Bernd Herzsprung

Who is Bernd Herzsprung?

Bernd Herzsprung is a German television actor.

Herzsprung completed his acting training with Joseph Offenbach and then played in theaters in Hamburg and other cities. On stage, his domain is the Boulevard theatre.

In 1967 he gave his film debut in Wilder Reiter GmbH. Other movies followed, like the film version of Erich Kästner's The Flying Classroom in 1973 and the Deutschlandlied.

But Herzsprung was best known for his television roles. Since the late 1960s he played primarily in crime series such as Dem Täter auf der Spur, Der Kommissar, Derrick, Der Alte, Sonderdezernat K1, Ein Fall für zwei or Tatort. Since 1978 he played in the ZDF - TV series SOKO 5113 and 1994 he changed to the series Freunde fürs Leben. In the ARD television series Familie Dr. Kleist, he played the role of the mayor of Eisenach. In the comedy Hengstparade he played alongside Christiane Hoerbiger and Michael Mendl.

In 2007 paparazzi images of Herzsprung and the 19-year old actress Sara Schätzl were published in the media, but later it became known according to the photographer that the photos have been staged by Herzsprung after his separation from the fashion designer Barbara Herzsprung, née Engel.