Beat Schlatter Biography: Awards, Books, Ethnicity, Parents, Wife, Religion, Net Worth, Movies

Beat Schlatter is a Swiss actor, screenwriter, and stage author who became widely known in Switzerland through a mix of cabaret work, television appearances, and popular cinema comedies.

His visibility grew early with the cabaret group Götterspass, and later expanded through film and TV roles, including the long-running Swiss TV soap Lüthi & Blanc, where he played the street-sweeper Willi.

In recent years, he reached a new peak with Bon Schuur Ticino, a Swiss-German cinema hit in which he co-wrote the script and played the lead role, bringing him renewed mainstream attention as both performer and writer.

Profile

• Full name: Beat Schlatter
• Date of birth: May 5, 1961
• Age: 64 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Zurich, Switzerland
• Nationality: Swiss
• Profession: Actor, author, screenwriter, producer, cabaret performer
• Height: 172 cm
• Eye color: Green
• Hair color: Brown
• Parents: Armin Schlatter (father); Irma Schlatter (mother)
• Siblings: One brother
• Spouse: Mirjam Fischer
• Children: None
• Relationship status: Married
• Religion: Christian
• Ethnicity: Swiss
• Net worth: $2.5 million

Early Life and Education

Beat Schlatter is now 64 years old, and was born on May 5, 1961, in Zurich, Switzerland. His mother, Irma Schlatter, and his father Armin Schlatter shared the responsibility of caring for her at home during a prolonged illness, with Schlatter describing how the care was organized between them.

A defining early-life event for Schlatter was losing his mother when he was 25. In later reflections, he described being in his punk phase and in his early cabaret years at that point, and he linked that period to the start of his public life as a performer. He later lost his father, Armin Schlatter, in 2017.

Personal Life

Beat Schlatter is married to Mirjam Fischer. Their marriage became public in 2011, they kept separate apartments even after marrying, while describing their relationship as centered on trust, everyday contact, and shared routines.

Reports from that time also noted that Fischer had been married previously. Schlatter and Fischer do not have children, and this has been addressed directly in interviews around their marriage.

Career

Beat Schlatter’s career sits at the crossroads of stage, television, and Swiss German-language cinema. One of the key foundations of his public recognition was the cabaret group Götterspass, founded in 1983, which positioned him as a writer-performer long before he became a familiar screen face.

On television, he built long-term visibility through Lüthi & Blanc (1999–2006), playing the character Willi, and through regular contributions to formats like Kassensturz. Alongside on-screen acting, his work expanded into hosting and producing, including interactive stage formats such as the Bingo-Show and related radio concepts.

In cinema, Schlatter became especially associated with Swiss comedy projects where he often combined acting with writing.

Swissfilms notes him as both scriptwriter and actor on major titles such as Katzendiebe, Komiker, and Flitzer (released as Streaker in some markets), and it also highlights his co-writing and lead performance in Bon Schuur Ticino, which had a strong Swiss cinema run in 2023.

Awards and Nominations

• Salzburger Stier (1992)
• Oltener Tanne (1992)
• Prix Walo (1996)
• Schweizer Goldnacht-Preis / Goldnachtpreis (1996)
• SSA-Preis (Société Suisse des Auteurs) for Best Screenplay for Komiker (2000)
• Prix Walo (Actor category, linked to Seegfröni and Hoselupf) (2012)
• Los Angeles Comedy Festival nomination, Best Actor for Die Praktikantin (2011)
• Prix Walo, Best Film for Bon Schuur Ticino (2024)

Net Worth

Beat Schlatter’s current net worth is estimated at $2.5 million. This estimate reflects decades of continuous work in Swiss entertainment across multiple income streams: acting in feature films and television, screenwriting and co-author credits, producing and hosting long-running stage formats, and royalties tied to successful cinema releases such as Bon Schuur Ticino.

Social Media

• Instagram: @beatschlatter.official

Filmography

• Bon Schuur Ticino (2023)
• Die fruchtbaren Jahre sind vorbei (2019)
• Wir Eltern (2019)
• Flitzer (2017)
• Fascht en Dockfilm (2015)
• Doug&Walter (2015)
• Der Gehörnte (2015)
• Cassian (2014)
• The Wellington (2014)
• Himmelfahrtskommando (2013)
• Palim Palim (2012)
• Nachtexpress – Ein Volksstück (2012)
• Das Glücksseminar (2011)
• Hoselupf (2011)
• Der Sandmann (2011)
• Halbschlaf (2010)
• Die Praktikantin (2010)
• May (2010)
• Madly in Love (2010)
• Die Standesbeamtin (2009)
• Kleine Fische (2008)
• Alp-Traum (2007)
• Max und Co (2007)
• Flanke ins All (2006)
• Mein Name ist Eugen (2005)
• Ferienfieber (2004)
• Ueli (2002)
• Schadensbegrenzung (2002)
• Komiker (2000)
• Exklusiv (1999)
• Katzendiebe (1996)
• Schwingen: Beat Schlatter bei den Bösen (2015)
• Metzgete (2013)
• Lüthi und Blanc (2001–2006)
• Lachsack (1999)
• Banken und Beizen (1991)
• Kassensturz (1990–1995)

Discography

• D’wünschdiralles-Bohne (2002)
• De Toni Und S’chline Velo (2002)
• S’blaue Monster (2002)
• Pappi Wapper (2004)
• Erdwin De Nacktmuulwurf (2004)
• Souvenirs (2012)

Books

• Postcards (2020)
• Rock’n’Roll Hinterland. Swiss Backstages (2018)