- Lives in the Kreuzberg district in Berlin.
- Appearing in three movies of Eoin Moore, his character's name was changed from "Alex" in Plus-minus null (1998) into "Axel" in Conamara (2000) and finally "Laxe" in Pigs Will Fly (2002).
- Being also a trained opera singer, he was vocalist of the rock band "Lillies große Liebe" (lit. for Lillie's big love).
- After studying philosophy and German studies, he attended acting and directing courses.
- He also played in the tv series Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 and became a director of theatre.
- Schmidt was married to an American woman, Jennifer Schmidt. Their son was born in 2008.
- Schmidt was twice nominated for the Best Actor award at the Deutscher Filmpreis in 2003 and 2006.
- He was a singer and guitarist in the rock band Lillies große Liebe in the 1980s.
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