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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1992-07-22 (32 years old)

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

Jannik Schümann

Biography:

Jannik Schümann is a German actor, musical performer, and voice actor. He studied English Studies and Media Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin, where he wrote his bachelor thesis on queer-coding in Disney films.

Schümann lives in Berlin with his partner Felix Kruck; they announced their engagement in March 2024.

He began his TV career in 2003 with The Rescue Pilots. He had roles in A Life So Far Away (2007) and Tatort: Love Hunger (2007). In 2011, he gained wider recognition by playing Henry in the TV movie Homevideo and made his film debut in Barbara (2012) as Mario. That same year, he played the principal’s son in Middle Maturity.

In 2015 he starred as Finn Wilke in My Son Helen (2015).

He played the role of Nicholas in the film adaptation of Andreas Steinhöfel’s bestselling novel Center of My World (2016).

And he's played Nikolaus Tanz in The Diplomat since 2016.

Other appearances include Monster Hunter (2020), Tribes of Europa (2021), and Charité at War (2019).

Known For

Acting

2024

Verbotene Liebe - Queere Opfer der NS-Diktatur as Self - Interviewee & Investigator
Chantal in Fairyland as Prince Bechtold
Disco 76 as Robert

2022

ANDAZ as Self

2021

Your Color as Karl Vogel
Westwall as Nick Limbach
Sisi as Franz

2020

Superhero as Sam
9 Days Awake as Eric Stehfest

2019

2017

Godless Youth as Titus
High Society as Albrecht von Schlacht
Submergence as Paul
Charité as Otto Marquardt
Abendshow as Self

2016

Center of My World as Nicholas
LenaLove as Tim
Die Diplomatin as Nikolaus Tanz

2015

Call Me Helen as Finn Helen Wilke
Taxi as Alex Bruder Manfred
Jesus Cries as Lazarus

2014

2013

The Inventive Lady as Tommy Freisinger
Spieltrieb as Alev El Quamar

2012

Mittlere Reife as Tim Seifert
Barbara as Mario

2011

Homevideo as Henry

2010

2009

2007

2004

SOKO Wismar as Timo Bronnert

2003

SOKO Köln as Manuel Fink
Kommissarin Lucas as Moritz Schreiner
ZIBB as Self

1999

1997

1996

1995

Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall as Sebastian Engelhardt

1993

Bella Block as Felix Larson

1992

Riverboat as Self

1991

DAS! as Self

1977

Der Alte as Leon Tiefensee

1971

Polizeiruf 110 as Jan Gottsched

1970

Scene of the Crime as Konstantin Auerbach
Scene of the Crime as Felix Freiberg

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Kolibri as Milo