Jaecki Schwarz

{{Short description|German actor (born 1946)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jaecki Schwarz

| image = Jaecki Schwarz.2766.jpg

| alt = middle-aged white male wearing coat, scarf, and glasses, looking at camera

| caption = Schwarz in 2009

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|02|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = German

| other_names =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1967–present

| known_for = {{hlist|Polizeiruf 110|Ein starkes Team}}

| notable_works =

| partner = Hagen Henning (1986–2006)

}}

Jaecki Schwarz (born 26 February 1946) is a German actor.{{cite web |title=Jaecki Schwarz |url=https://www.defa-stiftung.de/defa/kuenstlerin/jaecki-schwarz/ |website=defa-stiftung.de |date= |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517082544/https://www.defa-stiftung.de/defa/kuenstlerin/jaecki-schwarz/ |url-status=dead }} With around 120 film and television roles throughout his career, he worked prolifically with DEFA, the East German state-owned film studio, as well as Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF), the state television broadcaster in the GDR. Since the reunification of Germany, he has been known for his roles in the long-running detective television series Polizeiruf 110 as well as the crime series Ein starkes Team.

Life

Schwarz was born in the Köpenick district of Berlin.{{cite web|title=Jaecki Schwarz |url=https://www.prisma.de/stars/Jaecki-Schwarz,65356 |website=prisma.de |date= |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de}} He owes his name to his grandmother, who was a fan of the silent film child star Jackie Coogan. Since the American spelling "Jackie" was not permitted at the registry office, his name was entered as "Jaecki".

Schwarz played in school performances and was in the youth club of the German Theatre in Berlin. During his studies at the Alexander von Humboldt High School in Berlin, he completed an apprenticeship as a photochemical specialist. Subsequently, he applied twice at different acting schools, but was rejected both times. On his third attempt, he was accepted and studied at the German Academy of Film Art in Babelsberg from 1965 until 1969.

Career

=Theatre=

In 1969, Schwarz made his acting debut in Magdeburg with the stage version of Hermann Kant's Die Aula. This was followed by numerous other roles, also in Magdeburg. From 1974 to 1997, he was a member of the Berliner Ensemble. Schwarz worked with various directors including Christoph Schroth, Fritz Marquardt, Manfred Wekwerth, and Peter Zadek. In 1996, he performed at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Carl Zuckmayer's The Captain of Koepenick.

=Film and television=

East Germany

In 1968, Schwarz starred in Konrad Wolf's autobiographical film I Was Nineteen while still a student. Between 1969 and 1989, he appeared in numerous DEFA and DFF film and television productions, including several fantasy and fairy tale adaptations.{{cite web|title=Die DEFA-Stars im Märchenfilm |url=https://www.mdr.de/tv/programm/defa-schauspieler-ddr-maerchen-100.html |website=mdr.de |date=29 July 2019 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title=DEFA stars in fairy tale films}} He also began appearing in television shows which would later define his career, such as the detective series Polizeiruf 110, where he would obtain a recurring role in 1996.

Post-unification

File:Franziska Troegner and Jaecki Schwarz.jpg, 2009]]

After German reunification in 1989, Schwarz was able to seamlessly build on his success in the GDR. In the 1990s, he was seen in several television shows, such as the family series Spreewaldfamilie. Between 1993 and 2000, he appeared in a total of 38 episodes alongside leading actress Thekla Carola Wied in the ARD crime series {{Ill|Auf eigene Gefahr|de|Auf eigene Gefahr (Fernsehserie)}}. He appeared in the hospital drama Für alle Fälle Stefanie between 1997 and 2003.

Since 1994, he has played a supporting role in the ZDF crime series Ein starkes Team.{{cite web|title=Konkurrenz, Frau Kommissar! |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/sidekicks-in-deutschen-tv-krimis-konkurrenz-frau-kommissar-a-733730.html |website=spiegel.de |date=10 December 2010 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title=Competition, Commissioner!}}

From 1996 until 2012, Schwarz played alongside Wolfgang Winkler as the detective duo Schmücke and Schneider in the crime series Polizeiruf 110.{{cite web|title=Polizeiruf 110: Dreh des letzten Falls |url=https://www.hna.de/kultur/tv-kino/polizeiruf-110-dreh-letzten-falls-2498871.html |website=hna.de |date=11 September 2012 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title=Police call 110: shooting the last case}}

He has also played major and minor roles in various television films, series, and on the big screen.

