Bjarne Mädel

German actor (born 1968)

Bjarne Mädel
Mädel in 2021
Born	(1968-03-12) 12 March 1968 (age 56) Hamburg, West Germany
Occupation	Actor

Bjarne Mädel (born 12 March 1968) is a German actor based in Berlin.

Biography

Born in Hamburg,^[1] Mädel graduated from the Burggymnasium in Friedberg in der Wetterau.^[1] He studied theater studies and literature at the University of Erlangen^[1] and attended the University of Redlands in California. Mädel completed a diploma course in acting at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg in Potsdam between 1992 and 1996.^[1]

He worked at Rostock People's Theatre from 1996 to 1999 and at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg from 2000 to 2005.^[2] He gained television exposure starting in 2004 with the series Stromberg.^[1]

In 2020, Mädel directed the NDR film Sörensen hat Angst and also took on the leading role as Chief Detective Sörensen.^[3]

Awards and recognition

For his role in the series Crime Scene Cleaner, he was awarded the Grimme Prize in 2012 and 2013.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	37 ohne Zwiebeln	Ben	Short
2007	Messy Christmas	Max
2014	Stromberg – Der Film	Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp	^[4]
2016	24 Weeks	Markus Häger
2018	25 km/h	Georg Schneider

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Für alle Fälle Stefanie	Ekke Hoppe	1 episode
2001	Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP	Max Kroll	1 episode
2002	Der Ermittler	Kai Hase	1 episode
2003	Adelheid und ihre Mörder	Robert Kreile	1 episode
2004–2012	Stromberg	Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp	46 episodes
2005	Bella Block		1 episode
2005	SOKO Wismar	Bernd Strübing	1 episode
2006	Donna Leon	Nicolo Resto	1 episode
2007, 2020	Tatort	Martin Scholz / Heribert Scharf	3 episodes
2008–2014	Mord mit Aussicht	Dietmar Schäffer	39 episodes
2009	Der kleine Mann	Rüdiger Bunz	8 episodes
	Polizeiruf 110	Herr Jünnemann	1 episode
	Löwenzahn	Marthaler	1 episode
2010	Küstenwache	Fedor Priemer	1 episode
2011–2018	Crime Scene Cleaner	Heiko "Schotty" Schotte	31 episodes
2012	Der Dicke	Phillip Ücker	1 episode
2012	Dittsche	Heiko "Schotty" Schotte	1 episode
2017	Bruder: Schwarze Macht	Kurt	4 episodes
2019	How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)	Dealer Buba	6 episodes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Fotos: Das ist Bjarne Mädel". RP ONLINE (in German). 8 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Bjarne Mädel". gala.de (in German). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ ""Sörensen hat Angst": Bjarne Mädel über seinen Erstling". NDR.de (in German). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Am Set von "Stromberg" Betriebsausflug mit Ernie und Bernd". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2019.