Background
Martin Schneider grew up in Burgholzhausen, a district of Friedrichsdorf.
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 television shows like RTL Samstag Nacht and had guest appearances in 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (7 days, 7 heads) and Genial daneben (Ingeniously Office The Mark). Additionally he played the dwarf "Speedy" in the October 2004 big screen movie 7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (7 Dwarves - 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 Dwarves - 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.
He was cast member of Comedy Factory (1996/97) on ProSieben.