Bjarne Mädel (born 12 March 1968) is a German actor based in Berlin, best known for his roles as Heiko "Schotty" Schotte in the 2011–2018 television series '' Crime Scene Cleaner'' and as Jakob "Buba" Otto in the 2019 first season of '' How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)'' as well as its 2022 spin-off prequel film ''

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Biography

Born in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

, Mädel graduated from the Burggymnasium in Friedberg in der Wetterau. He studied theater studies and literature at the

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and attended the

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in California. Mädel completed a diploma course in acting at the

Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (German: ''Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf'') is the oldest and largest film school in Germany. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, as well as post-graduate studies in all fields o ...

in Potsdam between 1992 and 1996. He worked at Rostock People's Theatre from 1996 to 1999 and at

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in Hamburg from 2000 to 2005. He gained television exposure starting in 2004 with the series '' Stromberg''. In 2019, he portrayed the

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Jakob "Buba" Ottoas in the first season of '' How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)'', before reprising his role in the spin-off prequel film ''Buba'' in 2022. In 2020, Mädel directed the NDR film ''Sörensen hat Angst'' and also took on the leading role as Chief Detective Sörensen.

Awards and recognition

For his role in the series '' Crime Scene Cleaner'', he was awarded the Grimme Prize in 2012 and 2013.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

Literature

External links

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Bjarne Mädel
at filmportal.de
Bjarne Mädel
at Schott + Kreutzer talent agency 1968 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors 21st-century German male actors Male actors from Hamburg German expatriates in the United States {{Germany-screen-actor-stub