Cast & creator
Herbert Feuerstein
Best known for DAS!, Volle Kanne, Die Harald Schmidt Show
Herbert Feuerstein (born June 15, 1937, in Zell am See, Austria; died October 6, 2020, in Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia) was an Austrian-German journalist, cabaret artist, actor, and entertainer. Herbert Feuerstein initially studied music at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and later worked in New York as a journalist and editor-in-chief of the German-language newspaper *New Yorker Staats-Zeitung*. After returning to Europe, he became the publishing director of the satirical magazine *pardon* and subsequently, over many years, shaped the German edition of *MAD* magazine as its editor-in-chief. Feuerstein achieved nationwide fame starting in the late 1980s through his collaboration with Harald Schmidt on the television programs *Pssst …* and *Schmidteinander*, in which his absurdist humor and self-deprecating demeanor became his trademarks. Numerous other television formats followed, including *Feuersteins Reisen*, the legendary twelve-hour live broadcast *Feuersteins Nacht*, as well as regular appearances on shows such as *Genial daneben* and *Was bin ich?*. He was also active as an actor, appearing in films such as *Vollidiot* and *Wickie und die starken Männer*, as well as in theater and opera productions. Furthermore, Feuerstein worked extensively as a voice actor and writer. Among other roles, he lent his voice to characters in *Die Sendung mit der Maus* and the animated film *The Incredibles*. His literary radio program *SpielArt* on WDR 5, which he hosted from 2003 to 2017, also received great acclaim; his autobiographically tinged segments blended humor, culture, and personal memories. In 2014, he published his memoirs, *Die neun Leben des Herrn F.*. Feuerstein most recently lived in Erftstadt and was married to editor Grit Bergmann. He died in 2020 at the age of 83.
20
film credits
63
television credits
82
1948–2020 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
Showing 83 of 83 credits
DAS!
Self
1991Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Polizeiruf 110
Alexander
1971
SOKO Köln
Pfarrer Kunze
2003
Leipzig Homicide
Frank Tomanski
2001
Riverboat
Self
19923 nach 9
Self
1974
A Case For Two
Gerhard
1981
Nachtcafé
Self
1987
Beckmann
Self
1999
Genial daneben
2003
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Bambi
Self
1948
Hart aber fair
Self
2001Aeschbacher
Self
2001Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997Grimme Award
Self
1964
Der Staatsanwalt
Pfarrer
2005
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Self
2006
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991
Neo Magazin Royale
Guest
2013Wortwechsel
Self
1982Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
Self - Guest
2004Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
Self - Segment
2004
Stars in der Manege
Self
1959
Schlosshotel Orth
Erik Latour
1996
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993Thadeusz
self
2005Das NRW Duell
Self
2006
Edel & Starck
Raffin
2002
Nikola
Tanzlehrer Ockerblom
1997Pssst ...
Self
1990Leute am Donnerstag
himself
2004
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
Rumpelstilzchen
2006Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
König von Spechtfeld
2006German Comedy Award
Self
1997
Schmidteinander
Moderator
1990Schmidteinander
Creator
1990Einfach Kathi - Resch & Lieblich
Self
2012Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show
Self
1998
Manitou's Shoe
Apachenfotograf (extended edition)
2001
Die Wiwaldi Show
Self
2012
Quiz Taxi
Self
2006Was wurde aus...?
himself
2011Intensiv-Station
Self
2010Müller - Live
Self
2003Das Schlagzeilenquiz
Self
2009
Wickie the Mighty Viking
Tulpe
2009Small Talk
Self
1997Daheim & unterwegs
self
2003
Salto Postale
Polizist
1993Die Schöneberger Show
Self
2003
Krause kommt!
2015Rudis Suchmaschine
Self
2000
Eine große Nachtmusik
Self
2005
Wir warten auf’s Christkind
Self
1960
Vollidiot
Little Man
2007Gott sei dank … dass Sie da sind!
Self
2006Vier wie wir
Weiß
1997Entführung aus der Lindenstraße
Detlef Hase
1995
Globi and the Stolen Shadows
Globi (voice)
2003
Crazy Race 3 - Sie knacken jedes Schloss
Veranstalter
2007
Fly Away
Herbert Miesbach
2012
Finn und der Weg zum Himmel
Gott
2012
Ein krasser Deal
Kerstin's Father
2004Herr Feuerstein schreibt seinen Nachruf
Self
2020
Der Trip - Die nackte Gitarre 0,5
Dieters Vater
1996
Die Nachrichten
Reichelt
2005
African Race
Dombischof
2008
Nich' mit Leo
Bollmann
1995
Frau Holle
Scherenschleifer Timor
2008
Manila
Regisseur
2000
Fake - Die Fälschung
Pathologe
1998
Schmidteinander - Das Beste
1995Santa Claudia
Dirk Hansen
2002Die drei Punkte
Narrator
2003
Ausziehn!
Konrad
2001