Personal life

Schwarz's homosexuality and his relationship with acting colleague Hagen Henning, whom he met in 1986 at the Berlin Ensemble, became publicly known in August 2004.{{cite web|title="Polizeiruf"-Star Jaecki Schwarz liebt jungen Schauspieler |url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/leute/polizeiruf-star-jaecki-schwarz-liebt-jungen-schauspieler_aid-12849961 |website=rp=online.de |date=8 August 2004 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title="Polizeiruf" star Jaecki Schwarz loves young actors}}{{cite web|title=Polizeiruf-Star ist schwul |url=https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=1471 |website=queer.de |date=9 August 2004 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title=Polizeiruf star is gay}} The liaison ended in 2006 after twenty years.{{cite web|title=Jaecki Schwarz gibt das Ende seiner langjährigen Beziehung zu Freund Hagen Henning bekannt |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/jaecki-schwarz-gibt-das-ende-seiner-langjaehrigen-beziehung-zu-freund-hagen-henning-bekannt |website=bz-berlin.de |date=30 January 2006 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title=Jaecki Schwarz announces the end of his longstanding relationship with friend Hagen Henning}}

In October 2013, Schwarz suffered an anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the right eye and has only had ten percent of his eyesight since then.{{cite web|title=Ex TV Kommissar Jaecki Schwarz fast einseitig erblindet |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/vermischtes/stars-und-promis/article120680026/Ex-TV-Kommissar-Jaecki-Schwarz-fast-einseitig-erblindet.html |website=morgenpost.de |date=7 October 2013 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |language=de |trans-title=Ex TV Commissioner Jaecki Schwarz almost blinded in one eye}}

Selected filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1968

|I Was Nineteen

|Gregor Hecker

|

1969

|Weite Straßen – stille Liebe

|Herb Schneider

|

1971

|Rottenknechte

|Schwalenberg

|5-part television film

1972

|Her Third

|Young Man

|

1981

|Bürgschaft für ein Jahr

|Peter Müller

|

1991

|The Tango Player

|Harry

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1970

|Jeder stirbt für sich allein

|

|

1973

|Stülpner-Legende

|Soldier Hupfer

|1 episode

1984

|Front ohne Gnade

|Forensic technician

|

1987

|Polizeiruf 110

|Johannes Stephanie

|1 episode

1988

|Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

|

|

1989

|Polizeiruf 110

|Wirt Gerber

|1 episode

1990

|Spreewaldfamilie

|Günter

|

1993

|Tatort

|

|1 episode

1993–2000

|{{Ill|At Your Own Risk (TV series)|de|3=Auf eigene Gefahr (Fernsehserie)|lt=At Your Own Risk}}

|Boris Beckmann

|

1994–present

|Ein starkes Team

|Sputnik

|

1994

|Liebling Kreuzberg

|

|1 episode

1995

|Polizeiruf 110

|Customs officer Weißer

|1 episode

1996–2013

|Polizeiruf 110

|Herbert Schmücke

|

rowspan=2|1996

|Rosa Roth

|

|

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei

|

|1 episode

rowspan=2|1998

|Der letzte Zeuge

|

|1 episode

Spuk aus der Gruft

|Coolberry

|

2001

|Das Traumschiff

|

|

rowspan=2|2006

|Unter den Linden – Das Haus Gravenhorst

|Paul Gravenhorst

|

Schloss Einstein

|

|3 episodes

rowspan=2|2009

|Leipzig Homicide

|

|1 episode

Ein Fall für zwei

|

|1 episode

2011

|Cologne P.D.

|

|1 episode

2012–14, 2017

|In aller Freundschaft

|

|

2014

|Stuttgart Homicide

|

|1 episode

2017

|SOKO München

|

|1 episode

References

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