Martin Schneider (born 25 May 1964), often just called "Maddin", is a German comedian,

cabaret artist Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or ...

and actor.

Biography

Born in

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe'', w ...

, Schneider grew up in Burgholzhausen, a district of

Friedrichsdorf Friedrichsdorf () is a town of the Hochtaunuskreis, some north of Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inh ...

. He has a twin sister named Martina. Today, Schneider lives in

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...

. At first, Schneider did an internship at the

Hessischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting, public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, ...

. That is where he first tried doing cabaret. In 1990, he was given his first stage job. His first programme was ''Gell, Sie sind spirituell?'' ("You're spiritual, aren't you?"). Since 1992, Schneider has appeared in ''

Quatsch Comedy Club Thomas Hermanns (born 5 March 1963) is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''. Early life Hermanns was born in Bochum. During his childhood he lived in Nuremberg. A ...

'', which was still a theatre in

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at that time. Later, he appeared in several TV shows such as '' RTL Samstag Nacht'' and had guest appearances in ''

7 Tage, 7 Köpfe 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (''Sieben Tage, sieben Köpfe'', lit. ''Seven days, seven heads'') is a German comedy television program of the television station RTL Television and featured a humorous retrospective of the past week. The show was hosted by Joche ...

'' and ''Genial daneben''. He was cast member of ''Comedy Factory'' (1996/97) on

ProSieben ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...

. Since 2004, Schneider is best friends with

Cordula Stratmann Cordula Stratmann (born 10 November 1963) is a German comedian. Life After taking the ''Abitur'' school-leaving examination, Stratmann studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia, in Cologne. D ...

Sat.1 Sat.1 is a German free-to-air television channel that is a part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group. It is considered the first privately owned television network in Germany, having been launched in January 1984 as ''PKS'' ''(Programmgesellschaf ...

's improvisational comedy show ''

Schillerstraße ''Schillerstraße'' (''Schiller Street'') was a German improvisational comedy show that aired weekly on Sat.1. It was recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent. The American broadcaster Fox has earned the licence for ''Sc ...

''. Additionally, he played the dwarf "Speedy" in the October 2004 movie ''

7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...

'' ("7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Woods") by

Otto Waalkes Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948) is a German comedian, actor, and musician. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films. His best known trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like c ...

alongside Waalkes,

Markus Majowski Markus Majowski (29 April 1964 in West Berlin) is a German actor and comedian. Today he lives in Berlin. Career Theatre and Television His first television appearance was 1988 in the television series ''The Black Forest Clinic''. Later, he had ...

, Boris Aljinovic,

Heinz Hoenig Heinz Hoenig (born 24 September 1951) is a German actor who participated in over 100 feature films and TV productions. Filmography Accolades * 1982: category ''Nachwuchspreis'' * 1992: Telestar for ''Die Angst wird bleiben'' * 1993: Deuts ...

Ralf Schmitz Ralf Schmitz (born 3 November 1974 in Leverkusen) is a German comedian and actor. Life Schmitz works as an actor in German television. Filmography * since 2003: Genial daneben – Die Comedy Arena * 2004–2006: Schillerstraße * 2002– ...

and Mirco Nontschew. A sequel, ''

7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug ''7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough'' (original German title ''7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug'') is a 2006 German comedy film directed by Sven Unterwaldt. It is a sequel to the film ''7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald''. The film is ba ...

'' ("7 Dwarves – The Woods Are Not Enough"), was released in October 2006. Schneider is best known for his

Hessian A Hessian is an inhabitant of the German state of Hesse. Hessian may also refer to: Named from the toponym *Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire **Hessian (boot), a style of boot **Hessian f ...

dialect. "Aschebeschär" ("Aschenbecher" in Standard German, "ashtray" in English) has become a dictum by him. His characteristics are his quite distinctive face and his big mouth. His manager is Heidrun Buchmaier, companion of

Bastian Pastewka Bastian Pastewka (born 4 April 1972) is a German actor and comedian. In Bochum, he first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show ''Die Wochenshow'' (engl.: The Weekly Show), essentiall ...

. Schneider released several CDs (''Aschebeschär'', ''Sischär is Sischär!'', ''Raggae Mann'', ''Best of Maddin'') as well as the book ''Im Bett mit Maddin'' ("In Bed with Maddin").

Filmography

* 1999 "Alles Bob" ''- Everything Bob'' * 2000 "" * 2001 "Ausziehn!" ''- Undress!'' * 2003 "Sperling und der Mann im Abseits" ''- Sperling and the Kept Aloof'' (TV) * 2004 "Germanikus" ''- Germanicus'' * 2004 "

" ''- 7 Dwarves – 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 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough'' * 2014 "

The 7th Dwarf ''The Seventh Dwarf'' (german: Der 7bte Zwerg), is a German 3D computer-animated film, created in 2014. The film is based upon the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty and characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is a sequel to the films ''7 Dw ...

" ''- Der 7bte Zwerg'' * 2015 "

Kartoffelsalat – Nicht fragen! ''Kartoffelsalat – Nicht fragen!'' (lit. "potato salad – don't ask!") is a 2015 German Low-budget film, low-budget horror comedy film. Directed by Michael David Pate (:de:Michael David Pate, de), it unites an ensemble cast of German YouTube pe ...

Literature

* Martin Schneider, Heidrun Buchmaier: ''"Im Bett mit Maddin"'' ("In Bed with Maddin"), Kurschus & Zanolli 2003,

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Martin 1964 births Living people People from Bad Homburg vor der Höhe German male film actors German male television actors German male comedians Comedians from Hesse