Heinrich Schmieder was born in 1970 as the son of Albanian-banatdeutsch immigrants. From 1991-1994 he studied acting at the private Zinner Studio in Munich. He worked alongside many theater engagements, especially as an actor for movies and feature film productions. From 1999 to 2001, Schmieder, played the role of Commissioner Tobias von Sachsen in the crime broadcaster Radio Bremen. He appeared along with Heino Ferch and Sebastian Koch, in the 2001 TV movie The Tunnel (Der Tunnel), as Theo Lohmann. In 2003, he was nominated for the German Television Award.