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

DAS!

Self

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

Martin Gruber

Scene of the Crime

Konstantin Auerbach

Scene of the Crime

Felix Freiberg

Scene of the Crime

Louis

SOKO Wismar

Timo Bronnert

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Verbotene Liebe - Queere Opfer der NS-Diktatur	Self - Interviewee & Investigator
2024	Chantal in Fairyland	Prince Bechtold
2021	Your Color	Karl Vogel
2020	Superhero	Sam
2020	9 Days Awake	Eric Stehfest
2020	Monster Hunter	Aiden
2019	Tage des letzten Schnees	Lutz Wegner
2019	Close to the Horizon	Danny
2019	The Aftermath	Albert
2017	Godless Youth	Titus
2017	High Society	Albrecht von Schlacht
2017	Submergence	Paul
2016	Center of My World	Nicholas
2016	LenaLove	Tim
2016	Die Hebamme II	Anton
2015	Die kalte Wahrheit	Thomas
2015	Call Me Helen	Finn Helen Wilke
2015	Taxi	Alex Bruder Manfred
2015	Jesus Cries	Lazarus
2014	Katie Fforde - Das Meer in dir	Thomas Franklin
2014	Die drei Federn	Gustav
2013	The Inventive Lady	Tommy Freisinger
2013	Spieltrieb	Alev El Quamar
2012	Mittlere Reife	Tim Seifert
2012	Barbara	Mario
2011	Homevideo	Henry
2010	Die Kinder von Blankenese
2010	Garmischer Bergspitzen	Heiko Sailer
2009	WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee	Bobby (voice)
2007	The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island	Justus Jonas (voice)
	Kolibri	Milo

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Disco 76	Robert
2022	ANDAZ	Self
2021	Westwall	Nick Limbach
2021	Sisi	Franz
2019	Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben	Self
2019	Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
2017	Charité	Otto Marquardt
2017	Abendshow	Self
2016	Die Diplomatin	Nikolaus Tanz
2015	Shades of Guilt	Lukas
2012	Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden	Tim Landscheid
2010	Lotta & ...	Ben
2007	Hamburg Dockland	Jan Wörner
2004	SOKO Wismar	Timo Bronnert
2003	Cologne P.D.	Manuel Fink
2003	Kommissarin Lucas	Moritz Schreiner
2003	ZIBB	Self
1999	The Peppercorns	Max
1999	Volle Kanne	Self
1997	Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997	Coast Guard	Sören Gutbrodt
1997	Leute heute	Self
1996	Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police	Martin Gruber
1995	Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall	Sebastian Engelhardt
1993	Bella Block	Felix Larson
1992	Riverboat	Self
1991	DAS!	Self
1977	Der Alte	Leon Tiefensee
1971	Polizeiruf 110	Jan Gottsched
1970	Scene of the Crime	Konstantin Auerbach
1970	Scene of the Crime	Felix Freiberg
1970	Scene of the Crime	Louis