Bjarne Mädel

Known for ActingBorn 1968-03-12 (age 58)Hamburg, Germany

Bjarne Ingmar Mädel (born March 12, 1968, in Hamburg) is a German actor and director. He spent his childhood in Reinbek. As a teenager, he lived for several years in Nigeria in a gated community because his father worked there as a civil engineer. He obtained his Abitur at the Burggymnasium Friedberg. In California, he initially worked as a construction worker and then studied world literature and creative writing at the University of Redlands. As a 17-year-old, he worked for a summer in the Port of Hamburg. After studying theater studies and literature at the University of Erlangen, Mädel trained classically as an actor from 1992 to 1996 at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam. This was followed by an engagement at the Volkstheater Rostock from 1996 to 1999. He was then an ensemble member at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg for five years (2000–2005). Mädel gained greater fame in 2004/2005 through the character of Berthold “Ernie” Heisterkamp, whom he portrayed in the TV series Stromberg. Mädel received his own comedy series Der kleine Mann from Stromberg creator Ralf Husmann, tailored specifically to him. The series aired on ProSieben starting in March 2009. After completing filming for the fourth season of Stromberg at the end of May 2009, Mädel shot the second season of Mord mit Aussicht (ARD). From 2011 to 2018, he played the lead role of Heiko “Schotty” Schotte in the series Der Tatortreiniger, a Hamburg crime scene cleaner who removes traces and remains of human bodies. The series was directed by Stromberg director Arne Feldhusen. In 2013, Mädel last portrayed the role of Berthold “Ernie” Heisterkamp during the filming of Stromberg – Der Film. Mädel is a voice actor in several audio drama and audiobook productions and had a role as a dubbing actor in the comedy thriller Sightseers. Mädel lives in Berlin. He is a fan of Hamburger SV, which is reflected in his portrayal of the title character Schotty in Der Tatortreiniger, as this character is also a passionate HSV fan and wears a blue-white-black fan scarf in several episodes. In 2020, Mädel directed the NDR film Sörensen hat Angst and also took on the lead role in front of the camera as Chief Detective Inspector Sörensen.Read more

Movies & web series

Ferdinand von Schirach: Feinde – Der Prozess

Mord nach Zahlen

Tietjen und Bommes

Crime Scene Cleaner

Wir können auch anders

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

Zwei Engel für Amor

Die Bullenbraut

Inas Nacht

Stromberg

Der Dicke

Homicide Hills

Neo Magazin Royale

Unterleuten: The Torn Village

Gundermann

Tage des letzten Schnees

The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter

Donna Leon

Die Hirschhausen-Show – Was kann der Mensch?

SOKO Köln

Once Upon a Time in Indian Country

Kuttner plus Zwei

Der kleine Mann

25 km/h

Stromberg – The Movie

ZIBB

3 nach 9

Sörensen Catches Fire

Adelheid und ihre Mörder

Dittsche - Das wirklich wahre Leben

Enemies: The Confession

The Houseboat

Niete zieht Hauptgewinn

Enemies: Against the Clock

Zimmer frei!

Sörensen's Fear

Different Kinds of Rain

24 Weeks

Geliefert

Kölner Treff

Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück

Don't Believe the Hype

SOKO Wismar

NDR Talk Show

What Doesn't Kill Us

Wellness für Paare

The Turncoat

Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt