Bjarne Mädel

• Name — Bjarne Mädel • Born — 12 March 1968 • Birthplace — Hamburg, West Germany • Occupation — Actor

Born in Hamburg, Mädel graduated from the Burggymnasium in Friedberg in der Wetterau. He studied theater studies and literature at the University of Erlangen 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. He worked at Rostock People's Theatre from 1996 to 1999 and at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg from 2000 to 2005. He gained television exposure starting in 2004 with the series Stromberg. In 2019, he portrayed the drug dealer 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.

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 • 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) — Jakob "Buba" Otto — Season 1; 6 episodes