Andreas Elsholz (born April 26, 1972 in Berlin ) is a German actor and singer . He began his career on the RTL soap opera Gute Zeiten, Zeiten , where he played Heiko Richter from 1992 to 1996 and was one of the first big stars of the series. Elsholz is married to his colleague Denise Zich . The two have a son and live near Berlin. In 1994 he published his autobiography under the title Ich, Andreas Elsholz - My Exciting Life .
Spurred on by his success at GZSZ , Elsholz was the first series star to try a career as a singer. His first single was released in 1993 and his album Andreas Elsholz - Das Album was released a short time later . It reached number 38 in Germany and number 34 in Austria. His second single was called Immer noch crazy nach dich and reached number 26 (1993, music: Möhrle / Ehrhard, text: Wolter / Wilkening / Breitmeier). Two more singles followed, Gib mir noch Zeit (1993) and Summertime (1994). His second album Mit dir für immer (A # 36; D # 72) followed in 1995. Also in 1995 he brought out his last single Weil I love you . Elsholz's time as a singer came to an end when he left Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten .