Martin Schneider
(* 1964 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe), often just called "Maddin", is a German comedian, cabarettist and actor.
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Biography
Martin Schneider grew up in
Burgholzhausen, a district of
Friedrichsdorf.
Today he lives in
Marburg. At first he did an internship at the
Hessischer Rundfunk. That's where he tried himself in cabaret. 1990 he got his first stage job. His first programme was "Gell, Sie sind spirituell?" (
You're spiritual, aren't you?
). Since 1992 he appeared in
Quatsch Comedy Club, which was still a theater in Hamburg at that time. Later he appeared in several TV shows like
RTL Samstag Nacht and had guest appearances in
7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (7 days, 7 heads) and
Genial daneben (Ingeniously Off The Mark). He was cast member of
Comedy Factory (1996/97) on
ProSieben. Since 2004 Martin Schneider is best friends with
Cordula Stratmann in
Sat.1's improvisational comedy show
Schillerstraße. Additionally he played the dwarf "Speedy" in the October 2004 big screen movie
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (7 Dwarfs - Men Alone In The Woods) by
Otto Waalkes alongside Otto Waalkes,
Markus Majowski,
Boris Aljinovic,
Heinz Hoenig,
Ralf Schmitz and
Mirco Nontschew. The sequel "
7 Zwerge - Der Wald ist nicht genug (7 Dwarfs - The Woods Are Not Enough)" was released in October 2006.
He is best known for his Hessian dialect. "Aschebeschär" ("Aschenbecher" in Standard German, ashtray in English) has become a dictum by Schneider. His characteristics are his especially distinctive face and his big mouth.
Martin Schneider released several compact discs ("Aschebeschär" (
Ashtray
),
Sischär Is Sischär!
("Sicher ist sicher!" =
What's sure, that's sure
), "Raggae Mann", "Best Of Maddin") as well as the book "Im Bett mit Maddin" (
In Bed with Maddin
).
Martin has got a twin sister called Martina.
His manager is
Heidrun Buchmaier, companion of
Bastian Pastewka.
Filmography
- 1999 "Alles Bob" - Everything Bob
- 2000 "Flashback - Mörderische Ferien" - Flashback - Murderous Holidays
- 2001 "Ausziehn!" - Undress!
- 2003 "Sperling und der Mann im Abseits" - Sperlig And The Kept Aloof
(TV)
- 2004 "Germanikus" - Germanicus
- 2004 "7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald" - 7 Dwarfs - Men Alone In The Woods
- 2004 "Crazy Race 2 - Warum die Mauer wirklich fiel" - Crazy Race 2 - Why The Wall Fell Really
(TV)
- 2006 "7 Zwerge - Der Wald ist nicht genug" - 7 Dwarfs - The Woods Are Not Enough
Awards
- 2006 - Zeck Cabaret Award - Homepage award Net-Zeck
Literature
- Martin Schneider, Heidrun Buchmaier: "Im Bett mit Maddin (In Bed with Maddin)"
, Kurschus & Zanolli 2003, ISBN 3865070426