular thru his numerous late-night time shows, which had been constructed from 1995 to 2014. He presently lives together along with his associate withinside the Marienburg district of Cologne and is the daddy of 5 children.
Early life
Harald Schmidt turned into born in Neu-Ulm in 1957, the son of his father Anton and his wife. Both mother and father are displaced from home, the daddy from Karlsbad in western Bohemia and the mom from Brno in South Moravia. Schmidt grew up in Nürtingen in Baden-Württemberg and turned into raised strictly Catholic via way of means of his mother and father. He turned into a member of the Catholic Boy Scouts at a younger age and, after efficiently finishing his education as a church musician on the church song faculty in Rottenburg am Neckar, labored as an organist withinside the Catholic network of St. Johannes in Nürtingen. Harald Schmidt additionally did his Abitur in his native land at Hölderlin Gymnasium earlier than he did his network carrier in a parish office. From 1978 to 1981 he studied performing at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. In 1983, Schmidt implemented to the Henri Nannen School of Journalism in Hamburg to benefit preliminary enjoy in movie and broadcasting. There he turned into removed withinside the very last selection.
He turned into capable of benefit his first level enjoy withinside the duration from 1981 to 1984. During this era he performed numerous roles in portions at the municipal ranges in Augsburg. In 1984 Harald then moved to Düsseldorf to the cabaret level “Kom (m) ödchen” and laid the inspiration stone for his cabaret profession earlier than he left the level again.
Career
In 1985 Harald Schmidt went on excursion together along with his first solo program. Schmidt ultimately received his first enjoy in broadcasting in 1988 on the station “Freies Berlin”. This turned into accompanied via way of means of in addition TV codecs consisting of the charge display “Psst…” and the display “Schmidteinander” which he moderated collectively with Herbert Feuerstein. From 1992 to 1995 Schmidt additionally moderated the famous tv display “Do you recognize fun?”. Shortly thereafter, Schmidt’s best-recognised tv layout “The Harald Schmidt Show” began. The late-night time display polarized strongly, way to Harald’s cynical and sarcastic nature. The display ran often from 1995 to 2003, from 2011 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2014 earlier than being absolutely discontinued. Harald Schmidt turned into energetic in lots of different tv packages as a presenter and in numerous German characteristic movies in foremost and minor roles earlier than absolutely retreating from the tv commercial enterprise in 2015. He turned into additionally found in a few German tv series. Schmidt has regarded in episodes of the TV series “Wilsberg” and “Unser Charly” and has been withinside the function of Oskar Schifferle withinside the series “Das Traumschiff” on account that 2008.
Career highlights
His late-night time display “Die Harald Schmidt” remains his maximum a success broadcast layout and has received severa prizes. The display turned into offered the German TV Prize withinside the “Best Comedy” class, the German-French Journalist Prize withinside the “Television” class and the Adolf Grimme Prize withinside the “Special” competition. For his standard paintings as a moderator, he turned into offered the German Television Award two times in a row in 2000 and 2001. Schmidt’s manufacturing corporation acquired eight million euros a yr from ARD for broadcasting 60 packages of the “Harald Schmidt Show”.
Famous quotes
“In carrier stations in southern France, you don’t know: is that a pothole or is it already the toilet?”
-Harald Schmidt
“The wealth tax is coming. Rich tax or, because the FDP says, “club fee.”
-Harald Schmidt
Amazing facts
Harald Schmidt needed to cope with a stalker hassle for years. As early as 1998, he afflicted him with calls. The 39-yr–antique Koblenz terrorized Harald’s supervisor and his own circle of relatives withinside the years that accompanied till a courtroom docket listening to occurred.