Jannik Schümann
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Aftermath
as Albert 2019
Close to the Horizon
as Danny 2019
Barbara
as Mario 2012
Submergence
as Paul 2017
Center of My World
as Nicholas 2016
High Society
as Albrecht von Schlacht 2017
Godless Youth
as Titus 2017
Chantal in Fairyland
as Prinz Bechtold 2024
Homevideo
as Henry 2011
LenaLove
as Tim 2016
Taxi
as Alex Bruder Manfred 2015
Call Me Helen
as Finn Helen Wilke 2015
Die Hebamme II
as Anton 2016
Spieltrieb
as Alev El Quamar 2013
9 Days Awake
as Eric Stehfest 2020
Katie Fforde - Das Meer in dir
as Thomas Franklin 2014